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Biko Pepared Us Well!

Xola Skosana Culture 2016-12-18 20:00:00

Yesterday we celebrated the birth of a God, Bantu Biko who gave back to us what had been stolen through political miseducation, depoliticization and through religions fanaticism. He gave back to us, the most potent weapon in the hand of the oppressor, our mind.

New Tools of Analysis Required

Xola Skosana Culture 2016-12-13 20:00:00

I watched a white farmer celebrated on national television last week by the minister of Rural Develoment and Land Reform Mr Gugile Nkwinti. Why? Well, he gave 50% shareholding to the farm workers. In his interview, feeling elated, the white farmer said, "The Answer Is 50/50”.

Why Black Men Ain’t Sh*t

Wanelisa Xaba Culture 2016-11-03 20:00:00

There is a particular reason why I don’t engage or reply to Black cisgender (cis) heterosexual (het) men on my statuses. Many of them troll and demand engagement from black womxn but don’t owe black cis het men any kind of engagement or explanation why they aint shit

5 Times Your Privilege Becomes A Problem

Amaarah Mayet & Naeemah Dudan Culture 2016-11-01 20:00:00

Complete denial. (Often as a defense mechanism when the word privilege is brought up) People completely deny the existence of one of the most important societal structures today. Acknowledging that privilege exists is the stepping stone to tackling and dismantling the concept.

Interracial Relationships With White People And The Basis of A Pro-Black Separatist Posture

Itumeleng Makale Culture 2016-10-25 20:00:00

There is no white person who is as devilish as the one who takes offence when excluded from the sensitive healing and restorative endeavours and programs of the Black Family.

Horror-Tage Day

Jamil Khan Culture 2016-09-25 20:00:00

As it does every year, Heritage Day came and went. Traditional (South) African outfits and food flooded my timelines as it does every year. Everyone was “united” in their little middle-class bubbles as they usually are. Headwraps and champagne seem to make a wonderful combination, especially when matched to a designer bag or two. I will not even talk about the fictitious joke that is “Braai Day”.

Ngud: A Tribute

Xolani Tembu Culture 2016-09-20 20:00:00

As he sat down next to me with two distinctly sweaty Castle Lager nguds in his hands, you know the type before SAB Miller engaged woke bottle designers who know how to play around with bottle colours? Ones that were purposely designed to look like Sta-Nancy the shebeen queen from Gomora?