With only a day to go before the national general elections, South Africans are uncertain of the kind of change that will soon befall them. I feel like this is the most significant general election since 1994 and sadly I was not old enough to vote in ’94.
We are young, vibrant and creative, filled with so much potential yet it all goes to waste because as it stands South Africa has the worst youth unemployment rate in the world. We are the 90’s generation, the generation that came after years of Apartheid.
We are young, vibrant and creative, filled with so much potential yet it all goes to waste because as it stands South Africa has the worst youth unemployment rate in the world. We are the 90’s generation, the generation that came after years of Apartheid.
First it was cultural appropriation, and now there seems to be another phenomenon that has angered the black community on social media.
It may appear to date that Black youth have attained higher levels of education today than at any other time in South African history. There are more black matriculates, more black high-level passes in Mathematics and Science, and many more black university graduates, both as a proportion of the black proportion and in absolute terms.
Donald Glover, 34, better known by his stage name, Childish Gambino is an American writer, actor, comedian and a musician. Glover’s newest single “This Is America”, joins the second season his series ATLANTA. He showcases a darker more sinister vision than anything he has ever done.
Everyone has their own views based on spirituality and religion. Realising that people see these two entities differently allows for one to better understand religion and spirituality through their eyes.
Social Media creates a superficial world which is untouchable as it cannot be a physical space. This non-physical space allows for one to be able to recreate themselves into whomever they want to be perceived as in the ‘world’’. Moving away from being ‘human’ into this second self, that can be classified as data or the digital self.
Recently the whole world has been struck by the racism outburst that took place on social media, from the H&M saga which features a young black boy wearing a hoodie written “coolest monkey in the jungle” and remarkable slurs and detrimental statements about African, Asians and Haitian Nations by the American president.
What does Mandela day mean to me as a young South African? Mandela day first and foremost is a day which was not only the birthday of the late South African leader, he was born on the 18th of July 1918, it is also a day dedicated to the former statesman and his 67 years of selfless dedication to the struggle of the attainment of freedom in the country.
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