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Alcohol causes many social problems, requiring the revival of the Liquor Amendment Bill.
AB INBEV

Profits before people: How the liquor industry undermines reforms

The Liquor Amendment Bill needs to be revived to tackle the social problems created by alcohol

  • Phindile Kunene
6 min read
Thandiswa references Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko, who was murdered by apartheid police in 1977, on her latest album.
BIKO

The sonic soul of Steve Biko

Musicians have carried his ideology forward – but what would he make of today’s politics?

  • Sabelo Mkhabela
8 min read
Be there: Iphupho L’ka Biko will be performing at Wits Theatre’s Pitso Ya Kalaneng Festival on Saturday night.
JED EYE

If you do one thing this weekend …

Wits Theatre is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and the highlight of its Pitso Ya Kalaneng Festival this weekend will be a performance on Saturday evening by the…

  • MG FRIDAY
2 min read
Strings attached: Johannesburg musician Tiya says that the guitar is integral to her life and it plays a large role on her new EP Corvus. Photo: Radiya
CORVUS

Tiya: A novel approach to music

The singer-songwriter evokes literature to write emotions on her latest record

  • Sazi Bongwe
6 min read
Protest and praxis: Iphupho L’ka Biko band members Athi Ngcaba, trombone; Miseka Gaqa, vocals (seated); Nhlanhla Ngqaqu, bass; Muhammad Dawjee, saxophone, and Lebohang Moleleki, drums. Photo: Tseliso Monaheng
ATHI NGCABA

Teaching South Africa’s youth about rebel music

Protest music and protest culture is part of being black, and of being human. Several musicians are passing this practice on to the next generation

  • Tseliso Monaheng
10 min read