What #FreeJacobZuma Exposed Jacob Zuma and the Undoing of South Africa
Unlike his predecessors, Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma had a presidency coloured by a messy personal life and corruption charges. Read more.
Boetumelo Julianne Nyasulu
Fearless Fighter The Revolutionary Life of Vera Chirwa
In the freedom-fighting legacy of Malawi’s Vera Chirwa, you see the power of emotion and feelings, often devalued in women, as the driver of her activism. Read more.
‘I Truly Feel Closest to God When I Write.’ Boetumelo Julianne Nyasulu’s First Draft
Author, Boetumelo Julianne Nyasulu, considers writing to be a form of worshi and feels closest to God when she writes. Read more.
A Pair of Broad Bottoms Saartjie Baartman and the Perpetual Public Spectacle of Blackness
Not even in fiction is Saartjie Baartman spared the reduction to her physical features that attends her life in Europe. Read more.
Politics of Exposure The Visual Economy of HIV/AIDS in South Africa
When tracking the progression of Mendel’s photo portfolios and imagery, however, there is a shift from representations of suffering, pain, and death of people with HIV/AIDS to those in which he aims to show people in a ‘positive, individualized way’. Read more.
Boetumelo Julianne Nyasulu
is a Malawian-South African writer with life experiences accumulated across three different continents – Africa, North America and Europe. She’s a dynamic young professional interested in all things social justice, with over six years’ experience in development work.