It’s a blistering hot afternoon when we arrive at the Barracks. This regimentally built cluster of council houses was erected as a transit camp in Wentworth in 1972.
Author: Media for Justice
Why the South African Youth Are Not Voting.
By Luthando Vikilahle: Mainstream political parties do not speak to the needs and struggles of young people. However the much bigger elephant in the room is the depoliticisation of the South African…
Beauty and the beast: How the beauty industry ‘others’ women
By: Gillian Schutte In the wake of the many global revolutionary rumblings over the past few years I have been pondering the prospect of a mass women’s revolt against the male-owned beauty…
The terminal nature of poverty
By Gillian Schutte & Sipho Singiswa: Photo: Jared Sacks As academics, journalists, social commentators and activists we have a sense that we know the poor. We are outraged by poverty and inequality…
Failing to Feed Our People: South Africa’s Lacklustre Food Security Policy
By Glenn Ashton We are what we eat and on the whole South Africans are unhealthy. Because of our increasingly industrialised food chain we eat far too much refined, processed food. The…
Deconstructing the Baby-Rape Narrative.
To anyone researching the horrific occurrence of baby rape worldwide it is very clear that it is not a racialised or a cultural phenomenon, says Gillian Schutte.
Racism and the Whiteness Default.
I was invited to debate Pretoria University political philosophy lecturer, Dr Louise Mabille, at the Café Riche in Pretoria on Friday. I initially agreed, always open to sharing views on the topic…
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Become a Filmmaker!
We teach filmmaking to children at schools, as a complimentary course to the curriculum, or as as an extramural at schools. Learn how to make a film on your holiday – We…