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Sandile Memela

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Sandile Memela

Big Man Syndrome: Black man with money threatens to shoot women who reject him, he is not different from the white policeman who shot men in Sharpeville for refusing to carry a pass.

Poor man with nothing but money

Following a shocking incident where a wealthy man threatened women at a Sandton restaurant after being rejected, Sandile Memela examines the toxic intersection of instant wealth,…

Location: When you say FNB Stadium is in Soweto, you create a false image that Soweto has world-class infrastructure. Photo: Joburg City

Dressing FNB Stadium in Soweto robes

FNB Stadium is located in Nasrec, not Soweto. Sandile Memela explores how marketing the Calabash as a Soweto landmark creates a false narrative of development while real township…

Cheap labour: March and March is not only about undocumented immigrants. It is about a state and an economy that allowed this to become normal and workers to be exploited. Photo: March and March/Facebook

Citizens’ two faces: humanity in public; greed in private

Many South Africans have witnessed a hidden exploitation: undocumented immigrants trapped in a cycle of 'volunteer slavery'. This article exposes the two-faced attitude of greed…

The truth, the missing link in the parachute journalism drop

This article critically re-examines the role and responsibilities of African media in covering recent protest marches in South Africa. It argues that a 'parachute journalism'…

A new struggle: The 1976 pupils wanted to dismantle Bantu education. The 2016 #FeesMustFall students, wanting a seat at Wits and UCT, were fighting for access to a system 1976 rejected. File Photo

The Arc betrayed

The 1976 generation fought against Bantu Education for liberation, but their grandchildren, born after 1994, navigate a different landscape. This article explores whether the…

Paul Langa selling newspapers in Soweto. 19 Oct 2011. Oupa Nkosi, M&G

The role of the black press in the struggle is largely a myth

Most editors and journalists were subjected to the financial strictures of white capitalism.

The men who flaunt their toys to attract women, or the women who dont seem to know what they want

No romance without the finance

Two brothers respond to Nikiwe Bikitsha’s inaugural High Heels column