By Athambile Masola
Recently, in preparation for my Masters thesis, I have been observing Grade 1 classes in Grahamstown schools. This has helped me get a feel for the reality of classroom conditions in the impoverished schools in the town, along ...
By Thabang Tlaka
It was a beautiful summer afternoon so my aunt, an employee of the University of Pretoria and I, a student at the university, decided to sit on a bench and enjoy the late afternoon sun.
Suddenly, a man came running out of the ...
By Zuki Mqolomba
Let me dare say that one cannot be a Marxist-Leninist cadre in pursuit of a non-sexist and equal society while standing in defence of a cultural practice designed intrinsically to institutionalise narrow chauvinism in postmodern S...
By Suntosh Pillay
Truth is always stranger than fiction. Malema, after all, went to Zimbabwe to learn economics from Robert Mugabe. In fact, the ANC Youth League's "study-tour programme", where eight of Malema's cronies will travel to China, Chile...
By Zukiswa Mqolombo
I read a thought provoking piece by fellow Scholar, Suntosh Pillay. His was a response to Andile Mngxitama's little red book Blacks can't be Racist. His proposition contested Andile's one, and sought to affirm that black people...
By Andy Carolin
Contrary to popular perception, opposition parties in South Africa actually intend on making themselves relevant. It was with cautious trepidation that I heard about the possibility of an unspecified cooperation between the DA, ID,...
This post is being circulated on a number of websites and blogs, and is re-posted here in support of a free press in South Africa. The Community of Mandela Rhodes Scholars (CMRS) rejects the actions of Floyd Shivambu based on the CMRS's commitment to...
By Suntosh Pillay
A short little booklet caught my attention recently. On its red cover, the bold title "Blacks can't be racist" appeared. Curious by such an absurd claim, I parted with R20.
Indeed, it was a 23-page explication on why black peo...
By Zukiswa Mqolomba
As we celebrated International Women's Day on March 8, I had to contend with the frightening reality that the ANC Women's League is indeed dead.
I focus on the women's league because of its strategic location at the centre o...
By Zukiswa Mqolomba
Firstly, the ANC Youth league must be applauded for raising debate on key and critical questions about the need to unlock natural productive forces in pursuit of national development.
The league has tried to put both a stron...
The Community of Mandela Rhodes Scholars comprises recipients of the Mandela Rhodes scholarship. It is a diverse and interesting group of people, with students from various backgrounds, fields of study and areas of interest. Their one commonality is the set of guiding principles set out by the Mandela Rhodes Foundation: leadership, reconciliation, education, and entrepreneurship.
All the recipients, past and present, have displayed some form of involvement in each of these domains and were therefore selected for this prestigious and humbling scholarship aimed at the development of African leadership. It is open to all African students and allows for postgraduate studies at any institution in South Africa. For more information visit www.mandelarhodes.org.
