Category: Human Rights
Time for a Peaceful Revolution
By: Pregs Govender
Facts are the enemy of truth: A perspective on The Oscar Pistorius Verdict
By: Sheena St. Clair Jonker Photo courtesy of Wikipedia There is much anger and disappointment at the verdict in the Oscar Pistorius Trial. Personally, I am amazed at the amazement especially in…
Twenty Pound Spectacle: Brett Bailey (Exhibit B)
By Yvette Greslé. Photo credit: Sofie Knijff Despite the sincerity of the artists who have brazenly maintained a relationship in their work with the black body, there is a certain
Sikhala Sonke: Women of Marikana.
Photos by: Gillian Schutte Sikhala Sonke invited media and public to bear witness to their lives in Marikana in August 2014.
Senzeni Na?
Sipho Singiswa’s film shot over two years in Marikana recording the voices, songs and struggles of the men, women and children of Marikana.
Marikana Widows Shed Tears in Women’s Month
By Gillian Schutte: Picture credit: Women were left carrying the burden in Marikana, courtesy Gillian Schutte This women’s month marks two years since the Marikana massacre. The widows of the workers killed…
Platinum Belt Miners Celebrate Victory
Text by: Gillian Schutte (Media for Justice) Films by: Sipho SIngiswa (Media for Justice) The stadium in Phokeng outside Rustenberg exploded in jubilation when the end of the longest strike in South…