Bongani Madondo

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Black rebels among the blue bloods of liberalism

Article Bongani Madondo - 20 Dec 2019

Bongani Madondo says the meltdown amid racial witch-hunting portends the beginning of the end of white liberalism itself

I just can’t stop lovin’ you

Article Bongani Madondo - 18 Apr 2019

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

Winnie: Our Love Supreme

Article Bongani Madondo - 13 Apr 2018

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

Article Bongani Madondo - 13 Apr 2018

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

Our favourite further mucker

Article Bongani Madondo - 2 Feb 2018

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

Article Bongani Madondo - 5 Jan 2018

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

Article Bongani Madondo - 17 Nov 2016

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

Article Bongani Madondo - 9 Sep 2016

'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

Article Bongani Madondo - 29 Jul 2016

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?

Article Bongani Madondo - 2 Apr 2015

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.

Class edition: Once we were ‘The Madondos’ – the special ones

Article Bongani Madondo - 25 Sep 2014

Writer Bongani Madondo relates how books have eased the psychic pain of his class-conscious family.

Enwezor turns a wanderer’s eye to the bureaucracy of everyday apartheid

Article Bongani Madondo - 6 Feb 2014

Okwui Enwezor: More about the man behind the 'Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life'

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SA’s SEZs create decent jobs

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Specia Economic Zone programme is used as a critical tool for accelerating the country’s industrial development agenda

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The new normal in tourism is business unusual

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

Innovation and changing trends have kept some tour operators in the green, though most have struggled during the tight lockdown

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TENDER NO. BOBS 05/2020 PROVISION OF CERTIFICATION SERVICES TO BOTSWANA BUREAU OF STANDARDS QUALITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Botswana Bureau of Standards (BOBS) invites tenders from reputable companies for the provision of certification services

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The Galaxy Z Fold2 smartphone breaks all the rules

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

The Galaxy Z Fold2 has meaningful innovations that offer users enhanced refinements and some unique foldable user experiences

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Adventures, ghost tours and big skies await visitors to the Cape Winelands

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

All of the CWDM destinations are accessible within a 30- to 120-minute drive from Cape Town, creating real value for money

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SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

The global speakers lined up for this year's event will address the challenges and opportunities specifically facing small businesses

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Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

Professor Raymond Parsons believes that business and consumer sentiment in South Africa would both benefit from even lower borrowing costs

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Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria to reopen on Heritage Day

special reports - 22 Sep 2020

The new, drive-through sculpture exhibition brings to four the number of exhibitions of iconic African and South African art