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Pupils at Tsakane’s African School for Excellence. File photo

How to build an elite school for all

The East Rand’s affordable African School for Excellence is helping poor children to excel.

But as native advertising takes hold

When advertising goes native

The era of ads being easily distinguishable from reporting may be a brief golden age we will soon look back on as a fond memory, writes Eve Fairbanks.

Thousands of people visited Nelson Mandela’s Houghton home after the announcement of his death.

Social media: Smile. Snap. Send. Repeat

A period of what should have been deep reflection and remembrance became the Twitterisation of a South African icon, writes Eve Fairbanks.

Making it Mzansi: Mzansi takeaways in Melville.

South African stories: The real soul of a suburb

Eve Fairbanks tells a story of a takeaway shop, owned by an Egyptian, that has become the most Mzansi spot in Melville.

The rise of the Afrikaner Christian Jew

The rise of the Afrikaner Christian Jew

A growing number of South Africans have started exploring Christianity’s origins in Jewish scripture and ritual, under the term Messianic Judaism.

Trophies and treasured times

Nostalgia for the border wars in Angola and Namibia has led to a booming business for both memorabilia and memoir.

Georgia — and Congo — on South African farmers’ minds

Two groups of South African farmers are looking for more welcoming lands, one further north on the continent and the other in eastern Europe.