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The Portfolio: Slindile Mthembu

Friday Slindile Mthembu - 6 Aug 2020

Theatre-maker Slindile Mthembu has taken the plunge of reformatting her play, Igama?, for film, so that it can reach a wider audience

Family literacy: The glue that binds us

Coronavirus Lorato Trok - 16 May 2020

The lockdown is an ideal time to reintroduce storytelling at home and in the process promote a love of reading

The Portfolio: Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo

Article Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo - 7 May 2020

Photographer Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo's latest project, Slaghuis, is a recounting of the trauma he experienced growing up in his family’s tavern business

History begins in her stories

Article Siphiwo Mahala - 26 Mar 2020

Like the tales told by my grandmother, the short story invites us to take part in its telling

Laliboi channels his heritage

Article Themba Kriger - 12 Mar 2020

The Xhosa rapper’s journey to making his first album drew on his family’s indentity

To read, play and eat cupcakes in Tembisa

Article Zandile Bangani - 14 Jun 2019

“We need more vernacular readers, who can encourage the kids to also want to learn their own languages”

Activist poets on the frontline

Africa Njeri Kimani - 18 Jan 2019

Meet the Kenyan wordsmiths who use their voices to advocate for change

Letters in song to the land of our dreams

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 30 Nov 2018

‘A Letter to Azania’ recalls our origin stories now that the promised utopia of Azania has been reduced to ashes.

Lesedi Moche

Article Carl Collison - 31 Aug 2018

Storyteller

Sindiwe Magona

Article Carl Collison - 31 Aug 2018

Writer

Storytelling an evolutionary tool of our humanity

Article Jade Jacobsohn - 8 Sep 2017

"Sharing stories is an evolutionary tool that alters our minds," says the author.

Ol’ man river takes a flight of fancy and kills a cobra

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Mar 2015

Different perspectives make for wonderful stories.

Diamonds lost in translation

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Nov 2011

There are myriad theories and stories we cannot prove because it was never Southern Africa's tradition to record our history on paper.

My heart touches your heart

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Oct 1996

Once quite long ago, in a land not so far away, there lived a young woman called Gcina Mhlophe.

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Female cops sent for rape counselling

khaya koko - 18 Oct 2020

Brigadier Sifiso Cele denies the rape allegations, saying that they are part of a smear campaign and that criminal charges should have been opened if the accusations were true

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‘Lost’ PPE: Morar a ‘player and ref’

Paddy Harper - 18 Oct 2020

Roshan Morar, the auditor who supplied the KZN education department with sanitisers has also been tasked with investigating the “disappearance” of millions of rands worth of PPE

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Signing a path to freedom for the deaf

Zandile Bangani - 18 Oct 2020

If South African Sign Language is recognised as one of the country’s official languages, it will considerably ease many of the deaf community’s problems of access, education and equality.

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The financial decisions made during your life journey, and their impact on your retirement outcome

special reports - 19 Oct 2020

The longer you save towards retirement the larger your retirement savings are expected to be due to the effect of compounding interest

Special Reports

In conversation with SA Reserve Bank Governer, Lesetja Kganyago

special reports - 16 Oct 2020

'Make interest rates zero and inflation goes up and then people save less – we need savings to fund investment in this country'

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special reports - 16 Oct 2020

Many business-grade security systems now have built-in learning systems and AI to help businesses stay up to date with protection

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Mental Health

special reports - 16 Oct 2020

During the pandemic there's been a dramatic increase in depression, anxiety and suicides, according to some of the surveys done

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Expert financial advice still recommended – especially in uncertain times

special reports - 16 Oct 2020

A financial advisor is an expert who will help you to protect your wealth and make a realistic plan when unexpected events threaten your wellbeing

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What is a virtual card, and how does it work?

special reports - 15 Oct 2020

A virtual card lets you pay online without ever having to take your card from your wallet or exposing your actual account information

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Expert grant writer vacancy

special reports - 15 Oct 2020

The role of the grant writer is to work collaboratively with the HST bid team to conceptualise and write proposals for upcoming grant calls

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Investment outlook beyond Covid-19

special reports - 13 Oct 2020

Opportunities for local business growth needed to be identified and strategically capitalised on, and we have to be really deliberate about that