In a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi takes a look at the colonial conquests that drove us here
Global warming may force changes in some South African outdoor initiation ceremonies, as record heat poses risks for the summer season
In a recent study, the authors examined the climate change risk to 1 190 species used by 19 indigenous language groups in Southern Africa
Some Nelson Mandela Bay residents are abiding by restrictions; others are feeling festive
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Near Makhanda in the Eastern Cape in the village of Salem is a cricket pitch that is said to be the oldest in the country. Watered by blood and trauma, rolled with frontier nostalgia and contemporary paranoia, how does it play?
Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was also South Africa’s first ‘media event’. And, despite the NP’s, and the SABC’s, attempt to control the narrative, the force of Madiba’s personality meant that he emerged as a celebrity
The tragedy of dispossession under colonial rule and apartheid continues under democracy
Designer Laduma Ngxokolo has kept his family together in his business
Gatvol Capetonian is a coloured ultra-nationalist organisation but here’s the kicker: their racist culprit is the post-apartheid government
But there is already polarisation, as some activists disagree with the racist rhetoric doing the rounds
Two traditional nurses found guilty of mutilating a man’s two sons were given an ‘insulting’ sentence
The furore over the film Inxeba has cast a light on men who are gay but deeply committed to their culture
It’s been fêted around the world, but Inxeba’s smashed stereotypes will cause a stir locally
The film questions the idea of manhood in Xhosa culture through a relationship between three men.
‘The Wound’ tackles the unspoken issue of sexuality and tradition in a film about Xhosa initiates.
Tony Gum is only 21 but already she has made her name both locally and on the international scene.
Forged in the heart of tradition, Laduma Ngxokolo’s designs have set South Africa’s fashion world on fire.
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Black people have been oppressed for so long that they continue to use the language of the former oppressor, writes Khaya Dlanga.
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Since enrolling at the North-West University’s Potchefstroom campus, Sinki Mlambo has proven herself a leader par excellence.
Boys in Mpondoland are going behind their parents’ backs to attend dodgy initiation schools that too often claim the lives of youths who would be men.
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A Jacob Zuma-led African National Congress will have a major impact in KwaZulu-Natal, analysts and politicians in the province said on Friday. They agreed the ANC’s popularity in the province would increase at the expense of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) if Zuma was elected the party’s new leader in Polokwane next week.