JAN HENNOP, Johannesburg | Wednesday SOUTH Africa has braced itself for a massive national strike called by Cosatu, its largest trade union federation, ahead of a major UN-sponsored conference on racism in Durban. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said it expects up to four million workers to down tools on Wednesday and […]
Durban | Wednesday APARTHEID may have ended in South Africa, but at least 250-million people worldwide were still living in segregation and servitude because of caste-based discrimination, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday. The international rights body released a 60-page report, ”Caste Discrimination: A global concern”, accusing India of trying to censor discussion of caste […]
Johannesburg | Wednesday THE Post Office has borrowed as much as R1-billion of depositors’ money held by the Postbank in a bid to ease its crippling cash flow problem and deliver social infrastructure to the poor, Business Day reported on Wednesday. SA Post Office management moved yesterday to assure account holders that their money was […]
Queenstown | Wednesday A MATRIC farewell for students from the Dr WB Rubusana Senior Secondary School in Queenstown’s Ezibeleni township in the Eastern Cape, ended in tragedy at the weekend when three pupils were shot, allegedly by a teacher, and a fourth died while trying to get help. The accused, Zanoxolo Gxalaba, who teaches at […]
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Thebe Mabanga discovers why Ray Phiri left Gauteng for Mpumalanga in 1997 — and why he’s coming back next weekend.
Ezra Ngcukana, appearing at the Joy of Jazz festival, speaks to Thebe Mabanga.
Pops Mohamed, appearing at the Joy of Jazz festival, speaks to Thebe Mabanga.
McCoy Mrubata, appearing at the Joy of Jazz festival, speaks to Thebe Mabanga.
Kgaogelo Mailula brings something refreshingly novel to jazz in South Africa. And with her comes all the humanity (<i>botho</i>) and the "African values" that she wants instilled in the music industry, writes Bongani Majola.