Khoisan

A haunting journey into Angola’s wild highlands, ‘Ghost Elephants’ follows Steve Boyes and KhoiSan master trackers as they search for a mythical elephant

Tributes pour in for the multi-instrumentalist who blended African traditions with modern sounds

François le Vaillant painted a uniquely vivid picture of Khoikhoi tribes on the brink of settler-colonial genocide

List of demands includes recognition of indigenous rights and the scrapping of apartheid racial classification as ‘coloured’

It’s been an up-and-down week. Cannabis is firing up, the lights are out even without a war and Shenge is angry with me — again

The tribalist, colonialist Act is a message to the landless: the ability to make important decisions rests solely with those in power, not you

A groundbreaking agreement will see traditional knowledge holders of rooibos earn more than R10-million a year for their rights

If passed, powers will be given to unelected leaders and people will be dispossed of land rights

In November last year, the traditional leadership Bill was passed by the National Assembly

A past of ‘define and rule’ led to current tensions between coloured, black and Indian people

Khoi Revivalists denounce racist groups using its name and want the apartheid category eliminated

‘​The department of education’s plan to make history compulsory for every learner throughout their schooling career is to be applauded’

But there is already polarisation, as some activists disagree with the racist rhetoric doing the rounds

For the Khomani San of the Kalahari, spirituality lies in their connection with the land they know so intimately

The group is there to demand recognition as the first indigenous people in the land which now makes up the Republic of South Africa.