in words and images
A scan through the statements and speeches of Julius Malema over four or five years is quite a marvellous lesson in the force of rhetoric, and when read intertextually (read what he says at any one time alongside what he has said elsewhere), his language and the reportage on his statements reflect a veritable lexical…
Among the old photographs that I have on storage drives, especially those old water damaged negs I scanned, I sometimes find gems, like the one below. To make this picture I risked life and limb. I stood in the middle of Market Street, Johannesburg, on one of the white lines, in traffic, to get this…
8 August 2020. I first posted these pictures and text on my website more than a decade ago. (I think in 2009). I was wonderfully surprised to find it that I had a backup on an old storage drive. Here, again, it is. Thanks to Perfect Hlongwane for reminding me about Jacob Morake, which forced…
This is the full text of the Progressive Eastern Cape Cricket Community Support Statement for Black Lives Matter NB. I do not own the rights to the picture, above, if you are the creator, drop me a note and I will remove it, or if you wish, I will simply credit you. The Progressive Eastern…
I’m really excited about Leeds United being back in the Premier League. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a Gooner, but I have a massive soft spot for Leeds United that goes back to my childhood. I should explain. And won’t hold back with the racial references of the apartheid era – as if apartheid never…
I put a short video on my video page (all of which is experimental for now), in which I discussed how surface forms of equality may conceal injustices, and inequalities that are historical. Then today, I read the story about how Makhaya Ntini was treated when he was the first black cricket player to be…