Disillusionment, apathy and indifference may be rife but social justice has found a perhaps unlikely ally in digital media that promotes active citizenship. From global petitions for the protection of a rainforest to hashtags calling...
“I was a bit…disgruntled when a group of people who perhaps were pensioners, although they seemed to be extremely fit and healthy, pushed directly in front of me because they claimed that they were...
Even though the June vacation comes hand-in-hand with some of Cape Town’s most miserable weather, it’s also a cosy time of hot chocolates, pretty coats and roaring fires. For some added luxury and adventure,...
The 27th of April 1994 is so infused with ideologies of Mandela, the Rainbow Nation and the new South Africa that 25 years later, it’s begun to feel a bit underwhelming. After all, Mandela...
“I think buying local is unrealistic for people who aren’t bourgeois,” Antonia* says. And there’s something like condemnation in her tone. I cringe. Because, you see, I buy local. Of course, my parents are...
The Memory of Love Where? Freetown, Sierra Leone When? 1960s-1990s Who? Kai, Adrian and Elias The Memory of Love is a moving tale of how individuals and nations try to overcome heartbreak and trauma. It...
South Africans, you’ll want to get involved in active citizenship this month! Not only is Human Rights Day approaching but government has launched a brand new environmental campaign. There are some great and easy...
President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the Good Green Deeds campaign on Friday, 8 March in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, to much acclaim on social media. Ramaphosa called on South Africans to take responsibility for creating a clean...
The strip of tar snaking along the interior of our country isn’t all that interesting in itself but it does connect us with some very fascinating and incredibly beautiful places in Mzansi. As I...
In the past few years, I’ve been reading more African novels than in the rest of my life (and I’ve always been a fanatic reader). It’s extraordinary to explore countries I’ve never been to,...
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