Monthly Archives: September 2007

Where are the coloureds?

Over the past 60 years, South Africa has undergone a period of racial discrimination against the majority of the population. Apartheid simply drew our nation apart and drove the black people into an inferiority complex, whereby our cultures where not respected at all. Today, we have celebrated over a decade of democracy and have celebrated [...]

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Numbers!

In this course, we often speak about society and identity. Just yesterday, we watched the most interesting documentary on gangs and how they operate in jail and outside the bars of justice. In this piece a man was questioned about his identity. He was asked if he would classify himself as a cape coloured. His [...]

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