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For the few black people who ‘make it’ to justice, there are many more who struggle to access their basic human rights. (John McCann/M&G)
BLACK PEOPLE

Racism is still alive and well

For the few black people who ‘make it’ to justice, there are many more who struggle to access their basic human rights

  • Portia C Allen
3 min read
And as South Africa marks Human Rights Day, thirty years after human dignity was written into law, this is the reckoning we cannot postpone.
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Apartheid lives: Why we still use that era’s ‘racial’ categories

While race is still central, it is the battle among the rich for the wealth of South Africa that has exacerbated inequality

  • Jeff Rudin
8 min read
American rapper Joey Bada$$ performs Temptation at Oppikoppi in 2017. (Photo: Sabelo Mkhabela)
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The Portfolio: Sabelo Mkhabela

Sabelo Mkhabela, a ‘writer who can take photos’ tells us about the image he took of American rapper Joey Bada$$ at Oppikoppi in 2017

  • Sabelo Mkhabela
2 min read
The equality court recently found that the slogan “Land or Death” is hate speech. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
ALEXANDRA

Black people must be free to articulate their anger at the theft of their land

The equality court ruling that the slogan ‘Land or Death’ is hate speech sets a dangerous precedent

  • Mcebo Dlamini
4 min read
One of the problems facing immigrants in South Africa is to confront the reality of adapting to racialised identity categories and to find their place in the racial classification system. (John McCann/M&G)
APARTHEID

Race identity policy is irrelevant to ‘new South Africans’

Immigrants self-identify differently – and they can help their new country become truly nonracial

  • Staff Reporter
4 min read
Turnaround: Education Minister Angie Motshekga expresses her delight at the Eastern Cape’s improved matric results. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
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PODCAST: De Bijbel

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

  • Sound Africa
  • Rasmus Bitsch
1 min read
Helen Zille is the new chairperson of the DA’s federal council. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BLACK PEOPLE

System of allocating police and staff sidelines black women, court told

Civil society organisations have declared that the allocation of police resources in the Western Cape discriminates against black women in particular

  • Mary-Anne Gontsana
2 min read
On show: Artist Carrie Weems.
BLACK PEOPLE

Black Portraiture[s] III: Reinventions: Strains of Histories and Cultures

Black Portraiture[s] III takes place from November 17 to 19 in Johannesburg.

  • Arts Desk
8 min read
BLACK PEOPLE

Black girls start with a clean slate

Two enterprising youngsters are giving teenagers the perfect place in which to meet their challenges.

  • Milisuthando Bongela
8 min read
Naima Mclean.
AFRICAN AMERICANS

Naima Mclean: Identity and ‘The Colored Museum’

Naima Mclean, the star of George C Wolfe classic "The Colored Museum", talks about the play and her identity as an African American.

  • Ntombenhle Shezi
  • Ntombenhle Shezi Guest Author
5 min read
BLACK PEOPLE

Plans to snub a silent killer

North-West University gets a unique clinic.

  • Advertising Supplement
2 min read
APARTHEID

When darkies are dazed, leaders are few

I am not about to give up on ”darkies” or offer nails for the coffin of black leadership.

  • Fikile Ntsikelelo Moya
4 min read