Madala Kunene and Mabi Thobejane have been making music and maintaining a friendship for over fifty years.
"What a funny sight it would be to see power dynamics neutralised by something as ordinary as friendship".
How has our digital communication affected our relationship to the concept of seeing each other’s humanity?
‘It wasn’t long before he had my name in ink as well’
Two friends talk about depression — a subject often brushed off until things fall apart
"We called it our Matric Rage, which I thought sounded accurate".
As true as the platitudes might be, good memories make letting go a long, painful process
If we choose our friends, then family surely chooses us. Sometimes we’re lucky enough to have friends in family
Inter-generational friendships are filled with teachable moments for this self-styled aunty
"It was day one of our friendship, but I had already gone through so many of the friendship motions with this stranger".
"We had connected on another level, when I had not yet picked up the political lexicon that has ruined some of my other friendships".
Solidarity is built when the tears flow easily between friends and laughter follows – binding them in mutual vulnerability
Eusebius McKaiser questions how friendship protects abusers.
Valerie saved a life by bumping into an old friend.
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/ 16 October 2008
Nyokabi Baiya tries to love her neighbour, but it turns out she’s the crazy person every African market is said to have.