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Maria McCloy made Johannesburg feel possible
Friends, creatives and a city in mourning gathered to celebrate the woman who helped shape how Johannesburg saw itself after 1994.
‘Rise ’76’ confronts a generation haunted by how little it has done with its inherited freedom
A powerful and emotionally layered theatrical work revisits the 1976 Soweto Uprising through testimony, memory, contradiction and unresolved generational grief
Vusi Mahlasela has never stopped singing for change
South Africa’s most beloved troubadour on new music, staying rooted in Mamelodi and why peace is worth singing about
Cultural pioneer Maria McCloy dies at 50
Maria McCloy helped define post-apartheid urban culture through fashion, media, music and an uncompromising commitment to South Africa’s creative spirit
Human-made chemicals embedded across global oceans, major study finds
A groundbreaking analysis of more than 2 300 seawater samples shows that industrial chemicals dominate ocean pollution signals, even far from land
How funding apartheid fails young library users
Lack of funds prevent provinces from carrying out their mandate to manage public library services
Give children high-quality books from Grades R-12: they will likely read them
Research shows that classroom libraries increase reading frequency by 70% compared with centralised libraries
Apartheid’s double-edged sword: The story of Mxolisi Sibam
His fair skin did not bring him any benefits during apartheid. He was regarded as too white by black people and too black by white people
Tiny bugs winning the fight against invasive water hyacinth in Hartbeespoort Dam
Without biocontrol, Hartbeespoort Dam could be 70% covered in superweed
Scientists break down South Africa’s Nqweba Meteorite
It flashed across the sky – at 72 000km an hour – and sounded like 92 tonnes of TNT exploding
The stage is set for a cracker of a National Arts Festival
National Arts Festival continues to create platforms for creatives, 50 years later
Makhanda’s education renaissance
Rhodes University and civic organisations partnered up – and radically boosted results
We increasingly need the courts to defend justice
Online news articles in September were dominated by references to courts – cadre deployment, contempt, Busisiwe Mkhwebane, Eskom, corruption, Makhanda high court
Cape Town in colour: A rediscovery
A walk through the city centre and two suburbs was an exercise in mindfulness and learning how to be home again
Little podlet weevil may beat back invasive mesquite tree
The pods make a delicious coffee and the cattle like them too, but the tree sucks up groundwater and destroys biodiversity