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Tiisetso Makube
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Buckets, pits and poverty: How the other half defecates
Article
/ 25 September 2014

Buckets, pits and poverty: How the other half defecates

Life with pit latrines and the bucket system was meant to be a hallmark of the most rural of existences. But Tiisetso Makube found it in his backyard.

By Tiisetso Makube
Gordimer: Allergic to nonsense, and tired of idiotic questions
Article
/ 17 July 2014

Gordimer: Allergic to nonsense, and tired of idiotic questions

Nadine Gordimer’s death was a sucker punch for writer and poet Tiisetso Makube.

By Tiisetso Makube
Nat Nakasa: Writing to the beat of a different drum
Article
/ 26 June 2014

Nat Nakasa: Writing to the beat of a different drum

As Nat Nakasa’s exiled remains head for South Africa’s shores, Tiisetso Makube ponders the journalist’s literary contribution.

By Tiisetso Makube
Entitlement conspires with Public Works
Analysis
/ 5 June 2014

Entitlement conspires with Public Works

The jobs programme further demeans those who won’t contribute but take state largesse for granted.

By Tiisetso Makube
Dispatches: Snapshots of a life that was
Article
/ 26 April 2013

Dispatches: Snapshots of a life that was

Once a popular photographer, Phuzi, the old man from Tsakane blames his hardships on a strange illness.

By Tiisetso Makube
Oscar Pistorius charged with Reeva Steenkamp murder
Article
/ 14 February 2013

Oscar Pistorius charged with Reeva Steenkamp murder

South Africa’s Olympic and Paralympic track star Oscar Pistorius has been charged with murdering his girlfriend at his home in Pretoria.

By Tiisetso Makube
Last trumpet sounds for a musical phenomenon
Article
/ 8 February 2013

Last trumpet sounds for a musical phenomenon

Obituary: Victor Ntoni (1947 – 2013)

By Tiisetso Makube
Fish tales and faded hope on the famished road to Mangaung
Article
/ 30 November 2012

Fish tales and faded hope on the famished road to Mangaung

Tiisetso Makube takes a ride to find some answers about the succession race but instead finds more questions about the troubled state of the nation.

By Tiisetso Makube
A life lived vividly, loudly
Article
/ 26 October 2012

A life lived vividly, loudly

Tiisetso Makube pays tribute to legendary Soweto photographer Alf Kumalo.

By Tiisetso Makube
Dispatches: Reading the Reporter
Article
/ 12 October 2012

Dispatches: Reading the Reporter

In KwaThema on Gauteng’s East Rand, news and memories merge at Sis Poppy’s speakeasy.

By Tiisetso Makube
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