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…
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Life of Kai. A mother’s reflection on her son’s suicide.
By: Gillian Schutte Suicide is on the increase – especially among the youth. Statistics from the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) show that 9% of all youth deaths are due…
The angry man and the rookie actor. How Odwa Shweni fell to his death.
After almost two years of lies and malicious speculation on social and mainstream media, I have decided to give our account of Odwa Shweni’s tragic death on our film set in April 2018. This cruel media onslaught has not only caused us terrible trauma, it also impacted negatively on the life of our son, Kai, who died through suicide in December 2019 after months of anxiety and depression, much of which was brought about by the many false allegations against us, anxiety exacerbated when one of his Wits lectures used the factually inaccurate City Press article in a lesson as an example on how not to make a film, something we only became aware of after his suicide.
The struggle stalwarts are betraying Fees Must Fall.
By: Sipho Singiswa (Photo: Sean Burke)
A Trip into Alexandra Township where babies and the elderly are killed by rats.
Joburg baby’s fingers, nose eaten by rats August 27 2014
The Marikana Files: Episode One
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