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A group of 13 people, including a pastor, a lawyer, and members of the University of Pretoria (UP) student representative council and other students, are walking from Parliament to the Union Buildings to raise money for access to higher…

The rise of the populism globally has had no clearer manifestation than the election of Donald. J Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America. When the news broke of his presidential win, I clearly remember a deep sense of…

The Cape Town International Animation Festival (CTIAF) kicks off on March 8. One of this year's main attractions from the festival is the South African premiere of Zog. The animation was a BBC Christmas special animated in Cape Town by…

It shouldn't surprise you that there is a growing K-pop scene in South Africa. Even though K-pop has only been on the western radar for the past couple of years, South African fans have been fans since day one. SHAAZIA EBRAHIM and FATIMA…

COMMENT The Quentin at Oakhurst, a restaurant nestled between the leafy suburbs of Constantia and Hout Bay. Its walls are decorated with memorabilia from colonialism and early Apartheid. An image akin to the old South African flag…

“We are concerned about developments on some campuses this week, especially reports of violence and intimidation,” said President Cyril Ramaphosa said during his second State of the Nation Address (SONA). Ramaphosa opened up the last…

When BTS launched the Love Myself campaign in November 2017 with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Korea, its message was heard far and wide. With the campaign, expressed through the Love Yourself album…

Last week, two students at the Herzlia Middle School in Cape Town refused to stand for the Israeli national anthem during a graduation ceremony for grade nine learners. The two students decided to kneel or “take-a-knee” in protest…

Co-authors of Poacher: Confession from the abalone underworld, Kimon de Greef and Shuhood Abader look visibly tired as we sit down for our interview about their book. They later tell me this is the fifth interview for the day. It’s easy…

2019 is just a couple of months away, and political parties are already gearing up for next year’s general elections.  With the many challenges currently facing South Africa, political parties will have many issues to consider in…

A bi-weekly podcast hosted by lipstick enthusiasts KENYA and ZEE, covering pop culture, societal issues and football. On this episode we tackle the issue of displacement and land reform in South Africa, we also do a round up of the past…

Born and bred in Cape Town, Qarnita Loxton started writing as a way of keeping herself busy. Being a shy child, she had always written as a way of expressing herself without having to speak. Now with a second book in her repertoire, Loxton…

If you’re a person of colour with innovative ideas on how to solve structural inequalities in the city of Cape Town, this one's for you. Coloured Mentality - the webseries that explores coloured identity in South Africa - has started a…

A School Where I Belong, written by Roy Hellenberg, Dylan Wray and Professor Jonathan Jansen, was launched at the Cape Town Central Library last week. A book that attempts to challenge unconscious bias in schools and create schools where…

Insouciance is a characteristic that’s been lodged against coloured people of the Cape for years. In April 2018, however, G@tvol Capetonian arrived to put that allegation to bed and fight for the coloured community. Emerging amidst a…

At the end of August, Cape Town’s Community House welcomed the former public protector Thuli Madonsela, now the social justice chair at the Law Faculty of the Stellenbosch University, Pallo Jordan, a former member of parliament and the…

“We asked if Mr Mayosi has a history of depression and they said he didn’t until 2016. That day he was called a coconut. That day he was called a sellout. He just couldn’t deal with. It affected him. That’s not to say that that’s…

Following the death of University of Cape Town (UCT) health dean and world-class cardiology researcher, Professor Bongani Mayosi, allegations have emerged that the Fees Must Fall might have been responsible. Mayosi died of suicide on Friday…

The Bo-Kaap community was interdicted by one of the developers who are seeking to gentrify the community. On July 4, the Blok Urban Living company filed an interdict against various Bo-Kaap community associations as well as the City of Cape…