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 [...]
A fork in the road: there are now TWO soapboxes
Exciting news! The newly launched SoapBox fashion label will be launched as a separate, independent entity unrelated to the The Soapbox website. This is a separate, unrelated fashion brand, not to be confused with The Soapbox online platform — the one you’re standing on right now.
After several months of fruitful collaborative development, we feel this [...]
Student life, Limewire and dirty diamonds
In our latest roundup of fresh opinion, Debbie Liebenberg takes a trip down memory lane with her hilarious memories of life as a UCT student. Graham Pote takes a look at the struggling South African music industry and urges consumers to buy it instead of nicking it off Limewire.
Jake turns to the situation in Iran [...]
Maintenance madness on The Soapbox
Huge apologies to our email subscribers for being subjected to continuous mails featuring the “SA must invest in delivering new energy technology” post. Unfortunately we’ve got a bug in the system which results in the “Business & Tech” category disappearing on the home page each time we post new content – which means we have [...]
Iran, entitlement and a murder in Hermanus
In the aftermath of the shooting of a baboon in the Overberg, T. Slabbert writes a passionate indictment of the savagery of human arrogance.
Jean-Marc Vogt discusses enlightenment versus the culture of entitlement that seems to predominate in this country in one post and looks at the mysteries of the impeding end of the Mayan calendar [...]
Celebrate Youth Day on The Soapbox!
Do your bit to celebrate Youth Day by submitting an opinion piece on our contribution form.
This week’s contributions cover everything from global warming to the coolest night spots.
We have a ravishingly funny homage to Long Street by blogger Green Eyes. Greater Good spokesperson Mike Mulcahy calls on South Africans to forgo apathy for once and [...]
Born-again, brains and calamity in Zim
Last Monday Africa’s top Digital Citizen Journalist, Khaya Dlanga was published in The Guest Column. His piece commemorates the renewal of his faith in this country. In Politics & Society the state of Zimbabwe was explored by two writers — Rory Short and The Soapbox editor’s Alex Matthews. And, in Life & Culture, Jean-Marc Vogt [...]
Dinosaurs, coal and stirrings in the Gulf
Another week’s gone by — and it’s rather scary to think The Soapbox has been live for over a month!
Last week shadow environment minister Gareth Morgan wrote in The Guest Column about the most pressing environmental issues in new minister Buyelwa Sonjica’s in-tray. In Politics & Society, Lara Moses told us why we should celebrate [...]
Change, culture, contempt: it’s just another week on The Soapbox!
It’s been busy times for The Soapbox. We changed our publishing schedule, so throughout the week we’ve been having a regular stream of opinion posted up onto the site. In this digest, look at the contributions of the past week — from cultural diversity and opposition politics, to change’s power and a contempt for democracy.
Rhoda Kadalie writes for us
Today we publish a piece by forthright activist and Business Day columnist Rhoda Kadalie who writes for us in The Guest Column.
She looks at the fallout of Helen Zille’s remarks around Jacob Zuma’s sexual habits which formed part of rebuttal of ruling party criticism of the all-male composition of Zille’s Western Cape cabinet.
Read Rhoda’s piece [...]
