Steve Biko’s intentions were that black people should stand up for themselves and know themselves in their full power as participants in the world.
Influential African Americans have attacked Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained for what they say is a flippant portrayal of slavery.
Opinion: Khaya Dlanga says more South Africans can be made to feel included in the running of the country if inequality was addressed.
The debate that flourished around the "Dear White People" letter became a war of armchair theories and personal vendettas, writes Gillian Schutte.
Gillian Schutte’s ‘Dear White People’ letter has caused a little national furore. Most whites have reacted with predictable irritation.
In order for South Africa to be truly united we need to be honest about what is dividing us, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Poland and Ukraine, the hosts of Euro 2012, have a serious problem of institutional racism that is clear to any visitor.
DA leader Helen Zille sits down with Verashni Pillay for a conversation on empathy, racism, and social media gone wrong.
On the eve of the Euro 2012 football championships Ukraine is staring at nothing less than a full-blown PR disaster, writes Luke Harding.
Nikiwe Bikitsha describes how disturbing it was to watch Jessica Leandra dos Santos and Tshidi Thamana at their kiss-and-make-up press conference.
A student has been suspended from a Cape university and a security firm employee faces censure after posting racist remarks on social networks.
The tweet by Jessica Leandra Dos Santos is but the tip of an ugly iceberg: SA’s online racism goes a lot deeper than that, writes Phillip de Wet.
South Africans on Twitter have been left seething after a racist tweet by FHM model Jessica Leandra made the rounds.
An African rights body has called on a Swedish minister to resign over her role in an art event that highlighted female genital mutilation and racism.
The doctrine of racism, that a person’s race determines his or her level of intellect or ability to do certain things, is a human construct.
Recent cases have highlighted disturbing instances of racial abuse on Twitter, and some celebrities have left the site after becoming targets.
The equation of racism and manliness in certain schools has shown that at the core, there are high levels of violence.
Stellenbosch University has started drawing up a policy to deal with incidents of racist and homophobic harassment, especially in the residences.
An extremist right-wing survival camp, about 230km east of Jo’burg, is breeding virulent racism, training teenage boys in its ideology.
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/ 10 February 2012
When you stand up for yourself you become unpopular, even to yourself.
The DA’s Lindiwe Mazibuko does herself an injustice with her attitude to race, writes <b>Verashni Pillay</b>.
Richard Branson has vowed to get to the bottom of a racist incident at an SA Virgin Active gym, amid further claims of similar cases in Jo’burg.
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/ 7 February 2012
Have you experienced racism at a South African gym? Tell us about it.
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/ 12 January 2012
An Eastern Cape resort is being investigated for saying a black child was not welcome there and that the only the black people allowed were employees.
The announcement that John Terry will face criminal charges over allegations of racial abuse has been applauded by the British press.
Sepp Blatter has sparked a wave of anger by saying soccer players involved in racial incidents should settle things with a handshake.
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/ 21 October 2011
When Mbongeni Ngema claimed in the hit song <i>AmaNdiya</i> that Indian were responsible for the oppression of Africans in KZN he was called to order.
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/ 18 October 2011
Sir Alex Ferguson has warned that defender Patrice Evra is determined to pursue allegations of racist abuse from Liverpool striker Luis Suarez.
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/ 12 September 2011
If you share a name with someone on Twitter, you had better hope that someone is a paragon of virtue, or you may find yourself fending off abuse.
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/ 8 September 2011
SuperSport Rugby World Cup anchor and Jacaranda 94.2 breakfast show host Darren Scott has resigned amid a racial row.
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/ 4 September 2011
The boy in a Facebook picture lying apparently lifeless while a white man stands over his body with a rifle is alive, the <i>City Press</i> says.
Police say a racial connection should not be made to the Facebook picture showing a man posing with a rifle over an apparently lifeless body of child.