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    The Agenda

    UCT DVC and the accusations of fake qualifications: “It’s the...

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    Over the weekend, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, the social media savvy Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) for Research and Internationalisation at the University of Cape Town...

    Shock As Alleged MUT Student Killer Admits To Crime On Facebook

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    The student representative council (SRC) at Mangosuthu University of Technology has expressed dismay following the death of 21 year old student Zolile Khumalo, who...

    Muslim women’s bodies are not spaces to fight people’s bigotry

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    Living in Johannesburg, I usually get to go to the beach once a year. When I swim in a public place I wear full-length...

    A man’s place in feminism is behind the women – and...

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    On Tuesday night, people gathered at the Joburg Theatre to hear a panel of three African women reflect on Africa’s emancipation post-the North African...

    Why we need to reimagine masculinity

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    It's 2016 and gender-based violence remains a norm we live with, despite campaigns such as 16 Days of Activism. This, which is inextricably linked...

    From birds’ nests to being told to fix afros – people...

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    What happened at Pretoria High School for Girls is but an example of the lived experiences of discrimination against African hair in schools. But...

    Slain MUT Student Zolile Khumalo Was A Peaceful Child, Says Family

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    Family members of the late Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) student Zolile Khumalo said they are shocked by their daughter's alleged killer's behavior in...

    The VAT Increase Is An Attack On Poor Black Women

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    The Soul City Institute for Social Justice and community advocacy organisation Amandla.mobi are "deeply concerned" with the recommendations of the Davis Tax Committee final...

    Five ways black bodies resisted conforming to old white traditions in...

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    The year of asinavalo has come with nothing short of dololo chill. Black bodies have resisted assimilation and conformity with white traditions in various...

    Editorial: What we learnt from the HuffPost saga

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    Like everyone else, we have been watching the Huffington Post SA drama play out over the past few days. The story, as many of...

    When we cannot trust our own fathers, which men can we...

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    I remember wondering if I could still wear my short night dress or my short pyjama pants. I had never felt like that in...

    How Zuma’s free education plan will affect NSFAS and universities in...

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    President Jacob Zuma’s sudden announcement of a new free higher education policy came as a surprise, not the least because it came just as...

    A Guide To The 2018 Zimbabwe Elections

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    On 30 July 2018, Zimbabwe will be holding general elections to elect a new president as well as the parliament. This will be the...

    Dear black man, do better

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    Some men are quick to speak out against racism, but perpetuate sexism and rape culture at every turn. PONTSHO PILANE is sick of it. “Comrades,...

    Start Letting Us Talk: Walking In Protest Against Campus Rape Culture

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    "Show me rape-culture" - this is one of thousands of comments we have heard from students on campus. These comments are quite disheartening when...

    European Banks Called To Answer For Apartheid Crimes

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    UPDATE: Open Secrets and CALS have been informed by the authorities in Belgium and Luxembourg that they will not be investigating the economic crimes....

    Kenya rushes to contain cholera outbreak

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    On Monday Kenya’s ministry of health launched a 21-day plan to contain an outbreak of cholera in Nairobi. More than 336 cases of cholera...

    UPResCrisis: students struggling for accommodation, university claims it’s all staged

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    Students at the University of Pretoria (UP) were chased away and allegedly assaulted by campus security late on Monday night. The students were attempting...

    Exhibition aimed at empowering women does everything but

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    Since its opening, the Our Lady exhibition in Cape Town has encountered some problems. From artists calling for their works to be taken down,...

    Beyond FMF: Pulling families out of poverty

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    South Africa’s higher education sector has been rocked over the last two years as the Fees Must Fall protests at universities, colleges and technikons...