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Maleh feels she is only now stepping into the fullest expression of herself as an artist. Photo: Supplied

Maleh on music, faith, and her artistic rebirth

Maleh’s path as a musician has evolved into a journey of faith, self-discovery, and artistic honesty, charting a deeply personal creative course

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Refound belief: Donovan E Williams at his Confirmation at the Mater Dolorosa Catholic Church in Johannesburg at the age of 50. Photo: Velile Mhlungu

The God Edition | Losing my religion to find my faith

One writer’s journey through activism and grief led him back to the altar — on his own terms

  • Umamah Bakharia
4 min read
Gathering in harmony: Young women of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in South Africa’s Sedibeng Youth Choir get together for church practice.

Finding home in clap and tap music

Clap and tap music offers a welcoming sanctuary for individuals navigating the complexities of faith and spirituality

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
Sign of the times: Political leaders sometimes inspire fanatical devotion. Former president Jacob Zuma at the St John Apostolic Church in Johannesburg is flanked by Reverend John Molefe Moloi and Archbishop Daniel Mathe. (Lucky Morajane/Gallo Images)

The fallacy of politicians as saviours

They are as weak and flawed as the rest of us, so why do so many look to them for salvation, asks Des Erasmus

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
Faith-baiting: Flowers are laid to respect the victims of the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, for which Isis has claimed responsibility. Photo: Contributor/Getty Images

Let’s make a worthy God in our own image

If we make God in our image, let it not be the genocidal maniac worthy only of contempt but rather a God of kindness, worthy of our worship

  • Douglas White
4 min read
Pregnant with meaning: Pontsho Pilane’s memoir Power and Faith: How Evangelical Churches Are Quietly Shaping Our Democracy explores the churches and how their beliefs affect everyday lives. Photo: Stephane de Sakutin/AFP

Should we ‘be fruitful and multiply’?

This edited extract from Power and Faith by Ponthso Pilane explores the issues of religion, pregnancy and abortion

  • Eyaaz
9 min read
A huge crowd of South Africans celebrates the victory of Nelson Mandela in the 1994 Presidential election. (Photo by David Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Faith helped build a free South Africa

Liberation theology helped shape the political discourse in our country, not only during apartheid but also in South Africa’s transition to democracy, writes Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile

  • Eyaaz
4 min read