Category: Opinion

Wunpini Fatimata Mohammed, Cornell University Netflix began its Africa operations in South Africa in 2016. When the US streaming giant announced it was setting up shop in Nigeria in 2020, … Read More

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor After his demise the social media platforms became abuzz with messages of both mourning and celebration of a life well lived by one of the … Read More

By Gregory Maqoma The Great Illusion: How Government Funding in South Africa Has Been Engineered for Dependence, Perhaps Even More For Humiliation. Government funding in South Africa, especially in the … Read More

Gwen Ansell, University of Pretoria Louis Tebugo Moholo-Moholo was born in St Monica’s Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa on 10 March 1940. He’d not have appreciated that introduction, once chastising … Read More

Nicky Falkof, University of the Witwatersrand American president Donald Trump has issued an executive order to withdraw aid from South Africa. He was reacting to what he has called the … Read More

Steven Buckley, City St George’s, University of London Just over a week after Donald Trump was sworn in as 47th president of the United States, his new press secretary, Karoline … Read More

Caroline Fowler, Williams College The so-called golden age of Dutch painting in the 1600s coincided with an economic boom that had a lot to do with the transatlantic slave trade. … Read More