Black economic empowerment has taught our young people that they don’t have to dream up innovative ideas to succeed.
He was the Butcher of Bisho. Brigadier Oupa Gqozo earned that ugly epithet after his troops opened fire on a group of protesters in 1992, killing 29.
Our suspicion of “otherness” manifests itself in everything from courtship to conversation, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.
I’ve never seen so many grown men weep. This tournament has been an unseemly orgy of wailing and tears, writes <b>Nikiwe Bikitsha</b>.
It wasn’t the alleged infidelity that shocked me but the price that had to be paid; the sad unsuspecting goat that had to pay with its life.
The South African government has announced that it will distribute one billion condoms during the tournament. A billion. That’s nine zeros!
It was bound to end in tears for Mosiuoa "Terror" Lekota and Mbhazima Shilowa. The writing was on the wall from the start.
M&G columnist Nikiwe Bikitsha won in the creative journalism category of the Mondi Shanduka 2010 awards for her maiden piece. Here’s her story.
With the demand for good men very high and supply stocks diminishing, it’s no wonder that mergers and acquisitions will continue to elude us.
In my search I’ve found a few things that give me hope about being in South Africa right now, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.
Personally, I’d always been a fan of natural hair and have kept my hair in either an Afro or dreadlocks for most of my life, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.
Whatever motivation President Jacob Zuma has in proposing a national dialogue on a moral code for the country, I think the idea is a splendid one.
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/ 15 February 2010
We tend to be divided on issues by race, class and culture, but on the Zuma matter, we have been united.
Necks tend to thicken when everyone is lined up at the
well-fed trough of BEE tenders.
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/ 11 January 2010
For me, as for many others, committing to the battle of the bulge had become an annual ritual.
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/ 4 December 2009
It seems to me that black women pay the highest price for beauty because on top of all this we have that interminable struggle with our hair. Everyone say "amen".
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/ 6 November 2009
Let’s not be fooled by social standing or looks: psychotic behaviour comes in all shapes and sizes, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.
As part of Team SA, it’s important that we all do our bit, whether by attending the games or at the very least showing an interest in the game.
Men in powerful positions are presumably erudite and savvy enough to know what is offensive behaviour.
With marriage rates on the decline in the black community, those women who desperately want to tie the knot will "not be the one".