Resilience
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A life built on carrying others
Sissy Obisi Dlamini, affectionately known as Mamkhulu, is a testament to extraordinary resilience. Her life, marked by profound loss and unwavering dedication to others,…
‘Atlas of Uncertainty’ reimagines the African city through art and flux
A sprawling exhibition at the Origins Centre challenges colonial narratives and reframes African cities as spaces of resilience, creativity and constant transformation
‘Cape Fever’: When fiction fills the gaps of history
Through Soraya’s journey, Cape Fever explores identity, resilience and the hidden histories of Cape Malays in post-war South Africa
Typos & change: Jonathan Schultz and the alchemy of identity
In his latest body of work, Johnathan Schultz trades spectacle for soul, reimagining gold as a vessel for memory, resilience and identity
Debt, heat and uprisings: What Seville failed to solve
The UN Financing for Development Summit failed to deal with the real issue of funding Asian, African and other countries who are hit hardest by the climate crisis yet contribute…
Gavin Evans on fathers, faith and fearless reporting in South Africa
Memoir is a gripping account of journalistic bravery, father-son reckonings and resilience
Engineering solutions to reduce climate change impacts
Upgrading and repairing infrastructure should be a national priority
Attain sustainable development goals through the water-energy-food nexus
Water, energy and food are central to sustainable development, socio-ecological and economic sustainability, healthy ecosystems and improved livelihoods. The three resources are…
Lesedi Molefi’s Patient 12A is a whirlpool of consciousness
Lesedi Molefi’s memoir Patient 12A explores his battle with mental illness.
Durban’s Debra Roberts: first African woman to be elected IPCC Co-Chair
eThekwini’s chief resilience officer says the city is the ‘ideal test tube’ because it’s a microcosm of the world’s climate change problems
Editorial | Ntokozo Xaba: There’s nowhere to hide for black women in a country designed to suppress
This is the country in which falling in love may be a death sentence and romance is being stabbed to death, remains dismembered and stuffed into a suitcase to be left on the street
Deaths at eNyobeni tavern a wake-up call for the youth
Papama Mnqandi is a social entrepreneur and youth activist based in the Eastern Cape.
OPINION | The catalytic prospects of hopelessness
Perhaps if we stop cleaving to hope and choose our dissatisfaction; realise the awful truth that the only saviour is individual and collective agency, then a different outcome…
Catastrophic climate change will affect the poorest – Climate commission
As a result of its over reliance on coal fired power, the energy transition is set to be a monumental shift for provinces — Mpumalanga in particular — where the local economy is…
Everyone — not just governments — must act to mitigate climate change
If we don’t engender an all-of-society approach, we run the risk of exposing our country, our cities and our people, often the most vulnerable among us, to the climate crisis