A collection of opinion and book review posts
Why? #FeesMustFall is a threat to the state
The #FeesMustFall movement, with its call for ‘Free De-colonial Education’, is portrayed as senseless hooliganism,…
Browsing: Opinion and Book Reviews
Language in schools: On Afrikaans and the plight of Black parents
In the beginning of October, I attended my nephew’s primary school concert at the Academy…
Can we trust new Public Protector – Busisiwe Mkhwebane?
Barely a week in her new position, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, raises fears that she may be…
Nationalise the Universities for Free Education
In February this year, adding my voice to student protests for free tertiary education, monolingual…
Fees Must Fall – Fee free education is a just revolutionary demand
The Minister of Higher Education, Dr Blade Nzimande, held a press briefing on Tuesday 20th…
Commentary and references to the Sipho Pityana article
*** For those who don’t know the Sipho Pityana article I am talking about, you…
Only privilege speaks: White racism & black hypocrisy(Around hair politics) in South Africa
Privilege and proximity to whiteness speaks. A position of privilege and relative proximity to whiteness…
Sipho Pityana is a grandstander of a faction of the ANC that is in the pocket of white monopoly capital
AFTER READING THIS ARTICLE FOLLOW UP WITH YAMKELA’S COMMENTARY, CLICK HERE So everyone is carrying…
When being indigenous is not enough
An Afrikan is understood to be one who is indigenous to Afrika; whose originality cannot…
For the women
The month of August is known as “women’s month” in our country, South Afrika/Azania. This…
The Alek Wek Journey
Some three years ago I went to an Exclusive Books Warehouse Sale where for R50…
Rejecting Postracialism: Whiteness, Morality and Decency
#BlackLivesMatter has illuminated the crisis of contemporary whiteness in its full flesh by giving white…
This is for my girls . . . The Chibok girls
FLOTUS says, “This Is For My Girls,” but what about the Chibok girls? Ironically, less…
The meticulous engineering of the black child’s failure
The setting here is anti-pedagogical, and we needn’t even look at this picture twice to…
America and immigrants
Unless one is of native American ancestry, then one can’t claim nativity of the United…
How Much Does a Black Life Really Cost
One American rapper once asked how much does a dollar really cost? With the recent…
Regeneration of African literature
The reason for lack of black writers emanate from the lack of “black content” in…
Commodification and Consciousness
Having arrived in South Africa from Canada this past August in order to become involved…
Friendship
As you got through life and its adversities you get to realise what type of…
Keldamuzik Speaks “No More” to Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault on Women
A Pictorial of the cycle Domestic Violence Written by Jamila Choyce Any month in the…