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Netflix reimagining December viewing
The streaming giant and local filmmakers are reshaping festive storytelling with relatable, binge-worthy South African stories
Exploring the fabric of family and identity in Lebo Mazibuko’s Fabrics of Love
Lebo Mazibuko’s second novel, Fabrics of Love, looks at themes of family trauma, black womanhood, absent fathers and heritage
Tuiskoms: Finding healing in humour
Series captures the complexity of grief, family and rediscovery through love
Red Ink: True crime television can teach
Author hopes the new series will induce viewers to think about the causes of violence
The intangible heritage of love in Africa
The pursuit of love ranges from bride-wealth and ‘braids of love’ to online situationships, perfumes, poetry and proverbs
Get a taste of spa relaxation and romance this Valentine’s day
A selection of luxurious spas to visit, and treatments to enjoy, in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban for couples celebrating love this month
Why are white women never called ‘slay queens’?
A new book called ‘The Soft Life’ argues that blessers and blessees are as much a white and Indian affliction as a black woman’s
Here Goes Nothing: Novel holds mirror to our social egos with sharp humour
Having explored the fear of life and death in the first two novels, Steve Toltz’s third novel delves into public opinion
A spirit guide to ethical black feminist thinking and praxis
bell hooks’s refusal to ‘get in formation’ foregrounded healing as the foundation to a communal liberatory agenda
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
Bheki Mseleku: Living inside the sound world
‘Beyond the Stars’ forces us to think about Mseleku’s solo piano practice as an approach to inhabiting sound
Society’s definitions of love don’t work for all of us
Everyone deserves all kinds of love; however, not receiving it does not make me any less worthy of being human, writes Paballo Chauke
In Softie, politics takes a personal toll on Boniface Mwangi – and his family
Softie is an intimate portrait of how political activism complicates family life