Monday, 5 June 2023
Monica Laganparsad is the news editor at New Frame. Originally from Durban, she has worked at various publications, including News24 as a deputy news editor. She has a keen interest in the law and gender.
Decades-old unresolved racial tensions fuelled anew by the killings in Phoenix in KwaZulu-Natal are threatening a fragile relationship between the township and its neighbours.
As South Africans begin to comprehend the nuances of a tumultuous week, so too comes the renewed realisation that a common future can only be one that refuses to tolerate racism and chauvinism.
The state needs to bring the attacks on critical infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal to an immediate end and ensure that the people who live there have food and feel safe.
The deaths of 13 children two decades ago have had a profound impact on the Chatsworth community, far beyond the grief of parents who have never recovered from their loss.
Shakur was a ‘thugged-out superhero’, political poet and social commentator who, 22 years after his murder, remains the greatest rapper of all time.