When did we start referring to people as “bodies”?
Some of you might have noticed that, sometime in the past few years, it has become in-vogue to use the…
Up-ending student leadership in our “new reality”
The past few months of 2020 have witnessed a flurry of opinion pieces written about this pandemic milieu in which…
The Achilles Heel of Conservation
Conservation globally is a challenging battle. Movements against climate change, plastic pollution and deforestation in the Amazon are on the…
A tale of the past and present
I was five years old in a church when a woman stood to give the children a story. In the beginning, she asked, “What would you want to be when…Continue Reading →
“We Are the World”
At the start of this year, I stood in my mother’s house watching the BBC report on the new virus…
Is anybody out there?
The quiet, unbearable loneliness of victimhood in an emotionally abusive relationship You know, it’s funny; when you look at someone…
Gender-Based Silence
The Pragmatic Progressive There is a line in a Ryan Lewis and Macklemore song: “it seems we’re more concerned with…
Yes, Die Matie, We can and We will Protest
In a recent editorial piece, Die Matie’s editor, Lian van Wyk, expressed some pointed criticisms of protests on campus, and used the LLL Village protest on the 21st of August…Continue Reading →
Stellenbosch is desperate for a strong SRC
Earlier this year I described the dire situation of leadership on Stellenbosch University campus, specifically highlighting leaders dealing with mental…
Post Stellies Glow Up
Life on the outside is nothing like life in the colony Life on the outside is a breath of fresh…