Racism

Partners aim to build a new society

Article Professor Sibongile Muthwa & Sello Hatang - 28 Feb 2020

Nelson Mandela University and the Nelson Mandela Foundation are collaborating to realise Madiba’s dream of building a new society

China expels Wall Street Journal reporters over ‘racist’ headline

Article Agency - 19 Feb 2020

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the Journal op-ed — titled China is the Real Sick Man of Asia — had a "racially discriminatory" and "sensational" headline

Let’s talk about workplace racism

Article Tshidiso Tolla - 29 Jan 2020

It cannot be that, 25 years after democracy, young black professionals still have to deal with racism. We owe it to the next generation of young black professionals to expose even the subtlest forms of discrimination and racism

Salie-Hlophe accuses Goliath of lying and racism

Article Franny Rabkin - 25 Jan 2020

In response to Goliath’s gross misconduct complaint, Salie-Hlophe says Goliath has ‘an unhealthy obsession with my marriage’

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

Banning protests at the Olympics ignores the games’ history

Article David Rowe - 20 Jan 2020

It is the year of the Tokyo Olympics, and the International Olympic Committee was quickly out of the blocks with new guidelines regarding athlete...

Reconsider the decolonisation project

Article Rafael Winkler - 14 Jan 2020

I recently edited a special issue for a journal on sexuality, capitalism and Africa. It was based...

Don’t be distracted by liberalism debate

Article Eusebius McKaiser - 3 Jan 2020

Unless it’s centred on egalitarianism. And the political left can’t guarantee equality either

The persistence of the far-right

Article Christopher McMichael - 1 Jan 2020

The Crusaders terror plots shows that far from being minor maniacal blimps, militant racist groups are on the rise in South Africa

White people: Accept the past still matters

Article Mikhail Petersen - 6 Dec 2019

A recent survey shows that white South Africans are still in denial about the legacies of our history

Ebrahim, the maker of constitutions from Marabastad to Mogadishu

Article Nicholas Fink Haysom - 4 Dec 2019

Hassen Ebrahim has driven home the notion of inclusivity to overcome divisions, protect people’s rights and build a responsive democracy

Jo’burg pool in the deep end

Article Sarah Smit - 28 Nov 2019

Residents complained about noise and bad behaviour so the gates were closed on weekends, a decision some see as racist

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