Youth voice and power in South Africa and Africa
Robert F. Kennedy, United States Senator and brother to the 35th President of the United States, spoke these words at the University of Cape Town on 6…
Category: Activator Opinions
Should We Even Be Going to the Polls on the 4th? What’s the Point?
With another election approaching, young South Africans are being asked to believe in the power of their vote. But after years of broken promises, une…
Mzansi’s Youth Isn’t Up in Arms, It’s Up in Smoke: The Effects of Vaping on the Future of South African Youngsters
South Africa's youth is no longer fighting the battles of 1976. The streets are no longer filled with students confronting an oppressive regime. The s…
The Cost of Silence: Transparency, Power and the Fight Against GBV
It is a grim world women inhabit. Whether she is outspoken or reserved, dressed to impress or simply to exist, someone somewhere will convince himself…
Beyond 67 Minutes: A 2026 Mandela Month Blueprint for Active Citizenship
July 2026 marks 18 years since Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela’s passing. It also falls three years after the 2024 national and local elections, which bro…
Our evolving reality: The becoming of South Africa’s youth demographic
Since the early 2000s, I have been working in the youth sector, and I have benefited as a youth development practitioner and as a young person in Sout…
The Father Behind the Paintbrush: Polelo Huma Challenges Society’s Narrow View of Modern Fatherhood
For generations, fatherhood has been measured through a simple but complicated question: “What does a father provide?” In many communities, especi…
Yes, We’re Clapping for the Fish for Swimming: The Radical Rise of the Millennial Dad
Every June, South African social media timelines split into two completely different cultural realities. On one side, corporate marketing engines push…
Dying to Be Men: Patriarchy, Fatherhood and South Africa’s Male Mental Health Crisis
Society has become adept at counting dead men; we count them when they are murdered. We count them when they die in mines, construction accidents, and…
Moral Decay in Mzansi: Alcohol and the Dangerous Normalisation of Addiction
South Africa does not merely drink. It glorifies drinking. We are a country where bottles are stitched into celebration, heartbreak, masculinity, grie…