The Feminist Stokvel’s Hair Soirée and SA’s natural-hair evolution
On Thursday night a group of grown women will get together at a swanky Melrose coffee shop to do each other’s hair.
To many, it...
Unpacking the South African food basket
With the rand fluctuations and two rating agencies downgrading South Africa’s economy to junk status, commodities like petrol have risen greatly. With petrol set...
Joburg’s New Gold: Women In The Inner-City
The discovery of gold in 1886 saw Johannesburg as a city laced with promise. While this precious resource has been mined away, the city...
Uber will ‘burn’ if it continues to run, say metered taxi...
Metered taxi drivers in Johannesburg blockaded the R24 at both entrances to O.R. Tambo International Airport on Friday morning in protest of Uber drivers...
“I Did Not Expect So Much Hate From My Fellow Africans”
Naomi Nseya is a nail beautician and a mother of three from Umbilo. Hailing from the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital city, Kinshasa, the...
#TaxiRape is a reminder that women’s bodies are under constant attack
Even during the week of Human Rights Day, South Africans weren't free of human rights violations. The #TaxiRape story - of a white Quantum...
Communities Join Hands To Assist KZN Floods Victims
Calls for aid relief for Durban Floods has been made, this after hundreds of people were left displaced by devastating torrential rains that swept...
DUT Strike: “We Do Want To Go Back To Work…â€
On Tuesday, 27 February, the deputy minister for higher education and training Buti Manamela met with the Durban University of Technology (DUT) management as...
Young People Remember Struggle Icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
The world was saddened to learn of the passing of struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela on Monday, 2 April 2018. Following the announcement, many condolences...
Pretoria Shutdown As Women And GNC People March Against GBV
On Wednesday, thousands of women and gender-nonconforming people took to the streets around Southern Africa. They were marching against the scourge of gender-based violence...
Bus Strike: Long Distance Commuters Bear The Consequences At Park Station
It is roughly about 30 minutes after six on a Monday evening at Park Station
Johannesburg. Abeba*, a woman in her late twenties, waits...
16 days of f***ing activism
Despite years of "16 days of activism", women still face rampant violence and discrimination at every turn, women-hating men are still given a free...
#ThePresidentsKeepers: “If this the best way to let people know the...
Jacques Pauw's hard-hitting book, The President's Keepers, which makes claims about President Jacob Zuma being involved in corruption, is the centre of a court...
This ex-convict needs help to keep vulnerable young people out of...
Bennett Mahlangu is a 41-year-old ex-convict from Vlakfontein, in the south of Johannesburg. Mahlangu was arrested when he was 18 for murder and housebreaking...
The “most advanced vaccine trial to date” launches in South Africa,...
On Wednesday, a day before World Aids Day, a highly anticipated HIV vaccine trial called HVTN 702 launched in South Africa. The new vaccine...
“Zuma Is Like Jesus To Us”
Thousands marched to the Durban High Court on Friday, 6 April in support of the former president Jacob Zuma. At the court, where he...
For many young South Africans, just looking for a job is...
Thabiso Dlamini (@Thabiso_Dlamini) is the founder of the Twitter discussion #JobSeekersWednesday. “We all know someone that is not employed and we know that unemployment...
SAFA Says No Truth To Banyana Bonus Report
Banyana Banyana and the South African Football Association are reportedly in a dispute over the payment of bonuses to the women's team. However, SAFA...
When no other work can be found, they become hairdressers
They come from near and far to Durban, hoping to find work and provide for their families. When nothing can be found, they must...
People’s Hearing To Look At Human Impact Of State Capture
For months now, the state capture commission has been taking place headed by deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo. The commission have been looking into...
