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Nompumelelo Ebronah Moholo: The first lady of jazz

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Mpumie Moholo (1947-2021), who passed this week, was the engine driving the success of her husband, jazz drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo
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Violet Gwangwa: Natural class, nurturing brass

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A builder of networks and a tactical freedom fighter, Violet Molebatsi Gwangwa nurtured not only the liberation movement, but also the creative spirit within her family
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Obituary: Literary allrounder Stephen Gray was a scholar, critic, novelist and poet

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Stephen Gray made an immense, long contribution to the South African literary landscape across many genres, but it was poetry that he described as ‘the main activity of my life’
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Myesha Jenkins: A sister who always said it with feeling

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Poet and activist Myesha Jenkins (1948-2020) took her craft, including her teaching, extremely seriously
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Obituary: The pointillist detail and zen brush strokes of Jürgen Schadeberg

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‘Drum’ photographer Jürgen Schadenberg, who died on Sunday, displayed a profound humanism, writes his friend and sometime collaborator Hazel Friedman
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George Hallett: Nomad, raconteur and photographer who ‘became the camera’

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The renowned South African photographer understood how to look for the tucked-away spaces that were the sources of both light and dark
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Credo Mutwa: Defying the sting of death

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The highest honour that can be paid to Credo Mutwa is familiarising oneself with his output
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2019: The ones who left us

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From Uyinene Mrwetyana, Oliver Mtukudzi to Xolani Gwala, Mail & Guardian remembers those who have passed on
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A life spent rewriting Africa

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Binyavanga Wainaina was an exceptional writer, activist and human being
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Digital pioneer whose kindness stood out

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Matthew Buckland, 1974-2019
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Salute to a giant African academic

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Samir Amin was a fearless scholar whose ideas will long outlive him
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The essayist who froze history’s quiet moments

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David Goldblatt has left South African documentary photography incalculably richer, writes Niren Tolsi
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Unchained spirit of Bra Willie

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His sharp and progressive pen‚ he contributed in cutting open the oppressive blanket of the apartheid system to keep the liberation spirit burning.
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Making photos, forging connections

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Remembering Peter McKenzie, whose work spanned the breadth of his considerable creative imagination and highly political sense of social justice.
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Obituary: Final bow for struggle stalwart

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An all-rounder who led by example, a father figure and a warm comrade
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