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  • May 4, 2019

    YOU SHOULD VOTE: WHY VOTING BRINGS ABOUT A STRONGER POLITICAL CULTURE

    When we vote, we have our say. We can either let out our grievances, or we can commend the incumbents on a job well done. We bring in new voices to the political arena, or we send other voices packing. There is tremendous power in exercising our democratic right to vote.

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  • April 28, 2019

    POLITICAL MUSINGS: HOW DID YOU DECIDE WHO TO VOTE FOR?, 2019 NATIONAL ELECTION EDITION

    For the past week or so, my favourite question to ask people is – how did you end up deciding who to vote for?

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  • April 27, 2019

    POLITICAL MUSINGS: THOUGHTS ON NELSON MANDELA’S LEGACY

    With democracy, we can and should do better. Violence indeed made South Africa ungovernable, but it was dialogue that led to the historic elections on this day 25 years ago. Fear may paralyze us into inaction, but it is only courage that leads to the bravest acts me, you and everybody around us celebrate today.

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  • ON MY DEATH
    April 24, 2019

    ON MY DEATH

    I was living in mirages, living in a dream I wished I could fulfill but now realising I could not. My mortality stared me in the face and forced me to acknowledge it.

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  • POLITICAL MUSINGS: THE EFF 2019 NATIONAL ELECTION MANIFESTO
    February 5, 2019

    POLITICAL MUSINGS: THE EFF 2019 NATIONAL ELECTION MANIFESTO

    “The EFF election manifesto is.. long. I say that as both a compliment and a criticism.”

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  • #NOTALLMEN: HOTEPS, KHWEZI, AND TOXIC MASCULINITY IN SOUTH AFRICA
    January 21, 2019

    #NOTALLMEN: HOTEPS, KHWEZI, AND TOXIC MASCULINITY IN SOUTH AFRICA

    “What many people said (and continue to say..) reverberates through time. They are the words we remember when we are sexually assaulted and wonder whether to tell our families. They are the words that freeze us into silence and despair..”

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  • TONE-DEAF: SAM HARRIS, RACE, AND IDENTITY POLITICS
    January 18, 2019

    TONE-DEAF: SAM HARRIS, RACE, AND IDENTITY POLITICS

    ” Two hours, eleven minutes. For two hours and eleven minutes, I climbed into my lair and listened to the Waking Up podcast by Sam Harris where Harris and his guest, Vox editor Ezra Klein, were in discussion over their very public spat.”

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  • POLITICAL MUSINGS: THE ANC 2019 NATIONAL ELECTION MANIFESTO
    January 17, 2019

    POLITICAL MUSINGS: THE ANC 2019 NATIONAL ELECTION MANIFESTO

    “Any African country should be proud to have South Africa as an ally. Its resources, networks and status as a middle power necessitate its senior role in the African pecking order.”

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  • October 7, 2018

    #MENARETRASH, PRIDE, AND HUMANITY: EXAMINING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS’ RELATIONSHIP TO ALLIES

    “For a movement to work, it requires a plurality of voices singing to one chorus – and changing the words midway if they serve as a hindrance to the overall goal.”

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  • October 3, 2018

    ON SEX, POWER, AND CONSENT

    “How do the values and norms of an entire country influence what goes on between two people in a bedroom?”

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