Lindiwe Sisulu and the new denialism

NOVANEWS Richard Pithouse The assertion that people under 40 have lost nothing to apartheid is one of the most extraordinary statements from the mouth of a cabinet minister since 1994. The pretense that apartheid’s consequences […]

Ebola’s villain and victim

NOVANEWS Amira Ali Varying Western mainstream media styles of reporting on Ebola confirm how narratives are spaces of domination. The African Ebola patient is classically “othered” and portrayed as a villain and perpetrator, while the […]

Indebted to death

NOVANEWS By: Vanessa Burger ver 11 million South African citizens are currently in debt, due to the entrenchment of aggressive capitalist policies. Most debt experiences, such as the author’s, are extremely painful. It is time […]