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"Shoot to kill" utterance irresponsible

pumlagqola wrote 1 month ago: This is a slightly longer version of a column published under the slightly odd title of “Prote … more →

Tags: Southern African politics, things that suck, South Africa, language, African nation state, south african politics, Nationalism, fikile mbalula, Minister of Police

Jansen legitimises trivialisation of poor Black people12 comments

pumlagqola wrote 1 month ago: This is the longer version of my column in this past weekend (01 November 2009) in the City Press: I … more →

Tags: SA universities and transformation, South African universities, Southern African politics, things that suck, african women, Black Consciousness, Black People, black women, Black women's activism

Semenya as the 21st century Bartmann?14 comments

pumlagqola wrote 4 months ago: Below is the full opinion piece published in City Press (23 August 2009, p5) with the first half sho … more →

Tags: caster semenya, Sarah Bartmann, things that suck, African feminists, african women, black women, gender based violence, sexualities, South Africa

Media witch hunt on Semenya will lead to hate crimes

pumlagqola wrote 4 months ago: -Media Statement Gender DynamiX and the Saartjie Baartman Centre- 20 August 2009 This week South Afr … more →

Tags: things that suck, Southern African politics, caster semenya, Sarah Bartmann, african women, gender based violence, South Africa, black women, sexualities

Tokyo Sexwale among the shack dwellers1 comment

pumlagqola wrote 4 months ago: The business mogul, ex-guerilla, ex Premier of Gauteng Province, Tokyo Sexwale spent a night in an i … more →

Tags: things that suck, Southern African politics, South Africa, African nation state, Nationalism, 2009 Elections, tokyo sexwale

Feminists on MetroFM's Melting pot1 comment

pumlagqola wrote 1 year ago: On Tuesday evening, a rare thing happened on South African radio, especially considering that it is … more →

Tags: Black Radio, South Africa, black women, Black women writers, south african feminists, African feminists, African feminist culture, feminist anger

march against xenophobia (jhb)

pumlagqola wrote 1 year ago: Social Movements Indaba March against xenophobia and hate 21 May 2008 The SMI is mobilising social m … more →

Tags: gender based violence, South Africa, Zimbabwe, groovy Black men, South African literature, the best male writers, Black women writers, writers reading from their work, sexualities

Unproud South African (xenophobia)3 comments

pumlagqola wrote 1 year ago: The last few days have brought many of us who live in the geographic-political entity called South A … more →

Tags: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Black People, take back the tech, xenophobia

Jacob Zuma and Mike Tyson together

pumlagqola wrote 1 year ago: MEDIA RELEASE: WOMEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DENIED PERMISSION TO PROTEST TYSON/ZUMA GATHERING The One in … more →

Tags: Blogroll, gender based violence, South Africa, sexualities, Popular Culture, south african feminists

16 days of activism: take back the tech

pumlagqola wrote 2 years ago: ****************************************** TAKE BACK THE TECH: 16 DAYS OF RECLAIMING TECHNOLOGY IN A … more →

Tags: african women, gender based violence, ICTs and women, 16 Days of activism, take back the tech

critiquing (product) red

pumlagqola wrote 2 years ago: It’s been a while since I updated the blog and that has mainly to do with overcommitment with … more →

Tags: african women, Popular Culture, Black People, language

Still Loving Steve Biko - 30 years later

pumlagqola wrote 2 years ago: 12 September 2007 is exactly thirty years after Bantu Steve Biko, revolutionary, founder of the Blac … more →

Tags: South Africa, groovy Black men, the best male writers, Black People, anti-apartheid struggle, Steve Biko, Black Consciousness

Sex and popular culture1 comment

pumlagqola wrote 2 years ago: Rereading “A Postcolonial Scene: on Girl’s sexuality”, an essay by Sanya Osha, the celebrated philos … more →

Tags: african women, gender based violence, South Africa, sexualities, Popular Culture


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