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Youlendree Appasamy is a freelance writer and journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The Artist Proof Studio’s FNB Art Joburg Open City pop-up event takes place this weekend at Radisson Red in Rosebank
iwalewabooks offers artists, cultural workers and academics a roving space to explore aesthetic and intellectually rigorous modes of publishing
Indian indentured labourers’ lives are celebrated in a new book, Sugar Mill Barracks: The Making of Mount Edgecombe
Were she alive, she would have shared the award with everybody
Robert Sobukwe’s wife was an activist, and she looked after the children while he was incarcerated
‘She is the embodiment of humanity; evidently, as a nurse, but above all, as a mother of Azania’
“We live in a culturally rich space, yet most of the time our preservation of it is poor.”
‘We need to create clear linkages between education, teaching and the world of work’
South Africa is on track to meet the NDP goal in terms of doctoral graduates
The awards honour those who are equipping young South Africans with vital skills
‘Ultimately, we’re stronger when we have one common vision’
Kiveshan Thumbiran sat with Youlendree Appasamy to talk through his art-making process, which is a combination of digital, video and printmaking.
An epic first solo show attempts to establish a visual vernacular that South African Indians can relate to
Using a dance form with ties to raising one’s chances of married, the performance tackled societal norms that shape South African Indian femininity
‘Farming is life, and some of us black women are making it in what used to be a man’s world’
Senakhomo is recognised for her outstanding maize yields
Phosa is supplying hundreds of pigs to Pick n Pay every week
Women farmers produce 80% of Africa’s food, but only own 1% of the land
‘I was the only one in the business when I started’
‘We empower other farmers, especially the youth and women’
