Twenty Pound Spectacle: Brett Bailey (Exhibit B)
By Yvette Greslé. Photo credit: Sofie Knijff Despite the sincerity of the artists who have brazenly maintained a relationship in their work with the black body, there is a certain (more…)
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Sikhala Sonke: Women of Marikana.
Photos by: Gillian Schutte Sikhala Sonke invited media and public to bear witness to their lives in Marikana in August 2014. (more…)
Marikana Widows Shed Tears in Women’s Month
By Gillian Schutte: Picture credit: Women were left carrying the burden in Marikana, courtesy Gillian Schutte This women’s month marks two years since the Marikana massacre. The widows of the workers killed by the South ....
South African Economy Highly Monopolised.
By: David Van Wyk Modern South Africa started off in 1652 as the product of a mercantile monopoly company, the Dutch East India Company which landed at the Cape to establish a (more…)
If You can Feed a Dog, Surely, You can Feed a Child
By: Selogadi Ngwanangwato Mampane The South African charity Feed a Child, recently produced an advertisement juxtaposing the issues of food insecurity many South African children face, with the (more…)
Platinum Belt Miners Celebrate Victory
Text by: Gillian Schutte (Media for Justice) Films by: Sipho SIngiswa (Media for Justice) The stadium in Phokeng outside Rustenberg exploded in jubilation when the end of the longest strike in South African history was ....
Mr X – An Exercise in Deflection of Justice and State Savagery?
By: Gillian Schutte The mysterious Mr X has been testifying against the striking miners at the Farlam Commission for the past two months in which he claimed the miners (more…)
A Political Overview of the Current Situation – Some questions for the left in South Africa
By: David Van Wyk 2014 was born in class struggle. Mineworkers on the Platinum Belt immediately resumed the struggle for a living wage. This struggle is now in its third year. (more…)