Appointing Black women to leadership positions is a drop in the ocean of the real work that needs to be done to truly transform organisations, especially in the nonprofit world
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Connecting the gap: An open letter to the major cell networks, from a teacher
As government employees at a public school, the material we produce should be available to all in South Africa. You hold the key to sharing this invaluable treasure trove with the country.
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Long live Anton Muziwakhe Lembede!
On the anniversary of his untimely death, every young African activist in pursuit of fundamental change should emulate his life
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Let’s stop using God’s name as an excuse for racial apathy
An open letter to my Christian brothers and sisters in the West: let us show that our religion is not the antithesis to racial equality
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A bold, selfless youth are the solution to Africa’s stagnation
One of the obstacles keeping us back are some of the older generation wanting to amass wealth before making fundamental changes
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All lives matter — all life matters
All forms of life matter because all human beings are part of the encompassing family of living beings, argues Bert Olivier
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A lesson on equality for the US from post-apartheid South Africa
If the protests in the United States and elsewhere are about systemic racial oppression, then South Africa’s experience is that unless toxic concentrations of political power are addressed, deep structural changes are unlikely to occur
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How do we fight racism when our schools are racially disintegrated?
By Lehlohonolo Mofokeng The brutal killing of a black man by the police force in the United States of America evoked in me what Chabani Manganyi noted in his seminal book Being Black in the World. In this book, Manganyi argues that there are two interwoven existential realities of being black—one positive and the other […]
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Gasping for hope
Despite overwhelming support for Black Lives Matter, we feel hopeless — racial equality is more dream than reality and racism has never been enough for people to take to the streets
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How vandalism in public schools widens educational imbalances
By Lehlohonolo Mofokeng The number of vandalised schools in South Africa during the lockdown period stood at 1 577 as at 19 May 2020, according to the Minister of Basic Education, Angie Motshekga. Barely 24 hours later, Kwazulu-Natal MEC of Education, Kwazi Mshengu, shared with his social media followers how Covid-19 essential goods were stolen […]
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Gender-based violence: The epidemic that will take more lives than Covid-19
The relationship between gender-based violence and the home in South Africa means that lockdown leaves women particularly vulnerable, yet the government has been largely silent on this issue
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Too little too late for schools facing multiple deprivation during lockdown
By Lehlohonolo Mofokeng When President Ramaphosa proactively announced a country-wide lockdown to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus and to allow hospitals to gear up for the inevitable onslaught, vulnerabilities that exist in our schools facing multiple deprivation (rural and township schools) were exposed. As the rest of the world has been brought to a […]