The release of a new song on Thursday titled <i>uMalema</i> seems to have fallen off the ANC Youth League’s radar.
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/ 8 November 2011
Moroccan artist Hassan Hajjaj subverts Western notions of how Arab women should look and behave.
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/ 4 November 2011
Are you a married government official? Have you recently been implicated in an affair with a model? If so, let’s see where your choices may lead you.
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/ 11 October 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement has raised questions of who is allowed to fight the system. Can one take privileged protesters seriously?
Ricky Burnett’s latest show, <i>Horse</i>, has been both applauded and criticised for its accessibility. But does that mean it lacks complexity.
The theft of valuable bronze works from the Johannesburg Art Gallery has raised issues of security and funding in South Africa’s public galleries.
Real-life breakups and breakdowns of the rich, famous and frightful gets a South African flavour as celebrities launch their own reality TV shows.
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/ 21 September 2011
Filmmaker Peter Wintonick, director of <i>Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media</i>, speaks to the <i>M&G</i>.
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/ 19 September 2011
Zanele Muholi speaks about her documentary <i>Difficult Love</i>, and allowing "outsiders" to examine her life as a black lesbian in South Africa.
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/ 12 September 2011
If you share a name with someone on Twitter, you had better hope that someone is a paragon of virtue, or you may find yourself fending off abuse.
Gareth Cliff has been reported to the BCCSA after making allegedly sexist remarks. He is far from the first South African DJ to put his foot in it.
Burundi-born, Belgium-educated chef Coco Reinarhz speaks to us about finding a place for African cuisine alongside international food trends.
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/ 8 September 2011
The Words on Water Literary Festival sees South African authors in conversation with their Indian counterparts.
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/ 6 September 2011
The recent arrest of anti-slavery protesters in Mauritania has highlighted the fact that slavery is not a relic of the past.
Who slaughtered the national anthem more spectacularly — Ras Dumisani or Ard Matthews? We want to know what you think.
How will a damning Human Rights Watch report into the treatment of workers affect the local wine industry? We speak to wine columnist <b>Tim James</b>
Bushveld Cinema, a welcome addition to this year’s Oppikoppi Festival, features a diverse line-up of music documentaries.
We chat to Bill Botes, one of the organisers of the Bushveld Cinema taking place at Oppikoppi.
Amy Winehouse is but the latest in a list of tragic figures who have found themselves paying the ultimate price for their addictions.
Lucien Freud, widely considered to be the greatest modern portrait painter, has died at the age off 88.
Lucien Freud, widely considered to be the greatest modern portrait painter, has died at the age off 88.
The cream pie (or foam pie, or custard pie) is a much more subtle and specific weapon than its slapstick origins would suggest.
Eve Ensler talks to us about fighting for the rights of women, men and the planet as a whole.
Nandipha Mntambo’s exhibition at the National Arts Festival continues her fascination with the cow (and bull) as a subject and motif.
South African photographers Pieter Hugo and Michael Cleary have won an award for their music video for Spoek Mathambo’s <i>Control</i>.
There’s nothing quite like the Cannes Film Festival, a place where big egos and big mouths are placed under the scrutiny of the media.
Zim Ngqawana led the music at Nelson Mandela’s inauguration on May 10 1994. Seventeen years later, to the day, the jazz musician has died, aged 52.
Five finalists for the 2011 Caine Prize for African Writing, which recognises achievments in the short story genre, have been announced.
South African author Lauren Beukes speaks to the <i>M&G</i> about winning the Arthur C Clarke Award.
South African author Lauren Beukes will receive exactly £2011, the same figure as the current year, after winning the Arthur C Clarke Award.
Some readers were not impressed by <i>M&G</i> editor Nic Dawes’s negative take on the Jo’burg restaurant scene.
Just what were the rifle-toting men in black and red protecting Juju from? We ponder the threats the ANCYL leader may have faced at his trial.