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Outrage over Habib’s use of the n-word is ‘cancel culture’, says Zille

DA federal council chairperson Helen Zille says the outrage faced by former Wits University vice-chancellor Adam Habib for his use of the N-word is a textbook study of “cancel culture”. At the weekend, Habib came under fire after he used…

ANC members picket against eNCA after video footage of one of its journalists asking only black MPs to put their masks on during interviews went viral.Image: Sandile Ndlovu

eNCA journo, mask saga & the ANC protest – here’s what SA has to say

CEBELIHLE BHENGU eNCA journalist Lindsay Dentlinger and the ANC topped the trends list on social media on Tuesday during an antiracism protest by the ruling party at the eNCA offices in Hyde Park, Johannesburg. Some social media users…

LOUD AND CLEAR: A handful of protesters staged a picket outside the Mount Road police station as part of a nationwide campaign against racism led by the ANCImage: WERNER HILLS

Gqeberha protesters join ANC’s antiracism picket

RIAAN MARAIS and KGOTHATSO MADISA Fewer than 20 people took part in the Gqeberha (formally Port Elizabeth) leg of the ANC’s nationwide antiracism picket on Tuesday, but their message was loud and clear — racism should be fought wherever…

TOGETHER WE STAND: We can’t allow bigots to divide us

Where seeds of hate are sown

On March 15, evil came to Christchurch, New Zealand in the form of Bretton Tarrant. This man, an Australian citizen fuelled by hate and racism, went on a rampage at two mosques – the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Mosque – killing 49 innocent…

A screenshot of a video of Adam Catzavelos using the ‘K-word’.Image: Via Twitter/@MbuyiseniNdlozi

Racism is punishable by law‚ SA government tells Adam Catzavalos‚ racists

The South African government said on Thursday it strongly condemns the racial comments articulated by Adam Catzavelos‚ in a video that went viral on social media. “His racist comments cannot be justified and display one of the most…

Why I raised the subject of colonialism on Twitter: Helen Zille

It would be too time-consuming to respond to every distortion, misrepresentation or falsehood that has been published relating to my series of 12 tweets on lessons learned from my recent visit to Singapore. One of those lessons was that…