Articles for Brent Meersman
Is UCT a safe space for art?
Since paintings were burnt by Rhodes Must Fall students, dozens of artworks have been put into safe keeping. Pictures that may cause offense have also been taken down.
News | 4 April 2016
Strange beds
The homeless in Cape Town find refuge wherever they can and sometimes in the most surprising spaces. Where they sleep is often precarious and exposed to various hazards from bad weather and pollution to criminals or people who don't want them around. Although mostly transient, homeless people will often stay in the same place, wherever it is they have managed to carve out a shelter for themselves. Some homeless people have lived in a suburb or street for longer than many residents who live there in brick and mortar buildings.
Pictures by Masixole Feni.Text by Brent Meersman
News | 24 July 2015
Tokolos collective graffiti bomb Sea Point Ray-Bans
Guerrilla graffiti artist group Tokolos Stencil Collective struck again on Monday night, this time targeting Michael Elion’s controversial giant Ray-Ban sunglasses on Sea Point promenade.
Brent Meersman
Brief | 18 November 2014
Ehrenreich’s Facebook post “idiotic and against the traditions of Cosatu”
An eye for an eye and the whole world would be blind, the Mahatma famously said.
Brent Meersman
Opinion | 14 August 2014
No one should have to bump into De Kock in the supermarket
A growing number of people, including some surprising names, such as Max du Preez, and others more predictable, such as FW de Klerk, seem to believe that Eugene De Kock, head of the Vlakplaas torture camp and death squad, should be released from prison. Here is why I disagree.
Brent Meersman
Opinion | 22 July 2014
Where to for Cape Town Pride?
At a meeting on 12 April convened by Ikasi Pride, members of a divided gay and lesbian community discussed the future of gay pride in the city, its steady depoliticisation, its lack of community outreach and its image problem.
Brent Meersman
Opinion | 15 April 2014
Hani’s murder: an attempt to assassinate a country’s future
10 April marks the 21st anniversary of Chris Hani’s murder. His death left a nation wondering what its future would have been like had he lived.
Brent Meersman
News | 10 April 2014
The week in political activism
This week we cover a helpful guide to whistleblowing from Corruption Watch and a further victory for informal traders who were unlawfully removed by the City of Johannesburg.
Brent Meersman
News | 9 April 2014
Where do political parties stand on health issues?
The People’s Health Manifesto is an initiative of the Treatment Action Campaign. With elections upon us, the TAC wanted to know what political parties proposed to do for healthcare. They put 11 questions to them. This is what they discovered.
Brent Meersman
Opinion | 7 April 2014