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South African Non-Racialism and Its Discontents
A coherent national identity premised on a given ideology serves as a foundation for an effective bureaucracy. The resolution of the national question depends on the historical evo...
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Cecil John Rhodes: British Empire Hitman
“We fight Rhodes because he means so much for oppression, injustice, & moral degradation to South Africa - but if he passed away tomorrow there still remains the terrible fact that something...
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Longer-lasting licences offer one bright turn as the Madlanga Commission examines alleged police corruption and Tshwane confronts a grim discovery behind a spaza-shop door.
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Ukwatile? – Review
Birthed out of anger and the need to highlight the openly pernicious and subtle forms of violence inflicted upon black women, Lebogang Mogul Mabusela’s work uses humour and vernacular phonetics to drive its point home.
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A Life Supreme
There is something special about July for us in the Black world. Last month, we marked some of the most significant anniversaries in Black history.
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Umle
This is a story about Black boys falling in love, doing their very best trying to pass through Black time. Umle is a duo of artists from Qeberha who capture the lives of Black folks through a reflection on the magnificen...
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South Africa – An Imagined Country
Each day that passes indicates that South Africa has a fragile political system that lacks ‘shock absorbers’ to contain and withstand problems that face its society. The creation o...
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The Gospel According To The Gutter _ On Gods, Ancestors And Wage Work
upon receiving the job offer many of us give thanks, and so we say, "God blessed me with a job. ngyabonga". yet two months down the line we cry foul, "deadlines kill me, i really cannot feel myself, i know God will come...
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The Paucity of Black Intellectuals
My study on this phenomenon revealed that a significant number of black intellectuals and potential ones left the country, either to work or study abroad, as it was challenging to do so in a...
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