By: Ismail Mahomed If ART was an acronym it would stand for the following: – ARTICULATE : the ability and the freedom to express one’s self in any of the myriad of…
PASOLINI 100
By: Trevor Steele Taylor In the mid-nineteen seventies, I attended one of the most impressive theatrical productions I have ever experienced. At the Roundhouse in London’s Chalk Farm Road, a visiting Italian…
“No Logo” author Naomi Klein has no problem ‘branding’ Brand.
By Gillian Schutte “The Grooming LOGO: Branding, Accusations, and a double standards” In a surreal twist of events, Naomi Klein, the acclaimed author behind “No Logo,” has unleashed a controversy that has…
Spectacle and the functioning of power structures. The take-down of Russell Brand.
By: Gillian Schutte This essay explores the interconnected use of rape allegations and conspiracy theory allegations against Russell Brand, an individual with influential views that challenge the status quo. Drawing upon Slavoj…
Sunday thoughts on loving.
By Philomène Luyindula Lasoen It was a long time before we saw each other again. I used to travel to my mom in Congo when taking a holiday. I wrote short notes…
A guide to grief: As told from the ‘inexperience’ of the living
By Alice Mbeya As a fledgling, I had constantly been guided into knowing that there was a heaven and hell with one true God and that your place on earth and the…
The horrifying fallout of weaponised wokeness and cancel culture. From Fees Must Fall to KOP.
By Gillian Schutte Cancel Culture proliferated on campuses across South Africa around 2016 – when the Fees Must Fall campaign was in its second year. It developed out of intersectional feminism premised…
KOP, Cancel Culture & the Suicide of Kai Singiswa
By Gillian Schutte *Some names have been changed to protect people’s identities.* In the last few years we have witnessed many youths taking their lives after finding themselves on the receiving end…
Godongwana and the masseuse: The political weaponization of denying sexual assault.
By Gillian Schutte It is saddening that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has declined to prosecute Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in the sexual assault case against him. The statement issued by the NPA Regional…