This year marks 107 years since the Native Land Act — and the majority of black people are still locked into its stranglehold, pariahs in their own country
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Future gun control has been shot down
In less than a decade, 3D-printed firearms have become functional and can be made quite simply in your kitchen
Why My Octopus Teacher works for conservation
It should come as no surprise that humans’ feelings about an animal can determine how protected it is. Foregrounding heartstring-tugging flagship species therefore makes conservation sense for whole ecosystems
Connecting the dots around the braai
How Heritage Day was captured by the Stellenbosch billionaire’s club
Thou shalt not covet an Oscar
The Academy’s new diversity criteria for the best picture Oscar will not effect structural change. We should rather strive for equality
South Africa’s indigenous people have agency
The River Club development gives the First Nations an opportunity and a platform to share their heritage with the world and a steady place from which to fight further battles
The ANC’s psycho-political failure
The politics of compromise and concessions preserve, rather than rupture, the master-slave dialectic
The notorious, dissenting RBG
Ruth Bader Ginsburg understood the consequences of her death, and that the cold political calculus of replacing her on the US Supreme Court would take centre stage. Her supporters should take heart from her persistence
No language is superior to any other, except for English, apparently
We must stop the systematic favouring of European languages in Africa
Dear liberals: Elites, not fascists, threaten democracy, part 2
You are quick to be repulsed at the EFF’s antics yet you rarely show outrage or demand collective action against the systemic violence which sustains our political order
Taste, power and distinction: Politics on a plate
From an early age, I have viscerally known that lack of food was neither just nor fair
Caster Semenya, international sports, human rights and bodily integrity
The 800 metre world champion will be unable to defend her gold medal in the 800m race at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. In order to compete Semenya is expected to take testosterone suppressing medication