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The Arc betrayed
The 1976 generation fought against Bantu Education for liberation, but their grandchildren, born after 1994, navigate a different landscape. This article explores whether the…
Kingsmead Book Fair returns with conversations SA needs right now
As the 14th annual Kingsmead Book Fair returns to Johannesburg, the beloved literary gathering once again creates space for difficult conversations, thoughtful reflection and the…
Rewriting Winnie Madikizela-Mandela through the eyes of her grandchildren
Refusing neat conclusions, The Trials of Winnie Mandela invites viewers into an uncomfortable but necessary confrontation with history, legacy, and generational trauma
Directors Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar push creative boundaries with Variations on a Theme
A poetic, genre-blurring film, Variations on a Theme excavates ancestral grief, memory and forgotten histories in a Northern Cape community still waiting for justice
Reckoning with South Africa’s white supremacist threat
Karin Mitchell’s The High Treason Club reconstructs South Africa’s Boeremag trial, revealing extremist plots, ideological fervour and the fragility of democracy
The scars of migrant labour endure on black families
In post-apartheid South Africa, the system has evolved but has fundamentally stayed the same, triggering an inter-generational cycle of displacement
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights unexamined motives nestled in the unconscious
Does Putin fully understand its own reasons for its incursion into Ukraine – or does he just not care?
A new book asks the timeless question: ‘Can We Be Safe?’
Ziyanda Stuurman’s new book critiques the South African police and their role in society