LORINDA MARRIAN The death of South African Rugby legend Joost van der Westhuizen has shone a new light on the reality of living with motor neuron disease (MND). MND is a name used for a a variety of diseases that cause a person’s nerve cells to degenerate and...

KATHERINE ATKINSON Gender is a 2017 buzz-word. It is a subject that is essential, but often misunderstood. In National Geographic’s series, The Gender Revolution, American activist, author, and comedian Sam Killermann, breaks gender down into three basic categories:...

GEMMA GATTICCHI AND SAVANNAH PLASKITT The release of John Trengove’s film The Wound has sparked controversy, as it centres on the secretive Xhosa rites of passage and the practice of traditional male circumcision. The highly contested South African film tells the...

KATHERINE ATKINSON UP’s Hatfield Campus has a range of restaurants including Tribeca, Coffee Buzz, and Haloa that offer a variety of food choices for students. The dining hall is the only place that allows students to use their student cards to pay for their meals. It...

LORINDA MARRIAN For those who do not know, what does Rag do at the University of Pretoria? Rag is a substructure from [of ] the SRC and it focuses on community engagement. It’s basically the university’s community engagement strcuture that deals with all of the...