SAVE THE ACADEMIC YEAR OR SAVE LIVES?: ANALYSING THE HIGHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19

What makes institutions think that e-learning, in its current form, is leading to the same outcomes that would be present if we had contact learning all this time?

A Thought Or Two About Race

This past year has made one thing very clear: Archbishop Desmond Tutu's rainbow has been washed away by the storms of fear, rage and trepidation. All this can be encapsulated in one death blow of a word: racism. It's telling that it's been twenty-two years since the historic election that ushered in democracy, and we …

Mind The Gap: How Our Media Implores us to Fix Society

The role of the media in democratizing information is second to none. But I do think being too reliant on media as our only source of information and knowledge is dangerous. Dangerous, because television, radio and print media can only go so far in educating and creating awareness for specific issues. So many issues, so …

Why I’m Anxious

My social anxiety, I think, was born out of a need to be loved; to be accepted. And indeed I was accepted, but only under certain conditions. First, as the fat one. Then, as the stuttering one. Followed by smart, the the snooty intellectual. Whenever I tried to show that I was more than just …