Sunday 15th of December 2019

Imbizo: Phuzekhemisi & The Post-Apartheid South Africa

November 15, 2018

The banning of the song was a gesture, an indication that the devices that were used by apartheid institutions to silence certain views would possibly continue post-1994. Beyond the literal meaning of the song Phuzekhemisi did something unprecedented at the time.

Home to Johannesburg

Ziphozakhe Hlobo

June 14, 2019

Before I decided to leave Cape Town, I was depressed and saw no future for myself in the company I was working in. I took a R10 000 loan using my last pay slip after I had resigned (effective immediately) and went to a Poetry Festival in Kenya just to get away and go back to the drawing board.

Faces & Phases 13

Culture Reporter

July 23, 2019

In 2019, Faces and Phases 13 embraces a reflective stance to honour some of the milestones reached by this activist project, while acknowledging the long road ahead before full emancipation may be achieved, including the total eradication of hate crimes against members of the LGBTQIA+ communities.

Black People Love The whiteboy More Than Self

Thando Sipuye

December 04, 2019

Black leaders could not comprehend Gcaleka's claims because they are descendants of Kings that were defeated and subjugated through Christianity and settler-colonialism.

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