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'Coloured'

Photograph taken at the Camissa Museum, Cape Town, circa 2025

I consider that labelling oneself as ‘coloured’ is reductive.

Reductive means inaccurately oversimplifying something, and people with such rich and diverse heritage should not...

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Our System Of Oppression

The Wrong Question

The public debate about redress in South Africa almost always ends up in the same cul-de-sac: What do white people owe black people? This question is a trap precisely because when you ask it, you presuppose that this...

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Black Economic Empowerment

Disclaimer: I am a beneficiary of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE). My family members are beneficiaries of BEE. My friends are beneficiaries of BEE. My colleagues and staff are beneficiaries of BEE. I have a vested interest in advancing and...

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The Arrogant National Congress

‘Evicted’ by Anton Siebrits, Stellenbosch, South Africa, circa April 2018

This short post is for anyone who wants to know what I have come to think of the ANC (African National Congress). It is important for me to note that, my supp...

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Our Freedom Is Incomplete

History is not the past. It is the present. We carry our history with us. We are our history. If we pretend otherwise, we are literally criminals.

+ James Baldwin

Removed: Demolition in progress, District Six, Cape Town, circa...

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