Less judgement, more action is needed on female genital mutilation
Despite the dangers and growing opposition to the practice, female genital mutilation (FGM) persists across the world. According to the World Health Organisation, over...
Spur altercation would have been acceptable – by apartheid standards
Black people are always being asked to call out racism, and women asked to call out sexism, but there is something intrinsically frightening about...
Nsfas, Accommodation Protests Spread To UJ
Students at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have joined the spurt of student protests that have flared up this week. Students, supported by their...
Transport department to engage with Uber and metered taxi drivers after...
Uber drivers in Sandton retaliated on Thursday evening for the first time after months of tension between them and metered taxi drivers.
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In July, an...
Writing About The Cape Flats When You’re Not From There
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The history of blackness in the South African context is most aptly described as tumultuous and divided. Apartheid fashioned a plethora of constructs among...
MUT Students Force Campus Shutdown
"I come from a family of 16 members and we all depend on my grandmother's pension. I'm frustrated because the same allowance I'm waiting...
Fattis Mansion residents question the legality of their forced eviction
Residents of Fattis Mansions on the corner of Jeppe and Harrison Street in the Johannesburg CBD were forcefully evicted by close to 200 Red...
Uber driver: ‘You can never know if you are going to...
There have been regular attacks on Uber drivers around malls, clubs and Gautrain stations since the company launched in South Africa in 2013. The...
It’s time to hold the state accountable for violence against women
With the exception of couple of men, about 50 women gathered at the Hlanganisa Institute for Development in Southern Africa (HiDSA) in Parktown on...
CPUT: a militarised campus is the new norm
After weeks of ongoing tensions, four expulsions, petrol-bombed buildings, the resignation of a dodgy vice chancellor and the temporary closure of campus due to...
Political violence at the time of local elections
In 2016, the local government elections were preceded by political violence. There were various cases of murders and attempted murders of councillors and...
Pretoria protest for Rohingya rights gets messy
About 500 people gathered outside the Myanmar Embassy in Pretoria on Friday to protest the ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslims. But the protest...
‘Five Fingers For Marseilles’ Is A Haunting Meditation On Failure
"Why did you come back? Once you turned the world upside down and ran. Now you are here and it starts again."
What happens after...
Cape Town taxi route dispute remains unresolved
After two weeks of taxi violence in Cape Town, the situation has reportedly de-escalated. Daylin Mitchell, the provincial minister of transport, suspended the disputed...
Gwede Mantashe Invades Xolobeni
"It felt like it was the first or second world war. We asked ourselves what the need for so many police was," Nonhle Mbuthuma...
South Africa Is Anti Poor Youth
South Africa is anti-poor youth. Every youth month, this country parades itself as being pro-youth, while our parliament is still old. And male. Amongst...
Fees Must Fall’s Bonginkosi Khanyile Vows To Continue Fighting After Sentencing
On Monday, Fees Must Fall activist Bonginkosi Khanyile has been sentenced to three years house arrest under correctional services supervision and ordered to pay...
Black-On-Black Colonialism: The Divide Between Francophone Cameroon And Anglophone Ambazonia
The struggle of the people of the English-speaking region of Cameroon made international headlines again last month when seven activists received prison sentences, ranging...
Gender-Based Violence victims are #NotJustANumber
With an additional 9556 people having had reported rape between July 1 2021 to September 20 2021, South Africa still remains the destination of...
What you need to know about extrajudicial killings in Kenya
When a Kenyan police officer shot and injured a young woman after a Wizkid concert on Saturday in Nairobi, it sparked anger among Kenyans....
