Govan Whittles
latest news & developmentsBeyond the script: Govan Whittles on vulnerability, curiosity and truth
In Govan Ontbloot, Whittles leaves judgment behind to share meals, conversations and vulnerability with communities often excluded from South Africa’s narrative
Police can smoke out dagga farmers
Agriculture minister Senzeni Zokwana has told Eastern Cape cannabis farmers not to expect protection from his department
More irrigation, less migration
The effect of climate change in Africa’s semi-arid countries is driving young people out of rural areas into cities
Police commissioner tells cops to let the stoners blaze
In a directive seen by the M&G, police are advised to immediately cease the arrest of people found in possession of cannabis
Gareth Prince is still burning to be a lawyer
During his first court appearance Prince learnt that ‘the disrespect and disgust for our indigenous people and our practices were quite apparent’
Initiation Bill trips over Contralesa
Amakhosi say they have not been consulted and have been insulted because women are involved
EFF spurns DA, woos ANC
The ruling party and Economic Freedom Fighters may cosy up after metro battles leave the Democratic Alliance bloodied
Anxiety grows over party funding Bill
Civil society groups fear President Cyril Ramaphosa is being lobbied about not signing the Political Party Funding Bill until after the 2019 election
Cosatu’s boss loses favour to his deputy
The NUM and Nehawu are leading Zingiswa Losi’s campaign to replace S’dumo Dlamini
We’ll pay Eskom, not municipality
Businesses are hard hit by blackouts because local government owes the power utility billions of rand
Threats of war conclude WC land hearings
Panel at Western Cape land hearings receive conflicting ownership accounts and threats to defend land violently
Rich land, poor villagers
Coffee Bay’s pristine seaside land is home to some of SA’s most popular holiday resorts and remains in the hands of the Bomvana and Pondo tribes
AbaThembu king wants his own Ingonyama Trust
The first day of the land hearings in the Eastern Cape opened with a submission calling to replicate KwaZulu-Natal’s traditional land trust
Life goes on in bloody gangland
The drugs, the bodies, the violence – it’s hard to comprehend how people live in Ocean View
Evictees’ lives turned inside out
Winter arrived with force in Cape Town this week, and for some the driving rain adds to the suffering that comes with being evicted