Report by citizen journalist: Luthando Vikilahle A community near Cape Town is shocked and in despair after discovering that many of its members are being evicted from houses they had purchased a few years back. ....
By: Gillian Schutte ‘The country is burning’. ‘ Burning frustration.’ ‘Hot Headed protestors burn houses’. These are the headlines that abound about the many protests that are currently erupting around South Africa. (more…)
By: Damon Leff A recent MWEB radio advert and the response from City Press demonstrated how human rights abuses resulting from accusations of witchcraft in South Africa are dismissed in favour of profit and misleading ....
Photo by Gillian Schutte: Mintails Mine put up a flimsy tape to prevent children from playing on uranium poisoned mine dumps. Films by Sipho Singiswa. (more…)
By: Gillian Schutte Pic: Media for Justice/Gillian Schutte The fanfare at the beginning of a New Year is usually celebratory and full of hope. This celebration is a way for people to wipe the slate ....
By Sabelo Kotswana Pic: Wikipedia I have to admit, when I read Mike van Graan’s article, I jumped into the list of items he mentioned. By the time I reached E, I was thoroughly confused, ....
By Nduduzo Msibi: “If a man walks a thousand miles through a desert; barefoot, without food nor water, and finally arrives at a destination where he onlyfinds one serving of toxic food and poisonous water, ....
By Sabelo Kotswana: I recently visited a doctor in Milnerton. The purpose of my visit was largely to establish contact with a doctor in Cape Town, having recently moved from Johannesburg. (more…)
By: Sipho Singiswa & Gillian Schutte: Photo: Jared Sacks: Oppression, when written about, is often reduced to one layer of suffering. Yet when one unpacks the lives and narratives of the poor it becomes clear ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijhZJAYViN4 11 Oct 2013 00:00 Gillian Schutte in Mail & Guardian A new movement for sexual minorities has spurned big business to fight broader social ills, writes Gillian Schutte. The first Johannesburg People's Pride march ....