Goddess vs. Gladiator? Nah, we can be both.
By Zaarah Booley This article is exclusive to the online Edition 2 (Wrap Edition) of VARSITY Newspaper. It’s not difficult to identify you, my fellow goddess. At the …
The Two Sides of Lara Croft
By Sumona Bose This article is exclusive to the online Edition 2 (Wrap Edition) of VARSITY Newspaper. Who wouldn’t want to be adventuring into ancient ruins, looking for …
TRAILBLAZER: Phaphama SEDI
By Julia Hampton This article is exclusive to the online Edition 2 (Wrap Edition) of VARSITY Newspaper. THE CONTEXT South Africa, and much of the developing world, as …
Land Reclamation: Arms or Not?
By Ilyia Metanoia This article can also be found in the print Edition 2 of VARSITY Newspaper. It goes without saying that growing up as a black youth …
The Burden of Housing for UCT Students
By Mantwa Mehlape This article can also be found in the print Edition 2 of VARSITY Newspaper. Is it UCT’s burden to provide student housing given Cape Town’s …
Who asked you to fund my freedom?
By Tanya Magaisa This article can also be found in the print Edition 2 of VARSITY Newspaper. I write this opinion piece with grave concern. In my studies, …
The Politics of Drought
By Mbalenhle Khuzwayo This article can also be found in the print Edition 2 of VARSITY Newspaper. Cape Town has experienced drought stress since 2014, but the severity …
“Listeriosis: are we trivialising a serious matter?”
By Agnes Sawari This article can also be found in the print Edition 2 of VARSITY Newspaper. In the past few months, South Africa has been thrown into a …
Inxeba Reveals our Wounded Society
By P.M.* This article can also be found in the print Edition 2 of VARSITY Newspaper. The adverse aura around this film is the epitome of the fragility …
Trailblazer: PSF and SAUJS
This article can also be found in the print Edition 2 of VARSITY Newspaper. Israeli Apartheid Week, key insights from the two sides of the wall, PSF and SAUJS. Palestinian …
From Stoneman Douglas to Rotten Row: How Far Does Social Media Activism Go?
By Martyn McGrath This article is exclusive to the online Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida have created …
Zara, Gucci and now Woolworths…
By Nevali Mohan This article is exclusive to the online Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. Gucci’s 2018 Fall Ready-to-wear collection is under fire for cultural appropriation. This follows …
Snapchat or Snapfail?
By Khanyisa Hobyane This article is exclusive to the online Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. So, Kylie Jenner has stopped playing hide-and-seek with her nieces and nephews after …
Black Panther: A Pivotal Moment for Black Empowerment
By Aklil Molosi This article is exclusive to the online Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. For the past few years, an intersectional emphasis on empowerment, in every shape and …
Why Pay for Water?
By Isabel Nyathi This article is exclusive to the online Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. Although ‘Day Zero’ has been moved and postponed several times in the last …
The Grammatical Error: An Enemy of Progress?
By Sinothando Siyolo This article is exclusive to the online Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. Speaking from the premise that the University of Cape Town uses English as a …
Womxn In Power
By Chantell Nxumalo This article can also be found in the print Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, Deputy Vice Chancellor of Research and Internationalization, is amongst …
New Year, Same Shit-hole
By Emma Bracher This article can also be found in the print Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. Trevor Noah was right: our news-donkeys have finally arrived with word …
Menstruation and the Water Crisis: Bleeding in the Drought
By Sumona Bose This article can also be found in the print Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. The depletion of water, arguably the most essential human need, has …
TRAILBLAZER: A conversation with Budget Speech Essay finalist, Gosiame Tsotetsi
By Sumona Bose and Parusha Chetty This article can also be found in the print Edition 1 of VARSITY Newspaper. What is the Budget Speech Essay Competition and …