On a recent visit to Luanda Niren Tolsi discovers a city battling between dysfunction and renewal
NOT QUITE THE MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Niren Tolsi reviews <i>Izulu Lami</i>
Agreements driving a deeper partnership between SA and Angola will be concluded by Wednesday afternoon, said minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.
President Jacob Zuma’s ability to win over crowds is based on his talent for placing himself firmly among them.
NPA temporarily withdraws corruption charges against KwaZulu-Natal’s former health minister
Cynics might smirk that Essop Pahad’s malfunctioning hearing aid at a seminar on Thabo Mbeki’s legacy was an apt metaphor for his 10 years as minister
Traders in Durban’s Warwick Triangle Early Morning Market will continue trading into August amid bureaucratic bungling.
It is appropriate that <em>Shirley Adams</em>, a film with a narrative style rarely attempted in this country, has just as unique a story behind it.
The voice on the other end of the telephone says: "My father, Shan Pillay, died last week — he had heart problems".
<i>Niren Tolsi</i> takes a fashionista’s mirror to the changing seasons at the South African Reserve Bank.
Niren Tolsi is reminded about the weight little details carry in a production of <i>Wit</i>.
A plan to turn a historic Durban street market into a mall has sparked a public outcry.
Niren Tolsi asks Madoda Ncayiyana, director of award-winning local film Izulu Lami, about the delicate balancing act of directing children.
Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela stands at the centre of an apparent struggle for control of 90-year-old Mandela’s last days and legacy.
Niren Tolsi asks Anthony Pascoe of Hayibo! and Justin Nurse of Laugh It Off if South Africans have lost their humour.
A popular local website has been mining our political and corporate landscape for good satire. Now they’ve come out with a book. Niren Tolsi reports
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When not wandering the musical globe, DJ Oil works with other musical explorers from France.
While president elect Jacob Zuma has been preaching the anti-corruption gospel on the election trail, some of his friends seem to need converting.
According to the IFP, ordinary voters were tired of the ANC’s inability to develop, the rural areas especially.
Nkandla: already thankful, but also expectant that the ANC’s promise of a "better life for all" will resonate through these hills and valleys.
The one thing shack dwellers like Mnikelo Ndabankulu are guaranteed of after every election, is more building material for their mjondolos. Once the ballots have been cast, election posters make their way into informal settlements like Foreman Road, a sprawl of rusted metal, wood and cardboard shacks arranged on a precipitous slope overlooking the middle-class […]
If Kesivan Naidoo’s drum kit could talk, it would probably out itself as a masochist.
Mandla Langa talks about allegory and Africa to Niren Tolsi. hi latest novel is titled <i>The Lost Colours of the Chameleon</i>.
An interactive computer and video installation, <i>Offerings</i> draws on the Catholic act of lighting a candle in memory of the dead.
Niren Tolsi on President Kgalema Motlanthe’s recent visit to a small KZN community: refreshing, no promises, but an activist vision of South Africa.
Niren Tolsi discovers the irreverent side of Ugandan
novelist Moses Isegawa has not been diminished by age.
Niren Tolsi spoke to IFP president Mangosuthu Buthelezi about how he views his chances in the coming poll.
He sings, dances and says things that cause people to cringe. Yet Jacob Zuma is, arguably, the most popular SA politician since Nelson Mandela.
A refreshing change from many recording artists who figure fame places them not merely in another world, but in another time zone too.
It’s been a bad week for Somalia. It would also be accurate to say it’s been a bad few decades..
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Vivian Reddy says it’s in his nature to help struggle vets. His detractors say he is also a serial pledger to communities and charities.
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Supporters were swathed in the loudmouth yellow last seen on tennis courts when André Agassi was in his prime.