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The future of South Africa will not be determined by policy documents alone. It will be shaped by the homes we build, the communities we strengthen, the values we uphold and the opportunities we create for young people
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

Youth Month calls for more than celebration — it calls for stronger families and communities

Fifty years after the 1976 uprising, South Africa faces a critical question: What is the state of its youth? Beyond visible issues like unemployment and poverty, a quieter crisis…

  • Cassius Selala
4 min read
Ambivalence: Rapper Riky Rick remained accessible to fans even as his fame grew, but his single Joy contained evidence that he grappled with the emptiness of celebrity. (Tyrone Bradley/Red Bull Content Pool)
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Communal style: Riky Rick was always for the culture

Somewhat of a dilletante, the late rapper chose to spread his talents out, which is reflected by his interests as much as his chosen mode of making music

  • Sabelo Mkhabela
13 min read
Torch of hope: The Vroue Aksie Ontwikkelings Projekte Drop-in Centre, Askham, Northern Cape. Tommy Busakhwe, Circles of Life (2019).
COMMUNICATION

The Portfolio: Tommy Busakhwe

Photographer Tommy Busakhwe, a participant in the Communities of the Kalahari Advocacy Project, uses his camera to tell stories of home, land and the people who live and work on it

  • Tommy Busakhwe
2 min read