Festive Season Ends and Loadshedding Returns
By Katerien Loubser Eskom reintroduces loadshedding post festive season in South Africa. Photo: iStock South Africans are once again...
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SOCIAL AWARENESS
- Feb 12
Dezemba is a Disease
By Kerry Lanaghan A braai by the beach in Mcdoughallsbaai, Port Nolloth. Image by: Jan Braai on Instagram (@janbraai ) Picture this:...
- Feb 3
The New NSFAS Policy
By Siphesihle Sibaya Image source: ensus.statssa.gov.za The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has implemented a new policy...
- Oct 6, 2023
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...
- Aug 30, 2023
A Reclamation of Identity: Femininity isn’t binary
By Atlegang Seoka The growing phenomenon of the masculinisation of Black women is a tired joke that needs to be looked at with nuance....
- Aug 23, 2023
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...
- Aug 14, 2023
THE DEMISE OF THE HILLSONG CHURCH
By Malwande Xuba Originating from Australia, the Hillsong church started as a pillar of hope for many. It was founded in 1983 by Brian...
- Aug 7, 2023
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...
- Jun 12, 2023
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...
- Feb 4, 2023
Editorial: Did Aliens Build the Pyramids?
By Hannah Thorpe Image from: Live Science “Aliens helped the ancient Egyptians build the pyramids at Giza, and the remains of a...
- Sep 27, 2022
The dirty business of 'sportswashing'
by Chris Matthews 'Sportswashing' is widely understood as the practice of morally questionable organisations and political regimes using...
- Sep 19, 2022
Rhodes University kicks off its sixth annual Student Entrepreneurship Week 2022
by Siyamthanda Pongco Rhodes University kicked off its internal 6th annual Student Entrepreneurship Week (SEW) 2022 on the evening of 12...
- Aug 17, 2022
The Art of Not being “Black Enough"
by Sechaba Molete I belong to a nation of people who were an integral part of the international Slave trade, a people who were victims of...
- Aug 11, 2022
5 students to get their Leaner’s License in a period of 2 Months
by Nanza Platana On 26 July the UCKAR Student Movement was met with an overwhelming response after posting on their Facebook platform...
- Jun 6, 2022
Protecting the Coloured Identity through positive representation
by Casey Ludick Stories about Coloured people often reinforce the well-established stereotypes that have been created about them. The...
- Mar 23, 2022
Editorial: Why South Africa’s political landscape is changing
by Chris Matthews Not too long ago American football fans were treated to the annual Super Bowl halftime show. The performance was...
- Nov 25, 2021
Where is Peng Shuai?
by Shalan Govender Following sexual assault allegations she made against a high-ranking member of the ruling Chinese Communist Party,...
- Sep 21, 2021
Five books with good LGTBQ+ representation
by Jessica Freedman Representation is important. Finding that book that perfectly resonates with your experiences and fills your eyes...
- Jul 26, 2021
Looting leaves Pietermartizberg broken
by Jessica Freedman Tuesday morning, 13 July, brought a heavy sadness to the people of Pietermaritzburg. Looking upon the rubble and...
- May 12, 2021
How Rupi Kaur climbed the mountain to success
by Carmen Visser Rupi Kaur is a 28-year-old poet that was born in Punjab, India. Her family immigrated to Canada before Kaur was four....
- May 7, 2021
A student's guide to Bathurst
by Daniel Roodt Bathurst, or the centre of the universe as some locals affectionately refer to it, is a small town only a 35-minute drive...
- May 4, 2021
Qatar 2022: A World Cup of forced labour and death
by Aiden Daries Accusations about forced labour, slavery, death and overall human rights violations are being made against Qatar ahead of...
- Mar 8, 2021
The pursuit of truth
by Tauri Kerr One silly mistake can change everything for a journalist. In an ideal world, the word ‘journalist’ should be synonymous...
- Mar 4, 2021
Not a statement, a way back to myself
by Nosipho Mathaba “Unprofessional”, “untidy”, “ghetto” – Words used to describe the natural hair of a black woman. For years, the roots...
- Mar 2, 2021
Collegiate or Contentious? Analyzing a high schooler's racist speech
by Patrick Kidd Historic Gqeberha-based high school Collegiate Girls’ High School has come under heavy scrutiny recently after a...
- Feb 17, 2021
Editorial: The closet was suffocating me
by Langa Mohlala “It’s just a phase.” “Maybe you should experiment for a bit longer instead of making an impulsive decision [by coming...
- Feb 1, 2021
Restaurants in Makhanda: People, power and the pandemic
by Savannah Ingham COVID-19 and the ensuing lockdown of South Africa has been a painful experience for many reasons. It has been...
- Jan 11, 2021
Your birth chart explained
by Langa Mohlala Understanding your place under the stars. Most people know and have a basic understanding of their star sign. We can...
- Jan 5, 2021
LGBTQI+ Audiences Deserve Better Than Homophobia
by Jessica Freedman There are only a handful of fictional depictions of LGBTQI+ characters. This number becomes even less when you remove...
- Dec 20, 2020
The story of Megs and Sash - Couple fights back against discriminatory wedding venue
by Langa Mohlala “This is far bigger than feeling hurt about a wedding venue. It is a question of human rights and equality before the...
- Dec 12, 2020
What’s the issue with body hair on women?
by Jade Rhode Hair is meant to protect the human body. If this is the case, why do most women feel the need to remove it? "[The word]...
- Dec 6, 2020
Movies with good lesbian representation
by Jessica Freedman As we enter the holiday season and the end of a year of lockdown, most people are looking to unwind. What better way...
- Oct 19, 2020
Farm murders cause racial tension in South Africa
by Lauryn Morris The most prominent talk surrounding the country at the moment has been the ongoing farm killings that have caused riots...
- Oct 14, 2020
Pride: Celebrating from within the closet
by Langa Mohlala DISCLAIMER: The word “queer” is used throughout this article as an umbrella term and not as derogatory or offensive...
- Sep 4, 2020
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...
- Sep 4, 2020
Editorial: The role of radiology students in the pandemic
by Aarifah Loonat In this video, multimedia sub-editor, Aarifah Loonat, speaks to University of Johannesburg radiology student, Naa'ilah...
- Sep 4, 2020
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...
- Sep 4, 2020
Feminism: The myths and the truths
by Carmen Visser “All men should be feminists. If men care about women’s rights, the world will be a better place. We are better off when...
- Aug 15, 2020
Sensible summer signings: Arsenal
by Patrick Kidd Arsenal Football Club are coming off their worst domestic season in 25 years of top-flight football, finishing the league...
- Aug 15, 2020
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...
- Jul 27, 2020
The link between football and politics, and why it is here to stay
by Daniel Roodt Politics has always played a massive part in football and will continue to do so. Not wanting politics to exist within...
- Jul 27, 2020
Mother rehomes her adopted autistic son
by Yashoda Mira Lalparsad By now a lot of people are aware of the scandal involving Myka and James Stauffer. They are a couple who have...
- Jul 17, 2020
Trump's response to the coronavirus has endangered the livelihoods of US citizens
by Bukamuso Sebata Covid-19 has been wreaking havoc globally since it emerged from Wuhan, China, last year in December. The US has become...
- Jul 13, 2020
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...
- Jul 13, 2020
Giving birth during a global pandemic
by Yashoda Mira Lalparsad This pandemic has been highly stressful for almost everyone dealing with the uncertainty of what has come, but...
- May 30, 2020
Reviewing the normalisation of religious appropriation
by Simphiwe Magolego Religious appropriation is one of the hardest topics to discuss in mainstream media. It is known to initiate major...
- May 30, 2020
Wave your flag and reminisce about those Tuesday nights: How to survive without football
by Daniel Roodt It has been 110 days since a football was last kicked in one of Europe’s top 5 leagues. Unfortunately for football...
- May 30, 2020
“Heartbreak is real, heartbreak hurts.”
by Paloma Giustizieri I’m sitting on the floor of my room at 2 am, listening to Willow Smith’s Female Energy, having a 3-hour...
- May 19, 2020
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...
- May 11, 2020
Editorial: Fight or flight - a psychological journey through photography
by Nienke Botha On two different occasions in 2019, I came face to face with a home intruder. In the first incident, I was alone, and for...
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