Beneath the surface tensions were seething, especially in Thembisa where a final call for a no-vote campaign was being made.
The atmosphere in Thembisa Square, the nerve centre of Wesselton township’s volatile ward five, on Tuesday took on the air of a carnival procession.
The divide between haves and have-nots goes down to grassroots, writes <b>Kwanele Sosibo</b>.
Chalk inscriptions still mark Voortrekker Street in Ficksburg’s Market Square where Andries Tatane died.
While giving the city a much-needed facelift, the social model appears to have limited impact in solving the city’s housing backlog.
Things had to go wrong for them to go right for the controversial rapper.
A cellphone clip of police brutalising a resident during the Ermelo uprising backs up torture claims.
Residents housed in Jo’burg’s temporary shelters fear a steady return to dereliction.
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/ 28 February 2011
<b>Kwanele Sosibo</b> and photographer <b>Oupa Nkosi</b> visit Wesselton township in Ermelo in the aftermath of recent violent protests.
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/ 18 February 2011
Residents of defunct buildings are commanding national headlines and casting an embarrassing spotlight on Johannesburg’s running battles with the poor
In Johannesburg’s Diepsloot the backyards of RDP houses are a maze of shacks that far outnumber the formal structures in whose shadow they stand.
Trevor Ngwane weighs in on the inaugural Conference of the Democratic Left at Wits University last weekend.
Democratic Left Front places its hopes on
ecosocialism to lead South Africa from dystopia
A political circus is playing itself out in the flood-hit Themba Khoza informal settlement in the greater Midrand area.
The sound of Malombo, which has deep roots in Dr Philip Tabane’s Venda culture, has throngs of devotees spanning several generations.
In this series, the <i>M&G</i> chooses songs that say something about what it means to be South African.
Fong Kong was recorded against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming South Africa and ever-intensifying relations between Africa and Asia.
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/ 6 November 2009
Astronomers at SA’s space telescope are forced to send findings by road, while politicians call on Telkom to resolve the issue, reports David Smith.
Brixton’s trendiest night spot and the gathering place of the seasoned culturati was once a bingo hall in lowbrow suburbia.
Artist Lolo Veleko speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about the meaning of Wonderland.
The story of the late Onkgopotse Tiro is told in a brooding documentary by Steve Mokwena called <i>A Blues for Tiro</i>.
Jacob Zuma gets off lightly in John Vlismas’s new show, but he takes it out on whites.
Kenyan-born photographer Mimi Cherono Ng’ok on what it means to be a black non-South African living in South Africa.
Kwanele Sosibo asks Thando Mama about how his work is received and the commercial viability of video art.
Poetry is the flavour of Heritage Month. Kwanele Sosibo checks out the national agenda and asks writers how they feel about national honours.
While secrecy reigns, Telkom Media has begun whetting potential customers’ appetites, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
In her first year as a professional dancer, Dada Masilo has taken a stand in the gender war, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Kwanele Sosibo speaks to the man behind the South African staging of a Disney extravaganza
Al-Jazeera English is offering DStv viewers an alternative take on the news, writes Kwanele Sosibo
When I first call <i>Car Torque</i> presenter Richard Ndlela to set up an interview at the Porsche Centre in Lonehill, he tells me that I will recognise him by his trademark "BEE look" of designer jeans and a jacket. When I arrive in Lonehill I am surprised to see him alight from the passenger side of a modest Toyota Corolla, which he tells me belongs to his partner. The vehicle Ndlela is here to drive is the new Cayenne GTS.
A television producer has won worldwide acclaim for a recent documentary celebrating women rappers, writes Kwanele Sosibo
The moral decay continues in the second season of the corporate drama <i>The Lab</i>, writes Kwanele Sosibo.