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Niren Tolsi
Niren Tolsi is a freelance journalist whose interests include social justice, citizen mobilisation and state violence, protest, the Constitution and Constitutional Court, football and Test cricket.
Paddy Harper: A reporter’s reporter
Harper’s colleague and friend Niren Tolsi remembers the inimitable, eccentric, principled and much-loved storyteller
Arts fest is duct-tape for our broken times
This year’s National Arts Festival provided alternative light in a gloomy time
NAF: The hub of creative talent in SA
The festival provided a space for artists to meet and mingle
Koleka Putuma’s psychedelics, indigenous plants and history
Kholeka Putuma’s exhibition includes poetry titled “MDMA” and “Myrrh”
Theatrical bonanza at the National Arts Festival
In these broken times, the superb pieces being showcased provide an essential reminder that human good and hope can prevail if we remember how to dream
Gregory Maqoma’s emotional last dance
This was his faultless dancer’s farewell to a festival which he has also graced as a choreographer and innovator
Ters Ehlers: One man, two crimes against humanity
Ehlers was in the apartheid government’s inner sanctum. By 1994, he found a new source of income in the killing fields of Rwanda
Failure to boot Cele betrays public safety
Ramaphosa will continue to mouth platitudes and leave the police minister to his empty promises
From the archives: The meaning of Hashim Amla
Before he earned legend status, Proteas’ legendary batsman had to endure being reduced to an ‘outsider’
The Rashid Lombard Archive is where it’s happening
With the induction last week of the Rashid Lombard Archive at the University of the Western Cape his photography and stories will soon be accessible to a new generation.
Ramaphosa’s Zondo nomination unpacked
The president took his time to announce the country’s new chief justice. What took him so long, and did he make the best choice?
Legislative change brings pain for Pondoland cannabis farmers
Legislation aimed to kickstart the commercial recreational cannabis industry will not benefit the rural communities who have been cultivating the plant for generations
Proteas’ hungry young lions drive SA to Test victory over India
But black players have to battle the opposition as much as racist sections of South African media and fans — whose expectations demand they fail
‘Times are urgent, let’s slow down’: The groundswell against Shell
Even a country with citizens as fractious and fractured as South Africa is showing signs of unity to save the sea off the Wild Coast.
Defiant Elgar leads Proteas to Test victory over India
Captain anchors crucial partnerships to snatch historic win in breathtaking yo-yo of a match