The Chinese did not strong-arm us. We are the ones looking for a quick solution to our economic woes
The struggle was successful because of the role of South Africa’s majority. Not the efforts of one man.
Voters don’t have the luxury of nursing demons of a political party. They have a whole list to conquer of their own
This was her third night and she was terrified of sleeping on the floor again. She would shiver. Gradually faded away
We have spent the better part of democracy adjusting to awakening. We have spent the better part of freedom exploring temporary access to a class we can never fit ...
We can’t fly. The least we deserve is an airport named after Mama Winnie Madikizela Mandela. Yes we are yet to earn our wings, but stripes are a different story. ...
There they are; our brothers, clad in inadequate body armour for what comes next. They are collateral. This relationship is explosive
People will say you are an artist. How you paint Palestine red with blood
When the Living Conditions of Households in South Africa survey still says whites earn five times more than blacks, shut up and listen
There is a darkness in putting a hashtag before a womxn’s first and last name. It usually means they are dead, killed by a man.
How many Freedom Day’s will the stench of faeces still live too close to their kitchens?
Déjà vu is when the coloniser puts up a smokescreen to blind us from underlying flaws
How many spineless journalists does it take to cause a rift amongst a black people united against the apartheid plaque?Forty of these weasels
That dreadful painting of Mother of the Nation, may she rest in poetry, wasn’t your first questionable portrait
They knew a forensic investigation shouldn't have included fingers in their genitalia
We already have nothing, we can’t even Shoprite, yet we are cornered to Pick n Pay for death
There are shacks in sufficient land. Enough has been enough for far too long. We are restructuring. Self-remembering. Recreating
We, the poor, will again embrace the predetermined Wrath of ragging VAT gods
Award-winning poet, journalist and author Rabbie Wrote with poetry ensemble @OpusPoetry puts this week’s politics into poetry #Zumahasfallen #SONA2018 ...
In our new column #PoeticLicence, poet, journalist & author @Rabbie_wrote puts the attack of a 52-year-old woman at #LuthuliHouse by an #ANC member into poetry
Next time choose your suitor well before you flirt. After having Steinhoff for supper, why wouldn’t Viceroy have Capitec for dessert?
You have left sacred scrolls for us to sing along to. #RipBraHugh
Of all the song, dance, painting, poetry and plays by Matsemela Manaka, the best sensory experience for his son, Mak, was the rapid clicks from his father’s typewriter. ...
On the final day of the tariff increase hearings, every single person who made a submission opposed Eskom’s application.
The Saturday Star has put together a grocery basket of food and other common items to show the increase and difference in food prices at various stores.