Not only was he world renowned for his powerful images, he also used his talent to fight apartheid, at great personal cost
Juby Mayet did something no ‘Malay girl had ever done’ in reporting for a ‘naytiff paper’. Her memoir tells her story
As I enter the exhibition titled Names in Uphill Letters — A historiography of the newsmakers who tread(ed) South Africa’s soil, at the Workers Museum in Newtown, I encounter a photography lecturer, reflecting with a group of students on the picture frames by freelance photojournalist Jacob Mawela. The museum itself has a chequered history starting […]
The history of clubbing in Jo’burg is less about physical space and fading memories, but about the sheer, frightful necessity of dancing
Veteran journalist Felicia Mabuza-Suttle tells us about how she dealt with patriarchy, her passion for youth development and why she is a germaphobe
The South African activist and man of letters, who died on 29 April 2021, used language as a weapon to defend the marginalised and reflect upon the people, places and culture that defined him
Gwangwa’s love for the struggle was genuine and deep, never cosmetic – and he couldn’t have written an unattractive tune if he tried
Bongani Madondo says the meltdown amid racial witch-hunting portends the beginning of the end of white liberalism itself
A year ago, the suburb rose up against violence. Now, with more police on the streets, there are fewer gunshots and less crime
Life’s hardships halted his career, but now his art is being exhibited and a book is in the pipeline
The police minister has promised a patrolling unit would start their work on the streets of Westbury so the residents can ‘sleep better at night’
The community began protesting on Friday after a woman was fatally shot in the crossfire between alleged gang members on Thursday
April 2018 also marks the arrival of the fourth iteration of Black Chronicles, a highly acclaimed photographic and multimedia exhibition.
Bonded by history as much as the present, the two genres of expression work together effortlessly
South Africa has changed since 1959 and the musical does not, and cannot, reflect the issues of today
From being a starlet in Sophiatown through to a disfiguring assault, Thandi Klaasen’s capacity for resilience meant she just kept on singing.
Sophiatown Heritage and Cultural Centre has become a lighthouse for a cultural expansion into a future Sophiatown cultural and heritage precinct.
Crime figures at the Sophiatown police station have risen and even the dilapidated flats where officers live with their families are not immune.
A recently opened venue on Thornton Avenue in Sophiatown is at once a film-screening centre, gallery and jazz venue.
Sophiatown is an ironically named bar lounge popular with Johannesburg’s ever-expanding hip set.