History spells our current violence in South Africa
The news “headline” is trending with bloody lines, detailed with grotesque drama and announcing the death that seems to mark the identity of our nation. The overwhelming number of stories competing to...
View ArticlePoverty and the contradictions of democracy
Poverty constitutes one of the biggest indirect threats to our national security, writes Saber Jazbhay.
View ArticleA Letter to Steve Bantu Biko
With Heritage Month now officially over, Nhlanhla Mosele regards the current state of SA, and wonders whether this is what the great Steve Biko fought for.
View ArticleYour blackface does NOT represent me,it represents YOU.
Your blackface does not reflect me. It reflects your history and the story you have created in trying to be superior, writes Tshiamiso Leroux.
View ArticleIs Winnie Mandela worthy of the heroic mantle many seem so keen to bestow on...
It is unfortunate that our freedom fighters expect their plight to result in riches untold and being above the law, writes Oliver Meth.
View ArticleDear UCT Students: The making of history
I get the UCT students' unhappiness over the Rhodes statue, and they have all the right to voice their feelings. I just hope they have thought their plans through, says Lukhona Mnguni.
View ArticleI don’t celebrate Youth Day… I commemorate it
Many of us are better off than the youth of 1976, but there’s no denying what still needs to be done to sustain and enhance what we have as the future of this country, says Tshiamiso Kgomanyane.
View ArticleSouth Africa: The Angry Nation
We can open ourselves up to unity, as we never truly have before, and fireproof our house. Or we can remain divided and watch it burn, says Niall Hurley.
View ArticleOpen secret of black South African identity exposed
It seems so convenient that you can call the maid so easily: “Gladys, please come and sweep the lounge.” And James the gardener’s name is so easy to pronounce. The fiction of names is a secret hidden...
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