Juanita Chitepo, a writer classified Indian in South Africa, tells us why she supports Jackie Shandu, who was recently arrested and jailed for his
controversial One Indian, One Bullet slogan.
Category: Democracy & Governance
Afrikin Vylits.
The rain beats purposefully down upon the tin roof. The sound is orchestral and makes it all the more difficult for me to hold in last night’s drink now terrorizing my four…
Tokyo Sexwale is no Peoples’ Hero.
A Freedom Day reflection from a member of the Ex-Robben Islander Empowerment Forum (ERIEF) Sipho Singiswa
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…
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…
The radical economic transformation lie.
By: Gillian Schutte We are hearing the term radical economic transformation a lot nowadays. Every time I turn on the news on there it is – those three words that contain so…
Time for a woman to take the reins?
By Gillian Schutte. The presidential race is underway and for the first time in our democracy a woman, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, is presented as a definite contender. An interesting by-product of this is…
Snatching the Mic off Black Rage
By Gillian Schutte I am an ardent supporter of ‘profane tongue’ as a protest performance tool when used to challenge and interrupt the violence inherent in the dominant discourse. I am also…