More: Society
Popular Protest: How effective is it?
If there is one theme, beyond corruption and a host of economic and
social grievances, that have driven protests -- large and small, local,
sectoral and...
Best of the Net nominated essay: “Secrets”
So, mother, like Johannesburg, you cut me in deep, imaginative and raw
ways. A cut from you was a project. Thinking of you, staring at...
The mulatto
I’ll leave the pain for tomorrow. Won’t
even think about it until tomorrow. That is, if tomorrow ever comes. So, I walk
in the present, barefoot,...
Research into gender-bias and class, the Khoi, the grief of the mulatto
Other races in South Africa see us as clowns. They have always seen us
as clowns or interlopers and whose fault is that? Again, and...
Kevin Carter belongs to everyone
I hope you
have the sun. I long for the sun today. Yes, I’m thinking of you. You and
moonlight. You and tenderness. How you express...
Running with Lithium
Head made of stone sound the alarm for here hallucinations abound like
driftwood, a gull sweeping through the sky overhead. In the photograph her skin
is...
My struggles with depression and finding lasting romantic love
These are things that make me happy. The stars brightness turns in the
air. Dandelions. Reading Hemingway. The pouring rain. A switched off
television. The magical...
Unhappy India
Not very
long ago (Sept 2, 2019), India launched a rocket to the far side of the
moon. It carried a lunar lander that fell silent...
Amherst
How am I supposed to live without father?
He is passed. Gone into the hereafter. He is never to return. While, yes, I am
still very...
Africa: The next chapter begins
How does a continent decline? Corruption.
Misappropriation of funds. Leadership, where leadership, the leaders of South
Africa, or the leaders of a particular individual African country,...