Author Archives: Anthony Stuurman
Lwazi Lushaba and the Black Schema: A Response
“I tell them (first year Political Science students), there is no possibility of friendship between you as a Black person and you as a White person.” Lwazi Lushaba, Lecture on…
Andile Mngxitama Unmasked
“We want cadres who can plant food, but who are also excellent with propagating our ideas via twitter!” - Andile Mngxitama, Political Report to the 1st BLF National Strategic Planning…
#FeesMustFall and the #2017FebruaryRevolution
As we approach the New Year, it is an apt time to consider the future of the fallist movement in South Africa. What does 2017 hold in store? To answer…
#BringBackOurLand and the Strange Case of the Trespassing Goats
“Communal land in rural areas is owned by traditional leaders. It is wrong to insinuate that communal land is owned by the people.’’ - Chief Xolile Ndevu The recent events…
Self-Care is more important than #FeesMustFall
“I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgence. Caring for myself is an act of survival.” – Audre Lourde Over the last few days and even…
The Cabanac Effect: Frantz Fanon and the Fallists (Part 2)
As promised – Part 2, where I will attempt to answer the question: How do we curtail the influence of the regressive hyper-racialism of the Fallist movement? In the first…
Burning Down the House: Frantz Fanon and the Rise of the Fallists (Part 1)
Written by: Anthony Stuurman “Each generation must discover its mission; fulfil it or betray it, in relative opacity.” – Frantz Fanon With the recent 'lit' protests at the University of…
Fashionable Fallists and the Narcissism of Student Politics
Written by: Anthony Stuurman One evening in February 1990, Tom Ruiters, a homeless black man in his 70s, sought refuge from the cold night. He never made it to the…
Andile Mngxitama and Expropriation
Written by: Anthony Stuurman "You cannot carry out fundamental change without a certain amount of madness." - Thomas Sankara There is one man South Africans should know about, and that…
Eusebius McKaiser and the ‘Logic’ of Intersectionality
Written by: Anthony Stuurman Early one evening, my cousin was walking home with his girlfriend. He was fifteen and she was fourteen. Along the way they were stopped by a…