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Special editorial: the state of Fees Must Fall – 2016 edition
Last year this time, the Fees Must Fall movement was gaining momentum, barrelling towards a triumphant mass march on the Union Buildings, where it would eventually win concessions from government...
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Casting students as irrationally violent stinks of racism
The topics of violence, non-violence and questions of what “legitimate” violence looks like have marked discussion about the #FeesMustFall protests. The general public – whether student, official,...
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When schools are too private for cultural diversity
Racism at schools has been in the national spotlight following protests over discriminatory hair regulations at Pretoria Girls High School in August, and South Africa’s posh private schools have not...
View ArticleIt is the system itself that is violent
Sam Van Heerden says that if we do not see the hypocrisy in raging against damage done to property while being wholly indifferent to the violence enacted on human beings through structural injustice,...
View ArticleIt’s time we talk about the racist and oppressive nature of some queer spaces...
Gabriel Hoosain Khan has some words for those queer spaces that devalue and decentre cultures while simultaneously sexualising and fetishising them. Khan also describes how those spaces are oppressive...
View ArticleA case for calling in and calling out, because we all belong
Pro-black struggles should be inclusive and affirmative of all black identities. Mwinji Siame argues that black leaders, particularly men, need to be “called in” and “called out” to be held...
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Unlearning Gandhi: A South African narrative
South Africans are excessively familiar with the history of Mahatma Gandhi for many reasons. The historic train incident that happened at a railway station in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa is...
View ArticleZwarte Piet: a Dutch tradition of blackface lives on
On the evening of 5 December, many children and adults from around the Netherlands and Belgium will get home from school and work and paint their faces black to celebrate Zwarte Piet or Black Pete....
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It is remembering, not looking away, that will help America deal with its...
Ruth Hopkins reflects on her recent visit to the United States of America, where processes of truth telling reminded her of its history of slavery and lynching. She learned that it can actually be...
View Article“The holidays are a violent time for me, and I’ve begun to question the...
It’s the holiday season, and for many of us this means returning home and spending time with the family – whether our own or a partner’s. While the movies depict this as a heart-warming and joyous...
View ArticleHashim Amla reaches a century of Test caps
Soon after he hit his stride on the pitch and became a household name, supporters of Hashim Amla appeared at stadiums sporting fake beards and dubbing themselves “The Amla Army”. The fervent support...
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When schools are too private for cultural diversity
Racism at schools has been in the national spotlight following protests over discriminatory hair regulations at Pretoria Girls High School in August, and South Africa’s posh private schools have not...
View ArticleIt is the system itself that is violent
Sam Van Heerden says that if we do not see the hypocrisy in raging against damage done to property while being wholly indifferent to the violence enacted on human beings through structural injustice,...
View ArticleCages, coffins, petitions, and other fucked up shit black people deal with
Black people are used to getting the raw end of the deal. For centuries black and brown bodies have been beaten, lynched, arrested, tried, murdered, executed and more the world over. Whiteness has...
View Article#BlackoutClifton: what happens when an event is organically organised?
#BlackoutClifton took place on Saturday 28 January, and there seem to be mixed feelings about how successful it was. Much of this seems to have been in relation to how the event was coordinated by...
View ArticleWhy apartheid must never be forgiven
Many of us have not healed from the wounds the legacy of colonialism and apartheid left us, and we’re not going to forgive anyone for it anytime soon. For this, we are unapologetic – #SorryNotSorry....
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Coloured stereotype uproar amplifies calls for publisher transformation
The need for black and coloured-owned book publishers has once again risen after Logogog, a Johannesburg-based book company, was accused of publishing a book that is racist towards coloured people...
View ArticleWhy was Lemonade too bitter for the Grammys to take?
It was all very warm, fuzzy, and sweet when Adele apparently pulled a Mean Girls move on Queen Bey at the Grammys on Sunday night. In typical benevolent white lady fashion, she seemingly broke her...
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Publisher of racist book’s attempts at redemption rejected
A children’s book that sparked outrage across the country because of its racist representation of coloured culture is a prime example of good intentions and bad execution. There is even an online...
View ArticleWATCH: South African apartheid vs Israeli apartheid
Israeli Apartheid Week 2017 is taking place from 5-11 March this year, and as always, it’s sure to be lit. That’s mostly because people feel very strongly about which side of the fence (or wall) they...
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