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Ilhan Omar, the Somali-American US Representative has been one of Donald Trump’s most frequent targets for invective. Photo: @ilhanmn (Instagram)

Why is Trump waging war on Somali immigrants?

His vision for America is defined as much by whom he lets in as by whom he keeps out

Will they/won’t they: Will Zoleka (Sivenathi Mabuya-Bukani) and Kagiso (Bohang Moeko) make it down the aisle in one piece. Photo: Netflix

Netflix reimagining December viewing

The streaming giant and local filmmakers are reshaping festive storytelling with relatable, binge-worthy South African stories

Soulful festive: At the Standard Bank Art Lab, expect hands-on fun,
vibrant installations and a creative buzz. Photo: Supplied

Diary: Standard Bank Art Lab’s A Season for African Creativity, Makhelwane Festival returns to Soweto and Lizzie Thomas offers Christmas tunes

Your essential dose of art and culture

Family tree: We need to shift the emphasis away from material gifts to shared activities such as putting up festive decorations, the writer says.

A season of joy and reflection

An African Christmas is a time to ponder the joy, challenges and resilience that define the festive season – and perhaps for a rethink

Kneedy: Janice Honeyman’s pantomime Beauty and the Beast is being staged at the Joburg Theatre. Photo: Corne du Plessis

Pantomime: The beauty of festive storytelling

Janice Honeyman’s production brings magic to Joburg audiences

Ampersand Mixtape 10: I’m Gonna Lasso Santa Claus

Let’s unwrap this Christmas mixtape! Charles Leonard brings you a jingly, jangly cool Yule edition, with a selection of festive season songs that don’t suck. They’re weird,…

BETHLEHEM, WEST BANK – DECEMBER 04:  A view of the Christmas tree decoration being prepared from pieces of war debris at the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in Bethlehem, West Bank on December 04, 2023. This year, instead of a Christmas tree, the church had a decoration made of rubble. It represented the destruction in Gaza. (Photo by Hisham K. K. Abu Shaqra/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Christmas has been cancelled in Bethlehem

Amid tragedy, we must consider the oneness of humanity

Powerful duo: Anne von Gottberg and Cheryl Cohen are two of South Africa’s foremost scientists. But they’re also a family and married in 2007. (Delwyn Verasamy, Bhekisisa)

A mezuzah, a Christmas wreath and rooibos with milk: getting to know this NICD couple at home

Anne von Gottberg and Cheryl Cohen are two of SA’s foremost scientists on Covid-19. The powerful duo also love family time with their three kids

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Objects of Desire: Ultimate Gift Guide

The best gifts are always a surprise, but there is a method to the madness of gift-giving.

Festive time: Camps Bay beach in Cape Town is already filled with people and signs are that it will be a good season for the tourism industry. Photo: David Harrison

After two years of Covid-19, SA gets ke Dezember back

The leisure industry is optimistic that growth this festive season will recover to pre-pandemic levels

This cute yellow fridge will give your home a pop of colour.

Objects of Desire: Gift of luxury

Festive gift giving can go one of two ways — presents can bring people together or make a person question whether the giver knows them at all. Objects of Desire are hopefully the…

Twinkle Twinkle the Christmas lights at Melrose Arch in Joburg. Photo: Gallo Images
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Don’t miss this year’s bright, colourful light festivals

It’s beginning to look a ‘light’ Christmas with these festive events

In the spirit: A shopping mall in Bangkok, with its lights, streamers and colours, shows how Christmas should be celebrated. Photo: Mladen Antonov/AFP

Grinches have stolen this Christmas

It should be lights, jingles and feasts but this year the HoHoHo-ness of it all has been undone by Phala Phala and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Fighting prejudice: Zanele Muholi’s portrait of Dikeledi Sibanda.

Big Days go with Big and generous hearts

As you celebrate, think of those who are grieving and who don’t have as much as you do

Christmas on a budget for austerity-struck Europeans

Europe’s bizarre rules for Covid vaccine passes

Here are some of the more puzzling rules as Europeans settle for another winter holiday season overshadowed by the pandemic threat