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ANC Centenary: A compromised opportunity to share ANC heritage
Vuyani Booi reflects on the heritage of the ANC and its historic mission
‘The TRUTH is on the WALLS’
Emile Maurice reviews ‘The TRUTH is on the WALLS’ which tells the story of Naz Gool - Ebrahim a courageous, compassionate and tireless human rights activist.
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the most Indigene of us all?”
Lucy Campbell shares her concerns over the marginalisation of southern Africa’s indigenous people.
A meditation on corruption
In an opinion piece published in ‘City Press’ Professor Njabulo Ndebele reflects on power, corruption and the Protection of State Information Bill
‘Siliva Zulu’ at the Iziko Slave Lodge - a review, a response and a reflection
Nessa Leibhammer reviews this exhibition which includes photographs taken by controversial anthropologist Lido Cipriani (1892-1962), and Siliva Zulu, a film directed by Italian filmmaker Attilio Gatt: the Iziko curatorial team respond and; George Mahashe shares some reflections on the discouse - and the power of the photographs.
‘The Visual Century’ - a review
Marilyn Martin’s review responds to the questions Verne Harris raised about how to measure the contribution of a publication like this to the realisation of a ‘decolonised post-apartheid’ archive.
The Zwelihle AECI Labour Site: The significance of private labour compounds in the Western Cape
Melanie Attwell attends the opening of Hostel 33 and discusses issues regarding the recognition and commemoration of spaces associated with the migrant labour system in the Western Cape.
Given a Chance, the Might of the Disability Sector would Reign Supreme
Edwin Sipho Rihlamvu call for the recognition of the individuality, agency and abilities of people with disabilities
Da Affinity of Da Kink!
Belinda Otas describes the politics of cutting her hair, commenting on shaved heads and natural African hair in the UK
Reflections of heritage and Heritage Day
Nokhanyo Mhlana reflects on the significance of celebrating Heritage Day on 24 September.
Separate is not Equal
Vuyani Gweki Booi discusses a current exhibition about the struggle against segregated schooling in America.
The “Dop” system - cocktail of despair
Lucy Campbell writes about the “evil” of the payment system that continues to takes its toll on the Cape’s coloured people today.
Power to the Kink!
Belinda Otas discusses Hair Power Skin Revolution, a collection of personal essays and stories, and poems by black and mixed-race women, in which Nicole Moore chronicles why black women need to develop an eternal love affair with their natural hair and skin.
Hair and hair-etage
Harriet Deacon introduces a series of blogs about hair, racism and the politics of beauty.
This land is my land. This land is your land.
Lucy Cambell considers the unsettling social geography and the history of settlement and dispossession in Cape Town.
