Miriam Makeba

Zoë Modiga: Many colours after Yellow

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 27 Sep 2019

Zoë Modiga has not been home for a while because she’s “getting money three ways”. At first she was...

No more pain: Lala ngoxolo Bra Hugh Masekela

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Jan 2018

A raconteur par excellence and larger than life figure, Masekela takes to his grave a part of each and everyone of us.

‘For 30 years, I kept running’

Article Idowu Omoyele - 5 Jan 2018

Harry Garuba wrote his first collection of poems in 1982. It’s taken him 35 years to do a second

Simphiwe Dana readies her wings once more

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 2 Nov 2017

The songstress is hesitantly making her comeback and her treasured audiences hope to see her soar

Stormy times ahead for Makeba legacy

Article Staff Reporter - 9 Nov 2011

Miriam Makeba's family has taken their battle with her former manager over control of her legacy to the public -- three years after her death.

Mama Africa goes with the flow

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Feb 2011

<i>Mama Africa</i>, a feature-length documentary by Finnish filmmaker Mika Kaurismäki, premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival recently.

Mama Africa honoured at MTV awards

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Dec 2010

South African anti-apartheid icon Miriam Makeba was posthumously honoured at the MTV Africa Music Award held in Nigeria.

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Tshwane water woes in court again

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

The municipality has been accused of deliberately derailing the contract to sort out toxic water crisis in Hammanskraal

National

Life in lockdown: Behind closed doors keeping out the coronavirus

Sarah Smit - 21 Feb 2020

South African students in China are staying behind closed doors due to the coronavirus outbreak

National

Apartheid criminals still at large

Ilham Rawoot - 21 Feb 2020

Corporations and banks that aided the apartheid regime have not been brought to book, so they continue to act with impunity

Press Releases

Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.

Press Releases

NWU student receives international award

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Carol-Mari Schulz received the Bachelor of Health Sciences in Occupational Hygiene Top Achiever Award.

Press Releases

Academic programme resumes at all campuses

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

Lectures, practicals, seminars and tutorials will all resume today as per specific academic timetables.

Special Reports

Strategic social investments are a catalyst for social progress

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Barloworld Mbewu enables beneficiaries to move away from dependence on grant funding

Special Reports

We all have a part to play to make South Africa work

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Powering societal progress demands partnerships between all stakeholders

Special Reports

So you want to be a social entrepreneur?

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Do the research first; it will save money and time later

Special Reports

Social entrepreneurship means business

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Enterprises with a cause at their core might be exactly what our economy desperately needs

Special Reports

Looking inwards

Derek Davey - 17 Feb 2020

Businesses are finding tangible ways to give back – but only because consumers demand it