By Staffwriter Sicelo Mhlauli—later remembered as one of the Cradock Four alongside Matthew Goniwe, Sparrow Mkhonto and Fort Calata—was born on 25 May 1949 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, the third of five…
Genocide Has No Soundtrack: Disruption, Resistance, and the Struggle Against Normalisation in South Africa
By: Nigel Branken What kind of protest is needed in a time of genocide? We are living in a moment of not only horrific violence, but also deep ideological struggle. The genocide…
When the Students Taught Us: #FeesMustFall, radical pedagogy, and the sacred responsibility of remembering.
By Nigel Branken I hadn’t expected to be that emotional. I was sitting at my daughter’s graduation, surrounded by proud families, and hearing parents cheer for their children was deeply overwhelming. The…
Dubul’ ibhunu (Kill the Boer) Not a Death Threat, writes Nigel Branken.
By Nigel Branken I have seen white people questioning the singing of the song “Kill the Boer” (Dubul’ ibhunu), often suggesting that, regardless of what the courts have said, it should be…
#RhodesMustFall: A distinct historical chapter in theorising black struggle
#10YearAnniversaryRhodesMustFallFeesMustFall By Elelwani Ramugondo. The Rhodes Must Fall (RMF) movement, which was sparked at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on March 9 2015 and gained traction through the #RMF hashtag on social media,…
#RhodesMustFall #FeesMustFall and the response of white male hegemony
By Gillian Schutte ABSTRACT In this article I turn my lens onto the call for decolonisation that the Rhodes must Fall movement gave rise to in 2015. I argue that the impact…
Watch: #RhodesMustFall: This is Decolonisation.
This short film tracks snippets of the Rhodes Must Fall Movement that started at UCT in March 2015. We see the storming of Bremner House and renaiming it Azania House – to…
The candour of institutionalised racism in higher education
By Kamva Somdyala. The genesis of the topic for the inaugural lecture of the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Humanities dean, Professor Shose Kessi, can be traced to a presentation she…
Inside the Mindset of Liberalism’s Broad Church
By Gillian Schutte I have grappled with liberalism for years, peeling back its layers in an attempt to understand why an ideology that claims rationality, freedom, and progress so often feels like…
The Fragility of Liberalism
By Gillian Schutte Liberalism parades as the apex of rational thought, the self-proclaimed guardian of justice, equality, and enlightenment. It demands recognition as the sensible centre, the measured alternative to supposedly chaotic…