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Sunday, 03 January 2016 21:16
How I, as a young coloured woman, feel connected to Saartjie Baartman
Written by Deidré Jantjies - LiveMag.co.za
We love the manner in which Deidré Jantjies raises the point that we have been conditioned to have Eurocentric views of our body shapes and facial features. In the article…
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Monday, 30 November 2015 22:26
Can’t separate language from people who produced it
Written by Jitsvinger
One of South Africa's foremost proponents of Afrikaans Hip Hop, and perhaps more specifically the Afrikaaps vernacular, Jitsvinger expresses his views on how the cultural suppression of Afrikaaps affects the…
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Thursday, 30 July 2015 03:31
Who says Bursaries are not for us? Go get yours.
Written by Josie Martin
Yes, you or your child can further your studies and get that degree or diploma and best of all is that you could qualify for a bursary. So easily we…
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In his article below, Mark Peach shares his opinion that there is not much if any recorded history of people classified as Coloured and as such, we collectively do not…
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Saturday, 10 January 2015 15:40
SA's first people demand their place in the sun
Written by Dennis Cruywagen
Once upon a time, according to the generally accepted narrative of our history, different groups of tribes started arriving in the southern part of Africa from far beyond the Limpopo…
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Monday, 05 January 2015 17:28
Sunette vs Vinette and Our Real Fear of Violent Crime
Written by Ryan Swano
What is most disturbing for me about the much publicised "racial spat" between Vinette Ebrahim and Sunette Bridges is not the fact that it even exists but all of the…
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Wednesday, 12 November 2014 17:34
Homelessness & Hunger is Everybody's Problem
Written by Ryan Swano
Social Experiment Videos like the one further below are becoming quite common nowadays and many of them are staged but whether this one was staged or not, does not change…
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I've always wondered why nuns' clothing are called habits. Besides that they wear the same kind of clothing each and every day, and we recognise them by this, nuns also…
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There are many reasons why backyard dwellers seem to be neglected by the system and even by some organisations that deal with the issue of housing. Back yard dwellings, though…
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Child: Dad, what am I? You: You are a Black my child Child: But Dad, black is the colour of the ink on this page. I am not black?! You:…
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Thursday, 19 June 2014 21:27
Coloureds should toyi-toyi at UCT
Written by Rambina Mahapa - Cape Argus
Coloured students are severely punished by the University of Cape Town’s new admission policy, writes Rambina Mahapa. This article first appeared in Cape Argus 18 June 2014 Cape Town -…
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A humanitarian crisis that by most accounts has been brewing since 2003 has boiled over on 3 June 2014 and instead of seeking negotiated solutions before this cruelly cold winters…
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The regulations in the EE Amendment Act that would have resulted in discrimination against Coloureds in the Western Cape and the Northern Cape, and against Indians in KwaZulu-Natal have been…
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According to the IEC only 30% of those young South Africans eligible to vote for the very first time had actually bothered to register and chances are that even less…
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Tuesday, 15 April 2014 19:30
DRAFT EMPLOYMENT EQUITY REGULATIONS WILL REDUCE ‘COLOURDS’ AGAIN TO SECOND CLASS CITIZENS!
Written by Christo van der Rheede - News24
President Zuma made some interesting remarks over the weekend in Cape Town in his attempt to woe ‘Coloured’ people to vote for the ANC. According to him ‘Coloureds’ are also…
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Thursday, 10 April 2014 00:48
Our votes are still just Negative Decisions - Elections2014
Written by Ryan Swano
Heading into our fifth general elections I have since 2004 hoped that we would fast mature as an electorate and grow into a nation whose votes were cast not only…
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