Editorial: Activism, racism, justice and white crocodile tears
Ntokozo Qwabe's Facebook post telling the story of how he and a group of friends refused to tip a white waitress provides us with...
Here’s 10+ things the DA should apologise for
As the EFF set to launch their manifesto on Saturday, the DA put out a statement outlining 10Â things that they believe the EFF, in...
Kumi Naidoo on the five biggest challenges facing Africa today
At International Civil Society Week in Bogota, Colombia, various organisations and individuals have come together to discuss some of the biggest challenges to people's...
So Starbucks in SA is a sip of the first world?...
Ahead of the Thursday opening of Starbucks in South Africa, Wayne Parnell attended the by-invitation-only launch of the international coffee chain in Rosebank. The...
#ValhallaMosque: When white supremacy is threatened by prayer
The conflict over the construction of the Valhalla Mosque in Pretoria is more than just an isolated display of religious intolerance. It speaks of...
Bleed the beloved country: #WorthBleedingFor campaign seeks to make pads more...
The #WorthBleedingFor campaign, started by Amnesty International WITS, brings to light the struggle of menstruating South African women. They are circulating a petition calling for...
The mining company behind the Xolobeni conflict has a history of...
The killing of Amadiba Crisis Committee chairperson, Sikhosiphi Bazooka Rhadebe has placed an Australian mining company and a longstanding mining conflict in the limelight....
7 things you should know from black writers on writing about...
On Wednesday evening, writers Panashe Chigumadzi and Eusebius McKaiser headed a panel at the Time of the Writer festival entitled "Why Must a Black...
Mishka Hoosen at Time of the Writer 2016
This year's Time of the Writer festival has already served up fascinating conversations about what exactly knowledge is, and how we relate to books....
JNU protests, liberals and the poor quality of moral life in...
In recent weeks, a number of prominent Indian left-leaning, progressive thinkers and academics have spoken out in favour of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)...
#SeeIsraelForYourself: “It’s not apartheid. It’s worse.”
ITANI RASALANAVHO is a 31-year-old law student based in Soweto who has travelled to the West Bank in Palestine and seen the reality of...
The conflict in Palestine is a matter of colonial settlement
Israeli Apartheid Week is underway and the argument of whether Israel is an apartheid state or not is a hot topic. TOKELO NHLAPO, a...
Why the Palestine solidarity movement in South Africa has to evolve...
The Palestinian struggle has captured the imagination of black South Africans since the 1970s, but of late the movement has been gripped by a...
Four lessons from South Africa’s boycott movement for Palestine
Moral force and international pressure have been described by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu as two struggles which parallel the South African and Palestinian case...
A lesson in the ANC’s history of multiracialism and non-racialism
Nomboniso Gasa, a stand-in presenter on Radio 702, recently shut down a radio interview with Wanelisa Xaba, a spokesperson for UCT student movement Rhodes...
#29DaysOfBlackCosplay is another fight back against racism
The hashtag #29DaysOfBlackCosplay, which did the rounds throughout February celebrates the excellence of black cosplayers. For those of you who don't know, cosplaying is the practice...
#StandWithJNU and #FeesMustFall: The reemergence of the student movement
It is young people, in India, as in South Africa, who may be our last hope. As the fervour of revolt spreads, it is...
RhodesMustFall on 702: In defence of Nomboniso Gasa
Rhodes lecturer VASHNA JAGARNATH explains why Nombonisa Gasa's engagement of Wanelisa Xaba on #RhodesMustFall is an example of the rigorous debate and engagement that...
Could teaching children many languages help eradicate racism?
Language is one of the most important tools that are used for communication in the world and it can also be one of the...
If You Are A White South African, Please Read This
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I was really, really scared to put this online. But that fear, is the exact reason why I am doing it, writes LISA GOLDEN.
Yesterday...
