The case of murder accused Ntuthuko Shoba is nearing its end after months of delays and preparation. Tshegofatso Pule was killed on the 4th June 2020. All that remains are closing arguments and judgement.
Who are the women who do our hair? So many of them come from all over the African Diaspora. Some are brought to our borders out of hardships experienced in their own countries, others out of sheer curiosity to travel the world. Whatever the reason, many come with the practical skill of doing hair, and…
A picture gallery of my 2nd semester at Wits: from SRC Election announcements to meeting the premier of Gauteng, visual imagery doesn’t lie.
1. Lebo Mashile at #RuthFirst Lecture Lebo Mashile yesterday performing alongside Sisonke Msimang. It was an evening of great cheer from a fully packed audience at the Wits Great Hall, and as VC Adam Habib puts it, was an evening of ‘robust conversation’. #RuthFirst 2. The Wits men’s residence march was held in solidarity…
Day 1: 1st of October 2015 The Hajji, The Hajji by Ahmed Essop is the first thing that came to mind; and the movie, and my experience in it. I was in my second year at AFDA and I remember being asked by Zwelethu Radebe if I wanted to be head of costume and make-up for the…
Women’s month this year was full of activity for Ruramai ‘Rudo’ Musekiwa when none other than Lupita Nyong’o picked up her artwork to commemorate all women in South Africa on women’s day. “I was so stoked, I’m still stoked about that! OkayAfrica was one of the platforms that featured the Sibahle poster series on a…
Just two weeks ago the newest SRC president was elected at this year’s PYA Branch General Meeting. Nompendulo Mkatshwa (22), affectionately known as Ulo has been chosen to sit on the Wits throne that allows her the power to push student agenda’s and politics. As the newest president, are you excited or are you nervous…
Nompendulo Mkatshwa and the various members of the Progressive Youth Alliance (PYA) were officially constituted despite false claims that Mkatshwa was not elected as president by branch general meeting (BGM). Friday saw the official constituting of the Wits SRC of 2016, despite a false allegation that a PYA BGM was opposed to the selection of Nompendulo Mkatshwa as…
A Braamfontein student has warned others about being vigilant of a Nigerian con man who offers money in exchange for safeguarding his fake cocaine. Jabulani Makoko*, a student at the Auckland Park AFDA found himself in a scam earlier yesterday when he agreed to safeguard 2kg of what appeared to be cocaine. Makoko said that he was…
“I choose to appropriate the term ‘coconut’ and self-identify as one, because I believe it offers an opportunity for refusal, and this very refusal allows for radical anti-racist politics to emerge,” said Panashe Chigumadzi at the Ruth First Lecture this year. Validation, resonance and irony in her humour is what I walked away with that…
Thando Sibongiseni Gumede, a final year Law student at Wits, is not only an Allan Gray Scholarship recipient and a Brightest Young Minds (BYM) awardee, but is also an advocate for the education of black girl children and substantive equality. A self-proclaimed feminist, she remains highly competitive in a male dominated industry. You are studying Law…
South Africa has often been a place of conundrums; apartheid acts as a beginning and also an end. And literature which is often an art that connects the unsaid with the truth, acts like a mirror which reveals a society to itself. Many authors in South Africa have repeatedly written the things many people are…
Former Wits SRC member Jamie Mighti walked out of a Wits town hall earlier today after he found himself in a shouting match with VC Adam Habib. A Wits town hall ended in tension earlier today after a shouting match between Vice Chancellor Prof Adam Habib and former SRC member Jamie Mighti, with the latter leaving the room…
Kat Sekhotho 