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Posted inEquality

Young activists: a thin chapter in the history curriculum

by Catherine Sofianos and Leah Nasson 8 March 202112 March 2021

Some of the most brutal years of the anti-apartheid struggle, fought by women and children, are given a scant 20 minutes in the classroom

Posted inGeneral

Laws outside the law

by Bert Olivier 11 February 202111 February 2021

New developments regarding ‘homo sacer’ and ‘bare life’ under pandemic conditions

Posted inEquality, News/Politics

The Rhodes statue, a swastika and so much offence

by Thorne Godinho 19 March 201519 March 2015

Yesterday, after a week of protesting at the University of Cape Town, anti-Rhodes statue activists placed swastikas and photographs of Adolf Hitler on buildings at the university. They claimed (after the fact, it must be noted) that these posters were put up to conscientise students to the offence that the statue of Rhodes represents. One […]

Posted inEquality, Media, News/Politics

Hitler in Potchefstroom

by Thorne Godinho 26 February 201426 February 2014

We need to talk about the young people at North West University (NWU). The university residences at NWU that made their first years pledge allegiance with Nazi salutes and a sieg heil have either perplexed people (with many wondering why this was even taking place – fascist symbolism hasn’t ever caught on in South Africa) […]

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