.png)
Africa: Europe’s First born child
By Sechaba Molete Photo by: @aagloe8443 (Pinterest) It’s June 2019 and former South African deputy president Baleka Mbete, former South...
top of page
POLITICS
activateeditor
- Aug 23
- 3 min
Students want direct payments aborted
By Amahle Kweyama Picture: Neil McCartney / The Citizen In pursuit of higher education, numerous students across the globe depend on...
18 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Aug 7
- 3 min
How #RUShutdown became #RUStarving
By Siphesihle Sibaya In the early hours of the morning on 8 May 2023, UCKAR’s student body occupied and blocked all the entrances to the...
263 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Jun 12
- 5 min
From Russia With Love: The Pretoria/Moscow Affair
By Chris Matthews Homes to the South African and Russian governments: The Union Buildings in Pretoria (left) and The Kremlin in Moscow...
121 views0 comments
naomigrewan
- Sep 4, 2020
- 3 min
Editorial: Counter hashtags are counter-productive
by Nosipho Mathaba [Trigger Warning: Violence] There seems to be a trend that after any human rights movement, specifically...
15 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Sep 4, 2020
- 3 min
Making a difference on the pitch
by Bukamuso Sebata [IMAGE: Daily Express. With its return, the Premier League has made a few changes to the players’ uniforms and is...
19 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Aug 15, 2020
- 4 min
What the first half of 2020 showed us
by Dana Osborn With each new year comes the dissolution of past struggles and a mental commitment to starting afresh. A lot of the time...
18 views0 comments
naomigrewan
- Jul 13, 2020
- 4 min
The race to find a Covid-19 vaccine
by Julia Kinghan How are we fighting Coronavirus? While the world goes into lockdown a lot of us might be wondering when things will go...
12 views0 comments
naomigrewan
- Jun 17, 2020
- 1 min
Activate IGTV News
This is the second video for Activate IGTV News. In this video, members of the Activate multimedia team discuss and reflect on some of...
20 views0 comments
activateeditor
- May 19, 2020
- 6 min
Missing the Point: JBay surfers respond to Cape Town protestors
by Sian Wilson Jeffreys Bay is one of the five most popular surfing destinations in the country and is listed as number 2 of the 50 best...
198 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Apr 26, 2020
- 3 min
The US presidential race and COVID-19 - all you need to know
by Jacqueline Holloway Amidst all the panic surrounding COVID-19, other current affairs are being overshadowed. Ongoing still is the U.S....
6 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Mar 12, 2020
- 6 min
Makhanda welcomes Rojava revolutionaries
by Jacqueline Holloway On Monday, 9 March, the Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU) and the International Labour Research and...
20 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Feb 15, 2020
- 2 min
Ethiopia breaks a green record to fight climate change
By Salena Fourie Last week at the Gulele Botanical Garden in Ethiopia over 350 million trees were planted in 12 hours to restore the...
3 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Feb 15, 2020
- 3 min
Disney’s Mulan finds herself in a real-life political tension
By Prashalan Govender Chinese actress Crystal Liu who is set to play Mulan in the highly-anticipated live-action adaption of the Dinsey...
27 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Feb 15, 2020
- 3 min
Smooth sailing all day on Election Day
by Makwena Manaka Under cloudy skies, doors open early at Steve Biko Hall to allow entry for several early bird voters in Makhanda,...
9 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Feb 15, 2020
- 2 min
Important things to remember on Voting Day
by Makwena Manaka Wednesday, 8 May 2019, will be a public holiday to allow everyone the opportunity to vote. Although voting is not...
6 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Feb 15, 2020
- 2 min
Arts Fest gets go-ahead despite drought and load-shedding
by Makwena Manaka The 45th edition of the National Arts Festival is set take to place from 27 June to 7 July in Makhanda (Grahamstown)....
6 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Feb 15, 2020
- 4 min
Small businesses switch off during load-shedding
By Waseem Bahemia Small businesses in Makhanda have suffered due to load shedding. Eskom has been holding the whole of South Africa...
29 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Feb 15, 2020
- 2 min
Is the Makhanda Water Crisis out of the deep end?
On Thursday, 14 March, a press conference regarding the water crisis took place at Rhodes University By Raelee Seymour-Brown Crisis...
3 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Feb 15, 2020
- 3 min
Public transportation in SA - the Ramaphosa incident
An opinion piece addressing the current state of public transportation in South Africa By Waseem Bahemia President Ramaphosa, while...
11 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Feb 15, 2020
- 2 min
Apartheid still has us
An opinion piece on how the social and economic climate of Apartheid is still affecting the way South Africa is run By Andrea...
6 views0 comments
activateeditor
- Feb 15, 2020
- 2 min
Racist encounter at East London zoo protest on Human Rights Day
By Chloé Osmond On 21 March - Human Rights Day - a group of students from the Students' Organization for Animal Rights (SOAR) at UCKAR...
11 views0 comments
bottom of page