Gabi Motuba’s music stretches beyond jazz, transforming grief, memory and resistance into a spiritual sonic language rooted in black life and liberation
Joburg mayor humorously urged UDF leader Bantu Holomisa to stop his party’s councillor from filing motions of no confidence against him. Morero also honoured Lekota’s decades-long contribution to South Africa’s struggle against apartheid
Karin Mitchell’s The High Treason Club reconstructs South Africa’s Boeremag trial, revealing extremist plots, ideological fervour and the fragility of democracy
Exploring shared struggles and the power of love, Hank Willis Thomas’s latest exhibition layers American and South African histories into thought-provoking artworks
‘From Indenture to Royalty’ traces Prince Ishwar’s journey from humble beginnings to philanthropy, wellness advocacy and cross-cultural leadership
Through Milisuthando, cultural thinker Milisuthando Bongela confronts South Africa’s unfinished healing — reimagining nationhood, belonging and love through deeply personal storytelling
Colonial architecture might not be your thing — but Sir Herbert Baker’s globe-trotting, empire-defining life just might surprise you
Memoir is a gripping account of journalistic bravery, father-son reckonings and resilience
South Africa has lost a moral giant as the playwright who challenged injustice through art dies at 92
Omar Badsha’s journey from quiet observer to defiant artist in apartheid South Africa
This is an edited extract from the new novel by Jeremy Vearey, Crimson Sands
The writer grew and evolved in exile — but he never truly left South Africa
He leaves a legacy as a champion of labour rights, fiscal and monetary reform and prudent government spending
This is an edited extract from Patric Tariq Mellet’s The Truth About Cape Slavery
Like all of us, Lucas Mangope’s life trajectory had many exciting twists and turns. His illustrates a journey from the outskirts of a traditional village — Motsweding, in North West — to political stardom as the president of the Bophuthatswana homeland from 1977 to 1994. In Lucas Mangope: A Life, Oupa Segalwe demonstrates elusive qualities […]
In post-apartheid South Africa, the system has evolved but has fundamentally stayed the same, triggering an inter-generational cycle of displacement
Food is about so much more than mere physical sustenance, it is chock-full of feelings too
We need to find new and better ways to talk about our society
Linda used his pen and camera to expose the unspeakable crimes of the apartheid regime and continued to fight for equality after democracy
