Eparkeni

Revisiting the nation’s amble towards democracy from the perspective of Colesberg and other rural areas arouses interesting stories from people of otherwise simple backgrounds. Frontline activists recall a monumental task that history had cut out for them. At the outset, it was education-driven. Brief, off-the-cuff, a night-school-like crusade with little time to assess if the … Freedom Day: Colesberg’s nostalgia and empty seats in Bloem Read More »

This week the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) announced that they would be seeking to have registration fees paid to various councils like the HPCSA and SACE by unemployed professionals scrapped. In a letter to the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, EFF MP Sihle Lonzi ‘submitted a formal request to Parliament for urgent intervention … Small hope for graduates and one point for EFF Read More »

In a sentence that ‘induces a sense of shock,’ on Thursday, 16 April, Julius Malema was sentenced to 5 years direct imprisonment. This follows a criminal case brought by Afriforum against Malema based on a video that emerged of the EFF Chief-in-Command (CIC) discharging a firearm during his party’s fifth birthday celebrations back in Mdantsane, … Malema sentence: Disgraced or martyred? Read More »

On an ordinary day – that is when talking business, or Sundowns’ weekend performance – Patrice Motsepe is a cardsharp of decorum, tailored suits and a man who does not seem to sweat the small stuff. This is the unguarded personality he usually lets on. That is until some pesky journalist throws an unexpected question … Motsepe, the President, DA all playing on tough ground Read More »

You may have missed a potentially groundshifting but underreported story that transpired at OR Tambo International Airport where three Nigerian nationals were barred from entering the country on Sunday, 5 April. Not because they did not have the requisite paperwork, nor because they had committed any criminal act. One of the alleged offences apparently was … SA’s border starts at the digital footprint Read More »

The Sunrise Community Advice & Human Rights Centre office on Kuyasa’s main road is ordinary and unassuming only inasfar as the few books that adorn the shelves, the four low-hung wooden chairs and the modest wages drawn from a personal savings account. Two weeks old, almost everything is either a hand me down or a … Colesberg’s new law clinic Read More »