Ek soek me mense, waar is hulle? op die vlaktes, vergete en verlore, waar is ons leiers ? die is verniel en sonder siel… . Waar is ons kinders? die leiers van more? op die strate, verlore in ‘n lolly. Waar is my mense, waar is hul trots en krag? verlore, vergete,verduister… . Ek staan [...]
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Ek soek me mense, waar is hulle?
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Look beyond race, govt urged
The South African government needs to “take a hard look” at its race-fuelled myopia and create the conditions that encouraged productive South Africans — including whites and minority groups — to stay and contribute to growth, says official opposition Democratic Alliance leader Tony Leon. In his regular online column on Friday, SA Today, Leon noted [...]
History: The Afrikaners of South Africa
In 1652 a small company of employees of the Dutch East India Company were settled on the southern tip of Africa in order to establish a refreshment station for the Company’s ships en route to the Far East. From this group of Dutchmen the Afrikaners were to develop. From 1688 to 1700, they were joined [...]
Zoe Wicomb – A Writer Of Rare Brilliance
Author Zoe Wicomb gave this rare interview to David Robinson of the Scotsman and gives us a glimpse of life as a mixed-race person under apartheid. Zoe Wicomb, South Africa-born but living in Glasgow for the last 11 years, is a writer of rare brilliance. On the cover of her latest book, Nobel laureate Toni [...]
A history of the Anglo-Burmese Community
Throughout the former colonial world, in many instances what are referred to as ‘hybrid communities’ have evolved. In Africa, Oceania, Asia and the Americas, different groups were born of mixed relations between the colonists and indigenous peoples. In Asia, such groups, commonly known as Eurasians, developed in differing ways. These peoples were regarded varyingly from [...]
Being Half Japanese
I was born to a Japanese mother and an American-Italian mother. Like many other ‘racially’ or if you prefer ‘ethnically’ mixed individuals, I often think about my identity and how I sit in society. I was born and raised in Japan. I therefore consider myself to be predominantly Japanese. That is, culturally. The issue with [...]
We are because of them – Part 5 0f 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen Share this post: Share this post with the world.
Next Time Call Me Mixed-Race!
I have both white and black cousins, but best of all I have two places that I can call home. How do you categorise someone who is not 100% white nor 100% black, without offending that person? This is the debate that I walked into the other day, when a woman pointed at me and [...]
Ngoro right on coloured culture!
PLEASE allow me the opportunity to respond to the article “Ngoro invites Khoisan intellectuals”, which appeared in City Press of August 14. I would like to thank Blackman Ngoro for opening an issue which we as Khoisan rights campaigners have been discussing all along – that coloured people should shed their coloured identity and reclaim [...]
We are because of them – Part 4 0f 5
A documentary by Tana Baru Productions, and Directed by Rhomeez Petersen Share this post: Share this post with the world.