- The South African system enables the killing of Black body.
- Farm Murders: Fact vs Fiction
- 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.
The South African system enables the killing of Black body.
By Thesna Aston In living colour. The list of black people being murdered and brutalised grows by the minute. It’s not just by police officers and military but people behind the uniform they are wearing and the system, aka systemic racism, that backs up police and military action. Basically, systemic racism is anti-black practices, the... Continue reading
Farm Murders: Fact vs Fiction
By Nigel Branken Social commentator, Nigel Branken, compiles real data that disproves the mythology around white genocide and farm attacks in South Africa 1. Farm murders are extremely rare in South Africa. In 2019 there were 21,022 murders in South Africa… of these only 57 were farm murders (less than 0.3% of murders in SA... Continue reading
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
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
The South African system enables the killing of Black body.
October 16, 2020
Farm Murders: Fact vs Fiction
October 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
