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Coloured People

Apartheid lives: Why we still use that era’s ‘racial’ categories
Opinion
/ 12 March 2021

Apartheid lives: Why we still use that era’s ‘racial’ categories

While race is still central, it is the battle among the rich for the wealth of South Africa that has exacerbated inequality

By Jeff Rudin
Prejudice thrives when knowledge systems are biased
Article
/ 8 June 2019

Prejudice thrives when knowledge systems are biased

Notions of superior Western and scientific understanding need to be challenged

By Anastasia Witbooi
Slice of life: Skin shapes the way I am
Article
/ 3 May 2019

Slice of life: Skin shapes the way I am

‘​Why do I write? Being born as the light-skinned girl in a dark-skinned neighbourhood gives you an interesting perspective’

By Lester Kiewit
Coloured execs battle to get to the top
Article
/ 22 February 2019

Coloured execs battle to get to the top

Research suggests that a complex crisis of identity is
at the heart of the problem

By Staff Reporter
Face the challenge of racial ambiguity
Article
/ 16 November 2018

Face the challenge of racial ambiguity

Understanding who we coloured people are and not trying to fit into one race group or another is the way to the future

By Staff Reporter
Race identity policy is irrelevant to ‘new South Africans’
Article
/ 27 September 2018

Race identity policy is irrelevant to ‘new South Africans’

Immigrants self-identify differently – and they can help their new country become truly nonracial

By Staff Reporter
PODCAST: De Bijbel
Article
/ 6 September 2018

PODCAST: De Bijbel

In this Sound Africa podcast, Candice Nolan tries to find the answers she is looking for by looking in an old bible

By Sound Africa and Rasmus Bitsch
The limits of coloured nationalism
Article
/ 13 June 2018

The limits of coloured nationalism

Gatvol Capetonian is a coloured ultra-nationalist organisation but here’s the kicker: their racist culprit is the post-apartheid government

By Sean Jacobs
There’s life in ‘Killing Karoline’
Article
/ 1 June 2018

There’s life in ‘Killing Karoline’

A particularly South African kind of shame raises questions of home, belonging and mixed identity in this remarkable memoir

By Danielle Alyssa Bowler
‘We’re not racist; just give coloureds a chance’
Article
/ 4 August 2017

‘We’re not racist; just give coloureds a chance’

Protests disrupted schooling in Klipspruit West after a black principal was brought into the largely coloured area

By Bongekile Macupe
Mixed-race realities collide in cinematic self-portrait
Article
/ 14 July 2017

Mixed-race realities collide in cinematic self-portrait

‘Mixed Space’ is a short film that delves, through the participants, into mixed-race people’s views of themselves and identities given to them

By Staff Reporter
Twenty-three people live in a two-bedroom flat in Eldos
Article
/ 12 May 2017

Twenty-three people live in a two-bedroom flat in Eldos

Three families in too little space: "We literally fight for this room."

By Caroline Vakil and Govan Whittles
‘Uprising’ prediction comes true
Article
/ 12 May 2017

‘Uprising’ prediction comes true

In the same week the UN was looking into claims that coloured people were gatvol, rioting erupted.

By Govan Whittles
​Rights group fights for coloured people at UN session
Article
/ 28 March 2017

​Rights group fights for coloured people at UN session

Camissa has taken its discrimination argument to the UN Human Rights Council.

By Govan Whittles
Letters to the editor: December 4 to 8 2015
Article
/ 6 December 2015

Letters to the editor: December 4 to 8 2015

Readers write in about coloured people’s position, breaking the ANC’s leadership spelle, and the independent press.

By Letters
Don’t tell me who I am, black man
Analysis
/ 3 December 2015

Don’t tell me who I am, black man

South Africa’s coloured population is still moored between the binaries of black and white.

By Eusebius McKaiser
The ANC, the Cape and the ‘coloured’ question
Article
/ 1 July 2015

The ANC, the Cape and the ‘coloured’ question

The question of the so-called "coloured vote" has bubbled to the surface of discussions centred on the political landscape of the Western Cape.

By Staff Reporter
Bok proves dreams of Peyton Place can become real
Article
/ 25 September 2014

Bok proves dreams of Peyton Place can become real

Superstar wing Cornal Hendricks is bringing hope to a Boland community racked by poverty.

By Staff Reporter
W Cape affirmative action case sparks protests
Article
/ 29 July 2013

W Cape affirmative action case sparks protests

The case against correctional services for its "blatant policy of absolute racial representation" in hiring for jobs has continued, amid protests.

By Sapa
No image available
Article
/ 31 July 2008

Will BBI help coloured people ‘feel comfortable in their own skin’?

How do you measure suffering? And if you were to find that you have suffered the most, how do you get compensated for that?

By Staff Reporter

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