A road accident, a bad fall, a stabbing. A single moment and a traumatic head injury can change everything in your life, leaving you to relearn the basics — walking, talking, grasping. When the unthinkable happens, rehabilitation services can be the start of the journey back to a semblance of the life you once had. If you can access them
Although leaders of the reconciliation era accept South Africa’s last white president, younger politicians are not as forgiving
The former DA leader says his new political movement can bring change to South Africa
After years of struggle, the sport seems to be taking some genuine steps in the right direction at local level
Artist Dada Khanyisa on responding to the opportunities that their practice offers them, by all means necessary
I started singing formally in 2003. Before that I was in the school choir. I came to visit family in Cape Town, and by luck I met people who were opera singers. They encouraged me to audition for the Cape Town Opera, and that is how it started. It was not always easy. I went […]
I had to quit my job and move from my home in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape — a town best known for its Volkswagen manufacturing plant. I didn’t want to work in a factory my whole life. So I studied tourism and came to Cape Town to work in the hotel industry. But I […]
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Newly appointed provincial commissioner Yolisa Matakata says she will urgently deal with the skewed distribution of policing resources in the province
The Hard Livings leader was fatally shot in apparent ambush outside his family home
Several attorneys and advocates told the Mail & Guardian that their fraternity is now “under siege”.
I had a family I loved and playmates but I soon discovered that difference means I didn’t belong
YoungstaCPT’s debut is an autobiographical album that explores coloured identity
Migrant leader accused of military-style
tactics to influence people and push authorities for a chance to leave South Africa
Religious leaders are helping to mediate an impasse between asylum seekers, the United Nations, and Home Affairs
We seem not to consider this behaviour particularly remarkable. Indeed, we take it for granted
The policy would not solve all of the city’s housing problems, but would help to address current inequalities
Gender-based violence and xenophobia need to be addressed through approaches that take account of people’s emotions and trauma
On Wednesday, police approached the Waldorf Arcade building to evict hundreds of refugees, but the manner in which they did is now being questioned
The department of water and sanitation has plans in place to ensure adequate water supply until 2040 and beyond
Nokuthula Sigaba proves pizza isn’t the preserve of white people. And Sweet ’n Lovely, the township’s first pizzeria, has many hungry fans
Johannesburg uses 530-million more litres of water than it is allowed to – every single day
Smith said the motion against him doesn’t have anything to do with issues playing out in the party’s leadership, but over disagreements in the Cape DA
A well-tailored punt gets a pleb out of Brixton in Johannesburg and shows him the sights, smells and tastes of the various larney silos in Cape Town
As President Muhammadu Buhari visits South Africa this week, two Nigerians with dual residence talk about what makes them want to stay in the country
The word “hesitate”, which recurs in the titles of both exhibitions of William Kentridge’s art at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art (Zeitz Mocaa) — Why Should I Hesitate: Putting Drawings to Work — and the Norval Foundation — Why Should I Hesitate: Sculpture — implies that they are defined by anxiety and a degree of tentativeness. […]
It is time we start talking about how we can reinvent Afrikaans through the formation of AfriKaaps
How else can we view the breathless coverage that has shadowed the royals since they arrived in Cape Town?
The president has directed the police minister to deploy another 1 000 troops in the Western Cape in the second wave of ‘Operation Lockdown’
It’s easier to find African restaurants in New York City than it is in Cape Town
It’s been 30 years since I found my voice – now ‘nasty’ women around the world are fighting back