A collection of opinion and book review posts
Strong Vaginas, Weak Mothers
Her: Hello Lor, oh I heard you delivered, awww congratulations. Me: Thank you. Her: How…
Browsing: Opinion and Book Reviews
Bastardizing Bantu Biko and his legacy is cheap politics
In recent years there’s been serious contestations for and about the legacy of Bantu Biko;…
Why Zuma Cannot Afford to Fire Bathabile Dlamini?
The phrase, “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” describes a difficult…
Lecture by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
It is always interesting to read the headlines that follow after students contest spaces. One…
What will a civilized Africa look like?
Ideas we have been told, rule the world. Some ideas could start as being ridiculous…
In death Sobukwe continues to languish in solitary confinement, house arrest and bannished from South African national consciousness
Nothing dramatizes the continued silencing, burial and incarceration of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe like the recent…
Love is a two letter word : ME
She stared at his fat face without emotion as she slid up and down his…
Has Mngxitama sold his revolutionary conviction for a living?
For a while now, Black First Land First (BLF) leader Andile Mngxitama has been making…
Why? #FeesMustFall is a threat to the state
The #FeesMustFall movement, with its call for ‘Free De-colonial Education’, is portrayed as senseless hooliganism,…
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…