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Politics

05/08/2019

What Do the 2019 Elections Mean to You?

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”  This quote from Albert …

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03/25/2019

Lebo Mashile encourages students to establish creative communities

The poet was speaking at the launch of the Inter-res debate competition Performance poet, Lebo Mashile told students at USKAR …

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03/22/2019

Human Rights Day Commemorations Ignore Parts of History

Calling it Human Rights Day is akin to sanitizing, limiting and even forgetting parts of South African history, said panelists at …

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03/05/2019

Students to start voting in 2019 SRC By-elections

USKAR students will be heading to the voting polls today, 5 March 2019, to choose who will represent them in …

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05/23/2018

Interrogating the ‘Strong Black Female’ Stereotype

Talking about black womxn as being strong and enduring can be dangerous, Masters student Londiwe Mntambo told students at USKAR …

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04/21/2017

Cabinet reshuffle sparks outcry

On 31 March 2017, President Jacob Zuma made massive changes to his cabinet. These included firing almost a third of …

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05/25/2016

Rethinking constitutionalism in South Africa

For the latest edition of The Oppidan Press, we asked students what they thought of constitutionalism in South Africa. Responses …

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04/12/2016

The Panama Papers- a different perspective

The ‘Panama Papers’ has become one of the largest information ‘spills’, in recent history. As names of major international corporations …

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03/17/2016

Israel-Apartheid Week – a Jewish Perspective

Israel-Apartheid Week took place from the 4-11 March. This is a week of activism relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and …

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03/17/2016

Israel-Apartheid Week: The Muslim Students Association’s perspective

Israel-Apartheid Week took place from the 4-11 March. This is a week of activism relating to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and …

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