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‘There are Mechanisms in Place’: Collaboration births sacred text

Friday Nkgopoleng Moloi - 3 Sep 2020

‘There are Mechanisms in Place’, comprising text, poetry and visual analysis of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s practice, reveals how working together is a powerful philosophy

Review: ‘A New Country’ portrays the lingering aftertaste of a bittersweet freedom

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 13 Aug 2020

Taking its cues from the dimming of the hope suggested by rainbowism, ‘A New Country’ attempts to articulate the depths of betrayal South Africans feel

Youth Day is just as much for the present as it is for the past

Opinion Connor Bam - 17 Jun 2020

The spirit of defiance against injustice that was captured by the Soweto Uprisings in 1976 can still be felt among young people in post-apartheid South Africa

The system in South Africa has its knee on the neck of the youth

Opinion Bonginkosi Khanyile - 14 Jun 2020

The youth of today can learn from the youth of 1976, who rose up and rejected the Bantu education system

Virus exposes inequalities at universities

Coronavirus Nontobeko Zulu - 6 May 2020

Students at the former homeland universities battle with conditions created by poverty

The lockdown: South Africa’s test of its democracy

Article Zaheera Jinnah - 30 Mar 2020

How South African citizens, the police and the army, and politicians behave during the 21-day lockdown will have far-reaching implications for our democracy

#FeesMustFall activist Kanya Cekeshe eligible for immediate parole

Article Franny Rabkin - 17 Dec 2019

Sentence remissions announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa means that about 9% of inmates are eligible for a reduced sentence

Fallist court case isn’t black and white

Article Eusebius McKaiser - 16 Oct 2019

The ruling on Kanya Cekeshe makes it clear that the law and justice don’t always coincide

#FeesMustFall activist elated after his house arrest conditions have been relaxed

Article Bongekile Macupe - 26 Aug 2019

Bonginkosi Khanyile says not having police coming to his house everyday is a step forward for him gaining his freedom

Blade’s return is a relapse for education

Videos Staff Reporter - 5 Jun 2019

Bonginkosi Khanyile's thoughts on the appointment of Blade Nzimande as minister of higher education, science and technology.

Blade’s return is a relapse for education

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Jun 2019

The minister displays no remorse for his handling of the #FeesMustFall movement

The ANC’s lowest mark is for education

Article Bongekile Macupe - 3 May 2019

Opposition parties are eager to pick on this blot on the ruling party’s copy book

The fallist movement and the changes it has made

Article Welcome Lishivha - 3 May 2019

Fees must Fall has allowed us to imagine what a free and just society looks like, outside of colonial rule

Poor form betrays the revolution

Article Sarah Smit - 22 Feb 2019

A fresh look at the Fees Must Fall student movement sadly fails to fulfil its promise

Lessons from transformation of universities in South Africa

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Feb 2019

Many universities have embraced transformation as an imperative that seeks to eradicate colonial, apartheid and imperial legacies

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ConCourt asked to rule that Zuma must testify for 10 days next year

emma balfour - 4 Dec 2020

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