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SOUTH AFRICAN ARTS

Seputla Sebogodi: A tribute to a giant of South African stages and screens

The South African entertainment industry is in mourning over the loss of one of its most enduring and versatile talents. Seputla “Steez” Sebogodi, the acclaimed actor and…

  • Lelo Mzaca
5 min read
Higher education: The anti-immigration spectre reached the university sector and it seeks to isolate the South African university from the global community. Photo: UJ
HIGHER EDUCATION

The university, lost in the spectre of anti-immigration mobilisation

Anti-immigration sentiment is increasingly impacting South Africa, extending its reach to universities and threatening academic freedom, knowledge exchange, and the country's…

  • David Maimela
6 min read
AFRICA

Behind the March and March hype

In the current hype surrounding 'mabahambe' (they must go) in South Africa, we risk losing an important opportunity for serious intellectual and analytical engagement. This piece…

  • Edith Dinong Phaswana
5 min read
Profoundly unsettling: One of the most striking works, titled Entrance, depicts a doorway marked “Staff Only”, guarded by Blackjack officers saluting white officials entering the building.
APARTHEID

Augmenting apartheid memory through art and exhibition

Elias Ditaba Sewape, at nearly 80, presents his first museum solo exhibition, "Ditaba – 80 Albert Street," at the William Humphreys Art Gallery in Kimberley. Through painting and…

  • Professor Mpho Ngoepe
  • Chepape Makgato
6 min read
Survival at a cost: Gcina Dhladhla had reportedly told her supervisor she wasn’t feeling well before she later collapsed. Photo: Facebook
WORKPLACE SAFETY

The case of a toxic workplace

The violent death of Gcina Dhladhla at her Rosebank workplace is not an isolated incident but a stark revelation of systemic violence and exploitation woven into the fabric of…

  • Grace Khunou
3 min read