Awe! The “Coloured” Community in Post-Apartheid Gauteng: Winners of the 2025 Written Pieces Competition
As part of the “Coloured” community in post-apartheid Gauteng research project, a call for written submissions invited individuals to share their thoughts, experiences and perspectives on the Coloured community in Gauteng. The competition aimed to amplify the voices that may not always have the opportunity or platform to have their writing reach a wider audience. A selection panel identified the top 25 submissions. The resulting publication, Awe! The “Coloured” Community in Post-Apartheid Gauteng captures diverse experiences and highlights themes of resilience, socio-economic conditions, place, culture and identity, stereotypes, history, colourism, texturism and politics.
Date of publication:
April 2026
