Latest articles on Race Issues

How racism is an essential capitalist tool

Opinion Richard D Wolff - 2 Jul 2020

In the United States, the African American minority is capitalism’s ‘business cycle shock-absorber’

Study unpacks the ‘hidden racism’ at Stellenbosch

Education Bongekile Macupe - 23 Jan 2020

Students say they feel unseen and unheard at the university because of their skin colour

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Tackle racism with a rights-based approach

Article Shanelle Van Der Berg - 15 Nov 2019

To address the systemic issues of racial discrimination, broad social and economic transformation is required in SA

Head’s journalism eclipsed

Article Darryl Accone - 17 May 2019

The acclaimed author’s newspaper articles should have been given critical attention too

PODCAST: De Bijbel

Article Sound Africa & Rasmus Bitsch - 6 Sep 2018

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

Cricket: Aussie batsman Khawaja reveals racial abuse

Article Agence France Presse - 10 Oct 2017

The 30-year-old battled the odds to become Australia's first Pakistan-born national player and is now one of the country's leading Test batsmen.

You can’t not talk to kids about race

Article Bongekile Macupe - 1 Sep 2017

The issue will inevitably arise and children must be prepared for hurtful and damaging encounters

Mixed-race realities collide in cinematic self-portrait

Article bogdan TagDiv - 14 Jul 2017

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

From candid to can-do? The joke’s on us

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 Apr 2016

Ever on guard about being seen as racist, you can’t count on white folks to roll with the punchline.

White man, you’re on your own

Article Helen Moffett - 21 Dec 2015

White South Africans are learning it's time to confront each other's problematic race attitudes.

Is identity South Africa’s be-all and end-all?

Article Gloria Nakajubi - 21 Dec 2015

One Ugandan's journey through South Africa left her dismayed at our obsession with race and identity.

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SA loves its jokes deep fried in race

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 May 2015

The one thing our favourite comics - Daniel Friedman, Robby Collins and Skhumba Hlophe included - agree on is that controversy is good for business.

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Blacks gave whites the gift of freedom

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Jan 2015

South Africans need to work with each other to resolve our collective guilt and innocence.

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Justices fail to give a legal test for implementing equity fairly

Article Serjeant At The & Bar Author - 16 Oct 2014

The Constitutional Court didn't provide a test for determining the legality of a proposed measure, which may be due to the limited nature of the case.

Class, race and the new native

Analysis Achille Mbembe - 25 Sep 2014

South Africa today suffers a confusion between the rule of the people, the rule of law and the rule of property.

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Brand South Africa’s statement in response to allegations of corruption

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