"If, indeed, there exists an afterlife where we may meet, I long to embrace her and convey my boundless love,” said Khumbulani Kubheka, the father of 16 year old Melita Mhlebi, one of the 77 victims who died in Joburg's Albert St fire. https://t.co/FRg8oSWBWp
#Marikana Luke Sinwell, an associate professor at UJ, said “any process of restoration within and beyond the borders of Marikana must begin by acknowledging the social forces that gave rise to the killing of 34 mineworkers”. https://t.co/gf2tD6aYpN
“It seems odd that Manchin would choose as his legacy to be the one man who single-handedly doomed humanity,” said John Podesta. https://t.co/ktFMdeVtUY
'I stopped reading the news. Is the problem me — or the product?' This is an interesting opinion piece by Amanda Ripley on how media can incorporate hope, agency and dignity in the news to stop people from tuning out. https://t.co/VvqDY3BGtv
Sunday Times writing about Nhlanhla Lux like it's still June 2021, continuing the mythologising while downplaying xenophobia and criminal charges. https://t.co/ZPaYGJIvzC
just a reminder to be livid about a R22m flag when one of the biggest collections of African art is falling apart
Once vibrant Joburg Art Gallery is crumbling into ruin https://t.co/Ixp227I0tQ
The heartbreaking consequences of mismanagement and austerity: Children are dying because of the horrendous state of our public hospitals https://t.co/AworX4jbZD
The 2015 documentary Luister asked: “What is it like to be a black person and exist and be alive at Stellenbosch University?” It's worth rewatching. See it here https://t.co/jz8d3fi7tO and our write-up here https://t.co/ojQnC4UZ6V