Incompetence, corruption and cronyism are part of many liberation organisations for complex reasons, but such organisational culture tends to persist into government.
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Lebo M tells us about his journey from South Africa to Hollywood, his days as a ballroom dancer and his successful battle against alcohol abuse.
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Michela Wrong debunks the myth of Rwanda as a model developmental state and a poster child for Western aid, the theme of her latest book
Apartheid SA’s madness, as diagnosed in the exiled author’s subversive texts, was the result of colonialism’s psychological violence
The 1990 documentary ‘South African Blues’ offers insight into the effects of exile on Jonas Gwangwa’s psyche
The chief executive of the Estate Agency Affairs Board and the deputy chair of the SABC board, shares her take on retrenchments at the public broadcaster and reveals why she hates horror movies
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Tanzania’s opposition leader, who is again in exile, says ‘instead of telling people to vote, we should be telling them to prepare for popular revolt
Reinaldo Arenas’s memoir reveals the contradiction of a revolutionary society ruled by an autocrat
Thandi Ntuli’s new album, ‘Live at Jazzwerkstatt’, is a radiant turn, with dark a darker meta-narrative
The renowned South African photographer understood how to look for the tucked-away spaces that were the sources of both light and dark
Clockwise from top left: Maurice T Nyagumbo, Ruth Nomonde Chinamano, Josiah Tongogara, Jason Ziyaphapha Manyika, Johanna Nkomo and Robson Manyika. The stamps appear in the book as a way of writing Zimbabwe’s lesser known political figures into the canon
The death of an Eighties student activist reminds us how much South Africa owes to that generation
Historians may struggle to pick Zola Skweyiya’s greatest political legacy, because there are several contenders
Defiant Zuma supporters get ready to march on SA courts; the quotas question in the DA and paying tribute to Comrade Zami, Winnie Mandela. Read more!
Pushing past fears of creating a critical dialogue of the ANC’s revered leader, a new conversation opens
An underground operative challenges many established views about important aspects of the struggle