The podcasters’ ‘coloured people are dangerous’ comments are the echoes of enduring colonial stereotypes which need to be silenced
While race is still central, it is the battle among the rich for the wealth of South Africa that has exacerbated inequality
Notions of superior Western and scientific understanding need to be challenged
‘Why do I write? Being born as the light-skinned girl in a dark-skinned neighbourhood gives you an interesting perspective’
Research suggests that a complex crisis of identity is at the heart of the problem
Understanding who we coloured people are and not trying to fit into one race group or another is the way to the future
Immigrants self-identify differently – and they can help their new country become truly nonracial
In this Sound Africa podcast, Candice Nolan tries to find the answers she is looking for by looking in an old bible
Gatvol Capetonian is a coloured ultra-nationalist organisation but here’s the kicker: their racist culprit is the post-apartheid government
A particularly South African kind of shame raises questions of home, belonging and mixed identity in this remarkable memoir
Protests disrupted schooling in Klipspruit West after a black principal was brought into the largely coloured area
‘Mixed Space’ is a short film that delves, through the participants, into mixed-race people’s views of themselves and identities given to them
In the same week the UN was looking into claims that coloured people were gatvol, rioting erupted.
Three families in too little space: "We literally fight for this room."
Camissa has taken its discrimination argument to the UN Human Rights Council.
Readers write in about coloured people’s position, breaking the ANC’s leadership spelle, and the independent press.
South Africa’s coloured population is still moored between the binaries of black and white.
The question of the so-called "coloured vote" has bubbled to the surface of discussions centred on the political landscape of the Western Cape.
Superstar wing Cornal Hendricks is bringing hope to a Boland community racked by poverty.
The case against correctional services for its "blatant policy of absolute racial representation" in hiring for jobs has continued, amid protests.
