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The festival is underway in Makhanda and local artists are using the opportunity to teach visitors about their culture and showcase their work

This year’s National Arts Festival in Makhanda – the first live one since the pandemic – tackles unemployment, the Marikana Massacre and the manner in which black women in…

For the first time in two years, The National Arts Festival is back with an in-person star-studded list of artists and performers

The unfolding of events at recent protest in Makhanda ended up scoring cheap political points for a select few, while ignoring the real grievances

The municipality turned a deaf ear to residents’ cries — until they united and took it to court

Ignore the language used in brochures and on open days and be vigilant about the details

Citizen action, where diverse groups work together, offers hope that municipalities can be forced to do their job properly

Court is set to rule on the Makana council’s failure to fulfil its constitutional duties to town’s citizens

The National Arts Festival offers space for reflection about our fractious global moment

After being promised reimbursement for financial assistance, Gift of the Givers has been left high and dry by the water and sanitation department

It’s 200 years since the Xhosa were driven from their land and it has not yet been restored to them

‘Here in Joza we are treated as children of a lesser god. I won’t leave because if I leave who is going to take care of the youth?’

The pace of renaming places to rid them of their colonial and apartheid past is too slow

Buhle Ngaba and Klara van Wyk kneel at our feet as a crowd of mostly learners is ushered into Graeme College’s theatre to watch La Chair de Ma Chair

Zaza Hlalethwa details her journey from Bosman station to Rhini