Trinidad

South Africa thrash Afghanistan to reach T20 World Cup final

Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje maintained the relentless pressure with two wickets apiece at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad

3 min read

DOOM pictured on stage with Ghostface, whom he collaborated with. (Ghostface, Instagram)

CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

8 JAN 2021

Meeting DOOM, the man behind the mask

Hip-hop artist DOOM passed away in October, but the world found out only last week. Mpho Moshe Matheolane met the man himself in 2013

Mpho Moshe Matheolane

10 min read

CALYPSO

4 DEC 2020

Excerpt: ‘Taking a Six for a Nine: Sexual imagery in the Trinidad Calypso’

Keith Warner explores the sensual pulse of calypso, focusing on the Mighty Sparrow, in an essay from the ‘Erotique Noire’ collection

Keith Warner

5 min read

Health worker infections have risen to 170 at state and private hospitals and two healthcare staff succumb to the disease in a space of seven days. (Paul Botes/M&G)

BHUTAN

12 APR 2020

Spain did it, so why can’t South Africa nationalise healthcare to save lives?

South Africa is working towards establishing a publicly-funded universal health service and now, amid the coronavirus pandemic, is the time to implement it

Nimi Hoffmann

6 min read