Stellenbosch University’s future success requires white people within its wider community to articulate anti-racism as a genuine political position.
Mbali Tshabalala is exploring the black female experience through collaborative printmaking in a search for a delicate balance
Veteran broadcaster Noxolo Grootboom talks to Denvor de Wee about her childhood in the rural Eastern Cape, the day her neighbour Chris Hani was murdered and the secret to her ageless beauty
Home languages have remained steady, with a 90% pass mark, but other critical subjects have declined slightly
George Euvrard spoke to Athandiwe Saba about his passion for education, clues on how to solve his crosswords and the importance of celebrating South Africa.
Chorister and opera singer Nolufefe Mtshabe inspired hundreds of pupils to uphold her legacy
Black cricketers were all but erased from the history books, but they’re now being recognised, along with cricketing terms and rules in isiXhosa
Coffee Bay’s pristine seaside land is home to some of SA’s most popular holiday resorts and remains in the hands of the Bomvana and Pondo tribes
Software tools for South Africa’s Nguni languages may assist with redress and effective communication.
The furore over the film Inxeba has cast a light on men who are gay but deeply committed to their culture
The boycotters say the film inaccurately reflects initiation. Others call their reaction homophobia
Initiation practices might offer a moment of self-discovery for queer Xhosa men
Iimbali is a space for stories and other narrative-based social analysis.
Despite the rejection, violence and erasure of young women activists’ contributions to SA’s political landscape, they are making themselves heard.
The Wakanda language spoken by Black Panther is based on isiXhosa.
Version 20 of browser Firefox from Mozilla has increased their mother-tongue access to information by including Xhosa.
Being a first-language English speaker can be like living in a monolingual cultural bubble. Hagen Engler bursts out of his in a new book.
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/ 5 September 2009
The world’s first isiXhosa boxing feature film lacks punch, writes Percy Zvomuya