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Talking film: Opening night at the Soweto Film Market 2025 after the screening of the documentary The People And Mental Health with Leddi G. Radebe (left) leading a discussion with the MTV team led by Monde Twala (second from left). Photos: Supplied.
FILM

From Soweto to the world, one film at a time

Founded by presenter and actor Thapelo 'Tabz' Motloung, the Soweto Film Market returns for its second edition, connecting emerging filmmakers with distributors, broadcasters, and…

  • Kibo Ngowi
6 min read
Location: When you say FNB Stadium is in Soweto, you create a false image that Soweto has world-class infrastructure. Photo: Joburg City
SOUTH AFRICA

Dressing FNB Stadium in Soweto robes

FNB Stadium is located in Nasrec, not Soweto. Sandile Memela explores how marketing the Calabash as a Soweto landmark creates a false narrative of development while real township…

  • Sandile Memela
8 min read
NELSON MANDELA

The red S-Class: How Madiba’s hand-built Mercedes proves that love is still our finest engineering

Step into the Apartheid Museum and discover the powerful story of Nelson Mandela's Signal Red Mercedes-Benz 500SE, a car hand-built by workers as a monument to gratitude and a…

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
6 min read