By Nigel Branken I have seen white people questioning the singing of the song “Kill the Boer” (Dubul’ ibhunu), often suggesting that, regardless of what the courts have said, it should be…
Author: Media for Justice
#RhodesMustFall: A distinct historical chapter in theorising black struggle
#10YearAnniversaryRhodesMustFallFeesMustFall By Elelwani Ramugondo. The Rhodes Must Fall (RMF) movement, which was sparked at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on March 9 2015 and gained traction through the #RMF hashtag on social media,…
#RhodesMustFall #FeesMustFall and the response of white male hegemony
By Gillian Schutte ABSTRACT In this article I turn my lens onto the call for decolonisation that the Rhodes must Fall movement gave rise to in 2015. I argue that the impact…
Watch: #RhodesMustFall: This is Decolonisation.
This short film tracks snippets of the Rhodes Must Fall Movement that started at UCT in March 2015. We see the storming of Bremner House and renaiming it Azania House – to…
The candour of institutionalised racism in higher education
By Kamva Somdyala. The genesis of the topic for the inaugural lecture of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Humanities dean, Professor Shose Kessi, can be traced to a presentation she…
Inside the Mindset of Liberalism’s Broad Church
By Gillian Schutte I have grappled with liberalism for years, peeling back its layers in an attempt to understand why an ideology that claims rationality, freedom, and progress so often feels like…
The Fragility of Liberalism
By Gillian Schutte Liberalism parades as the apex of rational thought, the self-proclaimed guardian of justice, equality, and enlightenment. It demands recognition as the sensible centre, the measured alternative to supposedly chaotic…
Capitalism, Cannibalism and Cadavers
By Gillian Schutte On January 13, under the anxious gaze of the community members of Stilfontein, South Africa, a disturbing scene played out that might have leapt from the pages of Joseph Conrad. The…
How Nuclear Physicist’s Struggle and Science Revolutionised Eco-Friendly Cooling
Nuclear Physicist, Mojalefa Murphey, demostrates his breakthrough cooling unit.