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Tiisetso Makube
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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.
Gordimer: Allergic to nonsense, and tired of idiotic questions
Nadine Gordimer’s death was a sucker punch for writer and poet Tiisetso Makube.
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.
Entitlement conspires with Public Works
The jobs programme further demeans those who won’t contribute but take state largesse for granted.
Dispatches: Snapshots of a life that was
Once a popular photographer, Phuzi, the old man from Tsakane blames his hardships on a strange illness.
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.
Last trumpet sounds for a musical phenomenon
Obituary: Victor Ntoni (1947 – 2013)
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.
A life lived vividly, loudly
Tiisetso Makube pays tribute to legendary Soweto photographer Alf Kumalo.
Dispatches: Reading the Reporter
In KwaThema on Gauteng’s East Rand, news and memories merge at Sis Poppy’s speakeasy.
A house, a home and hope that refuses to die
Yes, it is true what they say about South Africa and Johannesburg in particular: it is home to all of Africa.
In the township, an electricity gap can always be plugged
Cable theft is so rife in the townships that ordinary people have found "clever" ways of connecting to power illegally, writes Tiisetso Makube.
The power game
I have just watched the quarterfinal match between the reigning King of Clay and double-defending champion of the French Open, Rafael Nadal, and the man he used to look up to as…
Battle of the Surfaces proved nothing
A few years ago, a mischievous colleague emailed me a game that promised to unravel a great many hidden truths about myself, if only I answered each question truthfully. The game…
Agriculture hit by Aids
HIV/Aids has proven to be the bane of our times since it started decimating humanity across the globe in the twilight of the last century, and it is expected to take an…