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Black rebels among the blue bloods of liberalism

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Bongani Madondo says the meltdown amid racial witch-hunting portends the beginning of the end of white liberalism itself
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I just can’t stop lovin’ you

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Michael Jackson’s fans worshipped him even after his death — until Leaving Neverland. Bongani Madondo writes about dealing with a fallen god
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Winnie: Our Love Supreme

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Bongani Madondo on the transitional path of Winnie Mandela from a Princess YamaNgutyana emaMpondweni into ‘Winnie The Great’
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Cast the first stone: Our Mary Magdalene of the townships

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A feast to paint Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as a black nationalist loony and a woman of loose morals kicked into gear even before her body was cold
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Our favourite further mucker

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The ‘man boy of all ages’ was one of the very best that South Africa – and the world – had to offer
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Buyel’Ekhaya Mtase: This land of ours shrouded in song

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Amid the fratricidal political mayhem threatening to rip the soul of the country asunder, a music festival proposes that local is the national
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Seer with the devil’s voice now hangs out with angels

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Leonard Cohen’s songs evoked the mystical incantations of Bongani Madondo’s youth, but also voodooed music and poetry into a profound creative ritual.
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​Shared memories reunite Africa and the Americas on black magic spiritual flights

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'If you believe Mutwa is given to buck-wild conspiracies I have an antibiotic fer ya in four words: Dr Ivan van Sertima.'
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​From shaman to star man: Bongani Madondo has an audience with Sanusi Credo Mutwa

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Bongani Madondo takes a trip across the Kalahari to meet the man and peek into his futuristic past.
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Year 2015: The Naafians have landed. Flee or fight?

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Bongani Madondo on the fictional Naafians's dark nights - in the shadow of a sacred mountain in the southwestern district of the Z'aniaa Republic.
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Class edition: Once we were ‘The Madondos’ – the special ones

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Writer Bongani Madondo relates how books have eased the psychic pain of his class-conscious family.
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Enwezor turns a wanderer’s eye to the bureaucracy of everyday apartheid

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Okwui Enwezor: More about the man behind the 'Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life'
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The online value of executive education in a Covid-19 world

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Executive education courses further develop the skills of leaders in the workplace
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Sisa Ntshona urges everyone to stay home, and consider travelling later

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Sisa Ntshona has urged everyone to limit their movements in line with government’s request
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SAB Zenzele’s special AGM postponed until further notice

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An arrangement has been announced for shareholders and retailers to receive a 77.5% cash payout
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20th Edition of the National Teaching Awards

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Teachers are seldom recognised but they are indispensable to the country's education system
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Awards affirm the vital work that teachers do

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Government is committed to empowering South Africa’s teachers with skills, knowledge and techniques for a changing world
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2020 Humanities Award winners reflect a contribution to diversity and social justice, echoing South Africa’s socioeconomic condition

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The HSS Awards ensure that the humanities and social sciences thrive
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SAB Zenzele special AGM rescheduled to March 25 2020

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New voting arrangements are being made to safeguard the health of shareholders
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Dimension Data launches Saturday School in PE

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The Gauteng Saturday School has produced a number of success stories
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