Ntshala Mahase, Author at Consciousness.co.za Magazine

Black Panther a liberator or an exploiter?

Ntshala Mahase — Mon, 28 May 2018 09:08:26 +0000

With the release of Black Panther some people see it as a genuine tool for mental emancipation of black people. They see it as an important movie to undo the false perception that super heroes belong only to the white world. Some people see it as a movie that will give black children confidence and [...]

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Racism

Ntshala Mahase — Mon, 28 May 2018 08:55:25 +0000

At the center of misdiagnosing racism has always been, for years, the undermining of the effect and role of macro-economics in its manifestations. The mistake black people often make, according to Dr Umar Johnson, is to relegate racism to a moral issue and that in itself reduces racism into the realm of religion and spirituality. [...]

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How Much Does a Black Life Really Cost

Ntshala Mahase — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 10:20:00 +0000

One American rapper once asked how much does a dollar really cost? With the recent incidents that took place at The University of the Free State I dare to ask; how much does a Black life really cost? Without putting price tags on human beings, which is what the University has subtly and explicitly done, [...]

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Regeneration of African literature

Ntshala Mahase — Mon, 29 Feb 2016 10:14:40 +0000

The reason for lack of black writers emanate from the lack of “black content” in publishing houses. Most publishing houses if not all in South Africa are run and owned by white people. Even those that proud themselves as being pro-African, like Kwela, Jacana and Umuzi, are still owned by whites. For this reason it [...]

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It’s time the church play a transformation role in the context of new democratic South Africa and the fight for equality

Ntshala Mahase — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 10:23:59 +0000

It’s funny how apathetic the civil society in general is towards human rights issues and equalities. Most people would rather focus on themselves, as long as the concern at hand does not affect them directly, they are most likely to turn a blind eye on such matter. But how different are our institutions, the very [...]

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Hope for a better South Africa

Ntshala Mahase — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 18:38:53 +0000

Like most other South Africans, especially those who have benefited a little from this new political dispensation “democracy.” I used to look at our country from a different eye, an eye of a disadvantaged black South African. When confronted with the question that most would rather prefer not to answer. The question on whether we [...]

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