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Vegans, pet lovers, ‘invade’ white spaces

Article Carl Collison - 19 Oct 2018

Activists and pet owners of colour get a going-over because of racist views about people’s culture

Building bridges over taken land

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Dec 2017

"Do I go Winnie or Mandela on him? Urrrggghhhh, I’m just trying to get fit, I don’t want to think about racism right now bletty shet".

Letters to the editor: September 29 to October 5 2017

Article Staff Reporter - 29 Sep 2017

Readers write in about the effect of climate change on the poor, faith, and racial stereotypes.

Racist stereotyping threatens SA

Article Hlumelo Biko - 18 Apr 2017

It is the primary cause of the ‘us against them’ view that is tearing the country apart.

Black Brain, White Brain: The new wave of racist science

Article Gavin Evans - 12 Mar 2015

The last decade has seen a revival of a very old and long-discredited idea: that intelligence is influenced by racial origin.

Medicine wedded to African humanism

Article Glen Ncube - 8 Oct 2014

A colonial-era doctor’s lengthy study of Shona culture offers potent lessons for medical students.

The curious case of the black litterbug

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Sep 2009

"What is it with black people and littering?" a white, male acquaintance asked me on a recent trip to Cape Town.

Maties’ slow dance to integration

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Sep 2009

Nine years after graduating, I am back at Admin B, this time to meet Russel Botman, theologian, former UDF activist and Stellenbosch University's firs

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