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Poppie Nongena: The trouble with this truncated film adaptation
In the original novel, readers are exposed to Poppie Nongena’s backstory, highlighting the effects of apartheid. But the film’s visual shorthand doesn’t capture the nuances
Letters to the editor: February 2 to February 8
Readers write in about KZN not being a bantustan, and the sad state of Africa
Bop citizens tell of ‘days of plenty’ under Mangope
But others recall the brutality of his soldiers and police and the illusion of freedom
On Bop and the legacy of nostalgia
It’s not strange that people feel nostalgic about Bophuthatswana – it’s part of being South African
#MeToo implies we’re the problem
Breaking the silence on sexual violation is powerful but how we do it is another question
A powerful elite traces its roots to bonds formed at mission schools
The elite networks of the early 20th-century ANC leadership, with so many coming from a mission-school rural background, are still really important.
Bantustans are dead – long live the Bantustans
The dynamics of power established under apartheid, especially in the ‘homelands’, still play a major role in rural government.