Gareth Cliff will on Tuesday face M-Net, the broadcasting giant he has launched an urgent court application against in an effort to be reinstated as a judge on signing competition, Idols. The bitter TV split between them has made headlines after Cliff was fired from Idols for comments he made[…]
The ANC’s Western Cape leaders led a march organised by the youth league against racism in Cape Town on Friday. The Youth League said that it wants to highlight its rejection of what it calls racist utterances and attacks on black people. Mohammed Khalid Sayed, provincial chairperson of the ANCYL[…]
The ANC Youth League in the Western Cape says it will be mobilising the youth in a march to the Federal Offices of the Democratic Alliance on Friday, as part of their #EndRacism campaign. ANCYL Secretary General, Njabulo Nzuzu told media at a briefing on Wednesday that the group plans[…]
South African society is functioning as an extremely race-orientated entity bordering along the lines of prejudice and racism. This is the viewpoint of Gerhard Papenfus, chief executive of the National Employers’ Association of South Africa (NEASA), who recently wrote an opinion piece entitled ‘Racism: Do Not Whitewash The Reality’. Since[…]
The ANC has called on South Africans to “embrace democratic principles” and declare war on racism and individuals who support it. “The African National Congress calls on all South Africans to declare war on racism and for political parties to refrain from undermining democracy through calls that undermine a democratic[…]
Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Mmusi Maimane is due to address an open forum of journalists, opinion makers and party members at a meeting at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg on Tuesday to discuss the issues of race and identity. The DA has been in a verbal tug of war with[…]
A cartoon in the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has caused online shock by suggesting drowned toddler Alan Kurdi would have grown up to be a sexual abuser like those immigrants allegedly involved in the assaults in Cologne. Under the headline “Migrants”, the drawing shows two lascivious pig-like men with[…]
The Presidency has accused Independent Newspapers of distorting President Jacob Zuma’s recent comments about racism in its coverage of his interview with eNCA. On Monday morning, the group’s titles “erroneously stated” that Zuma had said that racism was not an issue in South Africa, the Presidency said. “The President stated[…]
Controversial radio personality Gareth Cliff and realtor Penny Sparrow have dominated South African social media in the past week, ROi Media has said. In a statement, ROi Media, who generate news and social media statistics, said that the duo combined accounted for over 45% of the social conversation in seven[…]
ANC president Jacob Zuma says those embracing racism and those who are racist live in the past. He called on South Africans to work together to eradicate racism in the country. “It is clear that there is a minority in our country that still harbours a desire to separate our[…]
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