BY KHAYA DLANGA
Let me start off by saying that Caster Semenya is a chick until proven a dude. Oh, hang on, she has been proven to be a chick by her parents, her teachers and her friends, mind you.
The accusations of racism levelled at the IAAF have been a bit excessive. But one can understand [...]
Semenya: it’s about gender not race
Living and breathing all that is art: Grahamstown reviewed
BY LARA MOSES
As a creative I’ve dabbled in every bit of creativity before finding my niche. I’ve stood in first, second and third position and moved my body to every count of eight. Pushed black and white keys with three fingers in a sequence and created “Mary had a little lamb”. I’ve memorized lines in [...]
Does the moon rule our bodies as it rules the tides?
BY CRAIG PRINSLOO
I sit and wait, like I do most days, but today is different. Today as I sit here I feel uneasy, as though I’m wasting this very moment. My hand itches to move. Without thinking I pick up my phone and begin to type. This is what I wrote:
“Every night I look up [...]
South African women still second-class citizens
BY ALEX MATTHEWS
In South Africa, Women’s Day on August 9, commemorates the march of thousands of women to Pretoria’s Union Buildings in 1956 in protest against apartheid’s evil pass laws that sought to restrict the movements of non-white South Africans.
Across the country, males will doubtless be wondering why can’t there be a “Men’s Day” too. [...]
Make every day Madiba Day
BY MARIUS REDELINGHUYS
The imagery and ideals associated with South Africa’s struggle and the post-1994 miracle years of the Mandela presidency again gripped the imagination of the country and the world on 18 July 2009. It was largely because the great struggle hero, nation-builder and international icon celebrated his 91st birthday, but given greater impetus and [...]
Freedom, f#@&ed-up feminism and saving the world
In our latest roundup of fresh opinion, Paul Vosloo asks if you’d like to save the world and inspires people to do what they can to make a positive difference. In her piece on campus activism, Debbie Liebenberg says that certain Rhodes activists believe Feminism is about fighting, and explains that the very people who [...]
Fanning the flames of Nigeria’s Islamism
BY CHARLES LEMOS
Various news agencies are now confirming the death of Ustaz Mohammed Yusuf, the leader of the Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram. Mohammed Yusuf had been captured earlier in the day from a house in the northeastern city of Maiduguri in the Nigerian province of Borno following days of deadly clashes across much [...]
