Category Archives: Culture and identities

Stuart Hall’s cultural legacy. Britain under the microscope

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/feb/10/stuart-hall-cultural-legacy-britain-godfather-multiculturalism

Aninka Claassens, Reviled Land act is being re-enacted

http://mg.co.za/article/2014-02-06-reviled-land-act-is-being-re-enacted

Nolundi Luwaya, TCB contradicts democracy for which rural people fought

TCB contradicts the democracy that rural people fought for

Richard Pithouse’s insightful analysis of the broader implications of small town racism in Grahamstown

http://www.sacsis.org.za/site/article/1903

Nomboniso Gasa, To succeed Ramphele cannot afford to oversimplify race

http://www.iol.co.za/sundayindependent/to-succeed-ramphele-cannot-afford-to-oversimplify-race-1.1640499#.Uu32of3H1SU

General council of the bar slams government for silence over homophobic steps on the continent

Govt criticised for silence on anti-gay legislation

Melanie Judge, Mandela’s lessons of reconciliation applied to gender divides

http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/melaniejudge/2013/12/24/mandelas-lesson-of-reconciliation-applies-to-gender-divides/

Raymond Suttner: Child rape and murder -now in Brakpan. Do we have tools for understanding?

The rape and murder of a young child in Brakpan is another tragedy in contemporary South Africa, Continue reading →

Zuma impressed with respect shown by Venda women who lay down to show respect

Once again President Jacob Zuma illustrates that his personal views are out of line with the constitutional requirements Continue reading →

Nomboniso Gasa: Eloquent silences. Critique of National Development Plan (NDP) from gender and cultural perspective

Tara Weinberg, Re-opening restitution, election promises doomed to backfire

Re-opening restitution: Election promises doomed to backfire

Bill evokes ‘stooges of apartheid’ by Niren Tolsi

Unprecedented third round of hearings in North-West reject TCB.  People ask whether they are being pummelled with consultations till they agree.

http://www.timeslive.co.za/thetimes/2013/11/22/bill-evokes-stooges-of-apartheid

National Council of Provinces ignores rural voices on Traditional courts bill

NCOP again ignores rural voices on Traditional Courts Bill: A case of “we’ll consult until we change your minds”?

John Wright, Power and authority in Zulu kingdom: moving beyond the stereotypes

Power and authority in the Zulu kingdom: Moving beyond the stereotype

State does not consult rural people about laws that affect them. By Mbongiseni Buthelezi

“The state does not consult rural people about laws that affect them”

Advocacy for women’s land rights-plotting way forward by Frances Ann Eberhard and Tara Weinberg,

Advocacy for women’s land rights: Plotting the way forward

Land question in South Africa with Nomboniso Gasa, Leon Louw, Songezo Zibi and Monty Narsoo (Helen Suzman Foundation panel)

http://hsf.org.za/resource-centre/roundtable-series/issue-twenty-eight-october-2013-title-and-entitlement-the-land-question-in-south-africa/view

Athambile Masola,Becoming a woman in my black skin

http://feministssa.com/2013/11/14/becoming-a-woman-in-my-black-skin/

Nomboniso Gasa and Thami Mdontswa on Land question in Justice Factor

Lee Levin, Sport and socialism

http://portside.org/2013-10-26/socialism-and-sports