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inequality

Posted inNews/Politics

Compassion needed as poverty threatens our social fabric

by Farouk Araie 15 January 202215 January 2022

Monumental disparities raise the risk of epic upheaval in South Africa and globally

Posted inEquality

Your dreams are valid, girl child

by Zukiswa Mqolomba 5 September 20215 October 2021

The only way out of gender inequality is to live an example to other girls, and to seek representation for women at every level of society

Posted inEquality

Escaping the laager of racialised politics

by Jeff Rudin 3 September 20215 October 2021

Race is both merely a social construct and used to camouflage class inequalities

Posted inEnvironment

Jobs or clean energy: is it better to go nuclear or to melt down?

by Charmain Naidoo 2 September 20215 October 2021

SA’s black female unemployment crisis forces us to think differently about job creation and the effects of human behaviour on the planet

Posted inGender violence

Women’s rights are human rights

by Shalate Davhana and Malesela Maubane 19 August 20215 October 2021

We are a far way from realising our lofty ideals of gender equality, but we must keep working towards them

Posted inNews/Politics

Clean-up after South Africa’s violence reveals a deeper rot

by John Davenport 7 August 20215 October 2021

Is a system that leaves people with nothing left to lose in any way worth supporting?

Posted inGeneral

Winner: Hear our Voices competition

by Ziko Petse 9 July 202129 July 2021

This essay, exploring how a classic 18th century gothic novel shines some light on modern-day South Africa is
in response to the competition’s prompt: How do art and social justice influence each other?

Posted inGeneral

Winner: Hear our Voices competition

by Nyasha Mazarura 9 July 20219 July 2021

Welcome to Mo’s is a creative essay in response to the competition’s prompt: How do art and social justice influence each other?

Posted inNews/Politics

Zuma is playing for time, a privilege of the powerful and wealthy

by Casper Lӧtter 29 April 202130 April 2021

People with the means to employ the best legal minds to plot a course through the labyrinth of legalese can milk the system’s preponderance for fairness

Posted inEquality, General

If land expropriation is evil, it is the evil we all need

by Motlhabane Skade 19 March 202126 March 2021

The Expropriation Bill is needed to undo evils in South Africa, and lies and fear-mongering to scare investors will not bring this democratic process to a halt

Posted inEquality

Coming of age in South Africa

by Sebabatso C Manoeli 19 February 202119 February 2021

Young people inherit generational inequalities, but cling on to a hope of self-authorship

Posted inLifestyle

Cooking up resilience in our unjust world

by Ishay Govender 18 February 202118 February 2021

Small acts of resistance and reinvention may be our most significant victories yet

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