Month: July 2021

I spent the early years of my childhood where the blue sky kissed the Kalahari sands and made them blush with hues of red ochre, sending shivers of shifting shadows across the terrain. Here, where my Herero ancestors were banished to die of thirst by the German colonial government, I spent my days painting across…

Introduction During October last year, the Gauteng provincial government released draft legislation that would prevent foreign nationals from opening and operating certain businesses in the provincial townships. Ironically, a year before this, the Gauteng province was the epicenter of xenophobic violence in South Africa, particularly in the townships. This is not an isolated incident. Xenophobia…