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<b>Reviews: </b> <i>Steering by the Stars: Being Young in South Africa</i> by Mamphela Ramphele (Tafelberg) <i>Child Soldier: Fighting for My Life</i> China Keitetsi (Jacana)
During the apartheid era South African youth played an influential role in the liberation of the country. But the sense of purpose shown by that generation seems to have faded…
Learners from across South Africa, who had won a regional leg of the contest, brought their science and technology projects to Pretoria for judging. Other invited participants…
Thuli Nhlapo is a journalist, poet and author of Sibongo Sabo and Imbali YemaNgcamane, which made it as a finalist in the 1997 M-Net Book Prize. Is the language you chose to…
Johnny Masilela is the author of Deliver Us From Evil: Scenes From A Rural Transvaal Upbringing and We Shall Not Weep. He has also written various short stories. Is the language…
It is a rare occasion that learners who have never before been published are given the opportunity to see their words in print. Imibono Yethu (meaning ‘Our opinions”) not only…
Phaswane Mpe is the author of Welcome To Our Hillbrow. He is a former African literature lecturer at the University of the Witwatersrand and is currently a doctoral fellow at the…
If you have the creativity and the drive to make anything in the marketplace appear to dazzle (even if it’s dull), then you may be one of the talents the world of advertising is…
South Sotho is being given a leg-up into political spheres thanks to a newly developed wordlist, compiled by the University of the Free State (UFS), in conjunction with the…
For educators thirsty to experience life in different countries, there are overseas teaching-exchange opportunities. One such programme is the Visiting International Faculty…
Motshidisi Tsuke wakes up every morning to teach the tired and hungry-looking children at a farm school on the security-tight farm of Barnsvlei in the Free State. After…
It may seem an unlikely locale, but one of Africa’s best international schools is thriving in Mafikeng, capital of the North West province. Established 13 years ago in the former…
Loftus Stadium is the battlefield tonight when two giants of South African soccer take to the field to find out who is the best: Sundowns are home to Kaizer Chiefs.
The South African Football Association (Safa) has complained that it was not consulted about the compilation of a list of events to be broadcast by free-to-air channels only.
Deputy President Jacob Zuma’s spokesperson Lakela Kaunda said Zuma ”vehemently denies” the allegations of bribery made against him. ”He believes the allegations are baseless,…
HIV/Aids is the main cause of death among females between the ages of 15 and 39, but the majority of South Africans who died between 1997 and last year did so from unnatural…
A group of 54 Indian jewellers will be deported after a year-long stay during which they were unpaid and often unfed. They are the last of a group of 110 left penniless for…
Eastern Cape Premier Makhenkesi Stofile said this week that he will quit his position at the end of his term in 2004. Stofile’s announcement comes two months after he was…
Reggy Moalusi reviews Ernie Smith: Lovely Things.
The Azanian People’s Organisation (Azapo) faces disaster as it splits into factions and whole branches defect to rival black consciousness organisations.
