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CRISIS OF CONSCIENCE

Death of a Whistleblower: Bravery blow by blow

A gripping South African political thriller expands on the theme of whistleblowers

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
4 min read
Spotlit: Malik Yoba, in South Africa for the Johannesburg Film Festival, says he would like to be remembered as someone who cared. Photo: Derek White/Getty Images
COOL RUNNINGS

My seven minutes 28 seconds with Malik Yoba

Why did I do this interview? I come between the American polymath actor and his lunch

  • Lesego Chepape
7 min read
Keeping it reel: Gordon Main (left), director of London Recruits, which premiered at the Johannesburg Film Festival.
ALEX MOUMBARIS

Apartheid doccie is a blast

London Recruits is a film that tells of young foreigners who were recruited by the ANC

  • Charles Leonard
5 min read
A scene from Inshallah a Boy, which will be screened at the Johannesburg Film Festival.
ALL THE COLOURS OF THE WORLD ARE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE

Tapestry of life through the lens of film

Johannesburg Film Festival offers 60 thought-provoking, conversation-inducing movies

  • Lesego Chepape
4 min read