A collection of opinion and book review posts
Reflections of a too young aunty
by Melissa Kiguwa Last year I moved in with my cousin- sister and her two…
Browsing: Opinion and Book Reviews
Bringing The Erotic Into Everyday
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (http://de-scribe.posterous.com/) Love and/or getting off with someone seems to be mainly…
Your Rhino Needs You
When the National Press Club recently named the Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Mandonsela, and expelled…
The Contestation Of Ideas
When the Australian-born media baron Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World was canned last July…
I Am an African – and none dare say I am not!
In 1996, former South African president Thabo Mbeki stood in front of parliament and delivered…
Power Groups
by Rah Motaung Whenever a group of people come together to agree or become convinced…
Made-it Blacks
(@keitureid) Increasingly I have been observing black people who have ‘made it’. And made it…
Rose of Soweto:The Dingaan Thobela Story by Deon Potgieter
A Tale of The Rose of The Hard knocks I first heard on Robert Marawa’s…
American 99% Revolution
I have been waiting to write another in this American Perspective series until the smoke…
Restoring self esteem and black pride
I recently asked myself what steps we were taking as Africans to restore the self…
Fear…and Fireworks
by Tokiso Nthebe There is a crippling feeling that is eating away inside of me……
Flirting With The Future
by Phillippa Yaa de Villiers The superintendent at the public pool watches me each day…
Has It Really Been A 100 Years of Selfless Struggle?
Like most people who concern themselves with those kinds of matters, I sat in front…
Common Housekeeping
by Phillippa Yaa de Villiers Here in Troyeville we engage with thieves. Our thief came…
There is no “I” in team – but there are two in relationship.
by Donald Neosapien Mokgale A relationship is a bond between two or more people. There…
Let’s do it for the youth, for our country, for Afrika
Another year has come and gone, a new one awaits us. Trusting that it will…
The Influence of the Media
Over the last few years there has been a much greater media interest in entrepreneurship…
Aussies Snatch it Away, Again!
You’d have to go all the way back to the 40’s to find the last…
The Social Currency of The Township Experience
The opening lines of Martin Scorsese’s critically acclaimed film, The Departed, are so simple yet…
Dedication to My Ex
by Olebogeng Ramerafe As i go through our break up with a heavy and aching…