International students on their reactions to xenophobia: “I don’t feel safe...
Xenophobic attacks have erupted throughout South Africa over the last few weeks. On Thursday, 16 April, a thousands-strong peace march was held in Durban...
Marikana report delay: “There are things that they do not want...
It is almost three years since the Marikana massacre, when 34 people where killed. The commission of inquiry into the events, headed by Judge...
Pearl Pillay: Voices from the Youth Capital Network
Youth Capital releases an annual publication that combines data with young people’s lived stories to shift gears on youth unemployment. The 2021 publication, Unlock...
What do South African students know about Palestine?
Across university campuses, student organisations are running demonstrations for Israeli Apartheid Week. The conflict between the two countries, which the week is focused on,...
Could hiring “second-career” teachers improve our education system?
What do a nuclear physicist, a PR person and a human resources manager have in common? They all opted out of lucrative jobs and...
PART TWO: Zero Interest in net-zero, Atlantis community members say
The construction of a solar plant in Atlantis is one of the City of Cape Town’s (COCT) many projects to depend less on our...
The sext debate: “I assume that he already knows the dangers.”
The Pretoria school sexting scandal has once again highlighted the dangers that modern technology can hold for children. PONTSHO PILANE asked parents how they...
“Makeup companies don’t cater for dark-skinned people” – Zamantungwa Khumalo
Model Nykhor Paul recently lashed out at professional makeup artists in the fashion industry who refuse to cater to dark-skinned models. The global fashion...
Eddie Ndopu plans to be the first queer, black activist with...
Eddie Ndopu, Africa's own rockstar activist is off to Oxford University on 14 September to do his Masters in Public Policy. He spoke to The...
These Soweto mothers and grandmothers have been fighting for housing for...
Way back in 1994, the ruling party acknowledged that providing housing to its citizens would be one of the biggest challenges it faces post-apartheid....
Transform Wits: lower tuition fees, change of curriculum and better treatment...
The call to transform South Africa’s academic institutions is on the rise country wide in the wake of the Rhodes Must Fall movement. Wits...
#sexistSA: What universities don’t tell you during O-Week
Orientation is the most exciting and daunting experience for any first-year student. During orientation week, universities usually try to warn students about some of the...
Capetonians not too phased by aerial cameras: “We don’t have privacy...
Aerial cameras are being used to photograph houses in the Western Cape for government’s property valuations and planning teams, and The City of Cape...
The Roe v Wade decision: young South Africans share their thoughts
On June 24, the US Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v Wade which was a ruling passed in 1979 ensuring abortions were constitutionally...
Do you know what to do in an earthquake?
In August Gauteng experienced first a magnitude 5.5 earthquake centred in Orkney, and then a 3.8 magnitude earthquake near Orange Farm. Seismologists have warned...
The sext debate: Online culture and personal responsibility
A debate on the impact of Internet culture on young South Africans is raging after nude pictures of 20 boys from prominent Pretoria schools...
Xenophobic attacks in Philippi: “It’s like they can’t even think we...
Looting and xenophobic violence erupted after protestors from the Ses’Khona People’s Rights Movement clashed with Somali nationals in Bellville on Tuesday. Foreign nationals in...
Transformation at Rhodes: “The way the university operates is the problem,...
Last week the Rhodes University Student Representatives Council (SRC) met with students in their residence dining halls to find out, in the comfort of a...
Should journalists publicly declare their political allegiances?
A debate about whether journalists should publicly support political parties has been brewing for more than a week now. Some commentators have have condemned...
Zulu king’s Heritage Day comments raises questions about the role of...
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini came under fire from Young Communist League deputy secretary, Isaac Luthuli this week after making demands concerning the maintenance of his palaces and asking for...
