- Adam Habib is not me. Sipho Singiswa questions Adam Habib’s appointment as Director of SOAS by University of London.
- The Boy Child and Gender Based Violence
- Rozena Maart’s Open Letter to the German Association of American Studies.
- Ex political prisoners say human rights abuses and racism a Covid-19 scourge.
- Why Race Justice?
- Life of Kai. A mother’s reflection on her son’s suicide.
- The angry man and the rookie actor. How Odwa Shweni fell to his death.
- The future is not for softies.
- Students and the Youth must re-imagine democracy to honour the Youth of 1976
- The real reasons behind the crisis of the economy.
Adam Habib is not me. Sipho Singiswa questions Adam Habib’s appointment as Director of SOAS by University of London.
By Sipho Singiswa As an indigenous Black South African I write to express my dismay and disgust at the recent appointment of outgoing WITS Vice Chancellor, Adam Habib, as Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) by the University of London. Board Member Marie Staunton, the Chair of the SOAS Board of Trustees... Continue reading
The Boy Child and Gender Based Violence
In this article, I’ll be speaking on gender-based violence against black men and boys in general terms, focusing on three points: the definition of gender with regards to gender based violence, recognition and acceptance of the phenomenon of gender based violence against men and boys, and lastly, the impact of race on the recognition of black men and boys as victims of violence.
Rozena Maart’s Open Letter to the German Association of American Studies.
An Open Letter to the German Association of American Studies, also known as Deutsche Gesellschaft für Amerikastudien Date: 7th June 2020 Re: Your recently posted statement on racism I shall forego the expected formalities in my open letter to you; these are generally reserved as a means of courtesy to the person or persons whom... Continue reading
Ex political prisoners say human rights abuses and racism a Covid-19 scourge.
EX-ROBBEN ISLAND EMPOWERMENT FORUM (ERIEF) PRESS STATEMENT (May 05, 2020) The Impact of Neglect and COVID-19 0n Robben Island Ex-Political Prisoners. Workers The working class of the world is accustomed to the annual public celebrations of May Day. It is a day that is associated with, and celebrates the international workers’ struggles and victories against... Continue reading
Why Race Justice?
Gillian Schutte writes about shining the light on whiteness and white privilege. As a white person privy to a gamut of white attitudes, it is of great interest to me to explore how these divisive perspectives of white privilege proliferate in a way that contributes to an alienating of those who are not white. As... Continue reading
Life of Kai. A mother’s reflection on her son’s suicide.
I had gone over these statistics when writing about depression and unemployment over the years. I never imagined that I would have to relate these statistics to my reality . But I did when on 1 December 2019, Sipho Singiswa and I, lost our only son, Kai Singiswa, to suicide. Kai had just finished second year university exams... Continue reading
The angry man and the rookie actor. How Odwa Shweni fell to his death.
After almost two years of lies and malicious speculation on social and mainstream media, I have decided to give our account of Odwa Shweni’s tragic death on our film set in April 2018. This cruel media onslaught has not only caused us terrible trauma, it also impacted negatively on the life of our son, Kai, who died through suicide in December 2019 after months of anxiety and depression, much of which was brought about by the many false allegations against us, anxiety exacerbated when one of his Wits lectures used the factually inaccurate City Press article in a lesson as an example on how not to make a film, something we only became aware of after his suicide.
The future is not for softies.
By Gillian Schutte
Videos
Playlist: 14 Videos on #FeesMustFall 2016
October 23, 2016
Wits Res Students Testify to Night of Terror
October 21, 2016
A Night Police Attack on Wits University Residences
October 21, 2016
Quraysha Ismail Sooliman Addresses Students at WITS
September 26, 2016
Police attack students at University of Johannesburg 13 Nov 2015
November 14, 2015
This is What Decolonisation Looks Like
October 26, 2015
Senzeni Na? Voices from Marikana
August 16, 2015
Spoken Word and Film Workshops
July 27, 2015
Articles
Adam Habib is not me. Sipho Singiswa questions Adam Habib’s appointment as Director of SOAS by University of London.
September 16, 2020
The Boy Child and Gender Based Violence
September 2, 2020
Why Race Justice?
March 4, 2020
Life of Kai. A mother’s reflection on her son’s suicide.
February 27, 2020
