“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” This quote from Albert …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Cabinet reshuffle sparks outcry
On 31 March 2017, President Jacob Zuma made massive changes to his cabinet. These included firing almost a third of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …