Cave drawings dating back more than 45 000 years are slowly eroding as temperatures and humidity fluctuate
Global warming may force changes in some South African outdoor initiation ceremonies, as record heat poses risks for the summer season
We must ask difficult questions about our cultures and begin reinventing our futures, writes Andile Zulu
As he travels the length and breadth of the country, George Tatakis uses a painterly approach to photography that breathes new life into the traditions and culture of rural Greece
The trombonist’s music-making was inextricably tied up with South Africa’s struggle for freedom
Just because they are performed differently from civil unions does not mean they don’t come with the same responsibilities — people just don’t know it
To combat anxiety in a disrupted, pandemic-riddled world, it’s better to channel creativity into storytelling, art and design than into conspiracy theories
In the book, The Indian Africans, academic Kiru Naidoo explores the society of colonial Natal in the late 1800s to early 1900
Culinary activists such as Zayaan Khan and Tapiwa Guzha are prompting us to revisit and reclaim familiar, familial and traditional identities
The Greek photographer is on a quest to document traditional costumes around the country
Curating the End of the World deploys Afrofuturism to respond to Covid-19, anti-black violence and capitalism
Africans should know by now that they can’t depend on leaders and should rather learn to do it themselves
Parents think it benefits children to lose their African language, but it leaves them lost instead
Kwaito was born during South Africa’s transition to democracy and lives on as a kind of heritage
How we choose to dress is an instrument to communicate personal, race, class, gender and identity politics, as discussed in this extract from ‘Born to Kwaito’
A more authentically inclusive culture can be fostered by emotionally astute leaders in four particular ways
Christian Life Private School barred a pupil because he wore a bracelet with cultural significance, but the decision — even in the private sphere — is constitutionally wrong
An interview with Chimurenga founder Ntone Edjabe about his latest project
Although Ian Buruma was removed as the editor-in-chief of the New York Review of Books in September 2018, he still speaks his mind
At an annual festival, griots pass on stories to younger generations to keep their history alive
The dangerous re-ethnicisation of SA politics must be stopped lest it lead to the same ethnonationalism that caused bloodshed in Rwanda and Yugoslavia
Japan is committed to further strengthening its bilateral relationship with South Africa
"Sharing stories is an evolutionary tool that alters our minds," says the author.
The film questions the idea of manhood in Xhosa culture through a relationship between three men.
The judges are divided over a clean break from the apartheid past and cultural rights.
Differences greater than geographical distances continue to keep the campuses of the merged North-West University apart.
With the government and business casting their gaze ever eastwards, South Africans are being urged to familiarise themselves with Chinese culture.
Study of the arts cannot claim to be essential to democracy or economic success but it is the intrinsic value of the arts that keeps us coming back.
Françoise Lionnet, an authority on languages and literature in the Indian Ocean islands, about her work on creolisation, globalisation and culture.
As the debate rages on about the commercialisation of Heritage Day, in the absence of a better suggestion Faranaaz Parker sticks with the chops.
The ‘patriotic’ culture war being waged by the government may force the closure of one of Hungary’s leading arts academies
We can cherish our cultural identities, but we can’t let politicians exploit small-scale cultural values, writes Chris Mann.