CSA&GFighting for Pure Lands: Land Purity, Polluting Figures, Male Power and Violence in Zimbabwe
by Tinashe Mawere Introduction: Contextualizing the Zimbabwean land question In Zimbabwe, land became a prominent political and ideological issue after colonisation in 1890; catalysed by the ‘invading’ masculine British South Africa Company (BSAC) and its violent ‘penetration’ and appropriation of land. The physical and symbolic violence that can be associated with land ‘invasion’ is gendered […]
My Body and Me: Personal Reflections on the Idea of “Violence” From a Queer[1] South African Woman
by GS Pinheiro *Please note, this essay contains descriptions of sexual violence In this short piece, I offer some personal thoughts and reflections around the notion of “violence”. The writing centres on my own associations with the word, and some personal instances of normative and bodily violences that I have experienced, with particular focus on […]
CSA&GAm I eligible to be a refugee?
by Hulisani Khorombi The United Nations Refugee Agency defines a refugee as someone who has been forced to flee his or her country because of persecution, war or violence. A refugee has a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group. Most likely, they […]