Activism has always been a part of my life due to my upbringing with ANC comrade parents. As I grew older and came into anthropology, I...

The past month has been the most memorable Heritage Month of my life thus far. I introduced my book, Black Racist Bitch: How Social Media...

“Women are clearly both empowered and victimised, seen and unseen, included and excluded in different ways.”[1]- Ronit Frenkel What is...

Black Racist Bitch: How Social Media Reveals South Africa's Unfinished Work on Race will be released in September 2023 Writing a book was...

A while ago, I was introduced to a podcast revolving around queerness and queer people in South Africa. In my opinion, this is very...

Not too long ago, I came across a Facebook post that celebrated the deliberate work being done to humanise the image of...

This morning, just before attending to my daily duty of tending to my chickens, my mind decided to remind me of one of my most...

Last week, on Boxing Day, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu died at the age of 90. On that day and the days leading up to his funeral on...

On 11 April this year, 10 days before my birthday, while chatting with my dad on WhatsApp, he sent a message asking, “Is it true that...

Our first contributor Nomhle Mtshemla is rightfully fed up. Fed up with the country's stance on gender-based violence

Enough is enough, I am tired, please stop killing us, am I next? are just a few examples of the phrases that are regularly expressed by...

American news and social commentary continue to show the world that Black lives do not matter there, at all. Hardly a week goes by...

In South Africa’s multi-cultural society there are 11 official languages which are supposed to be given equal status. According to Stats...

If you don’t know local model Bianca Schoombee then that’s okay. I didn’t know about her either. That is, of course, until the beginning...

By: Thandiwe Ntshinga At the end of last year, I stumbled upon an article written by Musawenkosi Cabe for New Frame on an anti-Chinese...

Police Minister Bheki Cele's recent fixation with the prohibition of liquor in South Africa has been as intriguing as it has been...

Years ago, when I was a hopeful new honours graduate and research assistant, I attended my first conference. At this international...

Fictional depictions of the Evil Stepmother have been recorded in popular culture from as early as the time before christ in ancient...

White noise is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as a constant background noise; especially one that drowns out other sounds....

Bom dia, boa noite and obrigada; pretty much sums up the extent of the Portuguese comprehension I went geared with to my first visit to...