Eyaaz Matwadia
Eyaaz Matwadia is a member of the Mail & Guardian's online team.
Educators: Watch your words – they can inspire or deflate
/ 6 March 2020

Educators: Watch your words – they can inspire or deflate

In matric my friends and I got into trouble and were called into the principal’s office to be reprimanded. I do not remember most of what the principal said during the tongue-lashing. But I do remember her saying: “You will not amount to anything in life.” A group of teenagers got into some silly mischief […]

Editorial: Families of victims need more
/ 28 February 2020

Editorial: Families of victims need more

It’s not up to us to feel offended when a politician visits the family of a victim of crime. These victims, honoured in their absence by a political bigwig, are in many cases children and their murder a cause for righteous public outrage. In 2017, it was Jacob Zuma who visited the family of three-year-old […]