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Dear Mmusi, getting kicked out of Zambia does not make you a hero
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane was refused entry into Zambia last week and came across as a hero for trying to support issues...
#TwerkFest: A safe space for black, queer womxn
This Friday is #TwerkFest in Cape Town - a fundraising social event celebrating and claiming space for black, queer *womxn. The space attempts to...
Student activists in South Africa and the UK confront the colonial past
The University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) is the world’s leading institution for the study of Africa, Asia and the...
Ripples from San Juan: Fighting against austerity and modern-day colonialism
As word of an indefinite strike at the University of Puerto Rico over austerity plans breaks international media headlines, one cannot help but read...
While the country remembers Uncle Kathy, protests hit SA campuses
While the country paid tribute to Ahmed Kathrada after his passing on Tuesday, a number of protests were taking place on campuses across South...
Afro-pessimism is the greatest form of Black optimism
Amid debates surrounding the "politics" of fallism, Zama Mthunzi reflects on the confusion surrounding Afro-pessimism.
Afro-pessimism has been misconceived as a field of thought that...
Beyond FMF: The Do-Gooders and World-Savers
South Africa’s higher education sector has been rocked over the past two years as the Fees Must Fall protests at universities, colleges, and technikons...
We’ve BEEN speaking against violence on womxn’s bodies – is anyone listening?
16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children is an annual international campaign to raise awareness. It runs from 25 November...
#WeAreGentrification: why this Cape Town property ad is seeing flames
An advertisement by real estate company Pam Golding is drawing attention - for all the wrong reasons.
While the “I Am Pam†campaign - introducing...
Media freedom for who? Democracy for what?
Democracies depend on the flow of information to the public. Every dystopian novel ever written has the censorship of information catalyse an eventual degradation...
It’s business as usual at UCKAR amid growing antagonism and violence by police
For the past six weeks, students at the university currently know as Rhodes (UCKAR) have been protesting as part of the #FeesMustFall movement and...
Concerning the politics and approaches to shutdowns
Siblings gamEdze and Gamedze explore the influence of police brutality on the approach to, and politics of, university shutdowns.
gamEdze: We can talk about being...
Students At UCKAR Are Calling On The Police To Answer For Alleged Brutality
Since the start of the Fees Must Fall protests in September, there have been a number of incidents of alleged police brutality at universities...
Five baby steps universities can take towards free education
The 2016 edition of Fees Must Fall has highlighted the split between those who believe that South Africa has the money to fund free...
Students are not impressed by Blade’s fee adjustment announcement
Protests have erupted at three university campuses following an announcement by Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande on Monday on adjustments to the fee structures...
Debunking misconceptions surrounding free education
Protests over university fees are making headlines again, following the conflagration at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The debate on how to fund free education...
UCT’s absurd reasoning spits in the face of the SA Muslim community
University of Cape Town (UCT) management has, once again, managed to shove its foot firmly within its own mouth. This time to the point...
#ThisFlag: uprising against oppression or “third force” regime change?
The story of Zimbabwe as an oppressive regime is one with which most of us are familiar. In neoliberal, and predominantly white spaces, the...
This video of Ntokozo Qwabe celebrating the end of exams will start your weekend...
After a tumultuous year at the University of Oxford, #RhodesMustFall activist Ntokozo Qwabe is about to graduate from the elite British university. And he's celebrating with...
Can queer and deviant identities be used as a tool for radical social change?
NICOLA COUNDORAKIS thinks there is something about those who don't fit into normative discourses such as LGBT+, and people living with disabilities, being able to...
