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AFGHANISTAN

South Africa thrash Afghanistan to reach T20 World Cup final

Fast bowlers Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje maintained the relentless pressure with two wickets apiece at the Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad

  • Afp
3 min read
DOOM pictured on stage with Ghostface, whom he collaborated with. (Ghostface, Instagram)
CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

Meeting DOOM, the man behind the mask

Hip-hop artist DOOM passed away in October, but the world found out only last week. Mpho Moshe Matheolane met the man himself in 2013

  • Mpho Moshe Matheolane
10 min read
Mighty Sparrow performing in the mid 1950s. (courtesy Calypso Dreams)
CALYPSO

Excerpt: ‘Taking a Six for a Nine: Sexual imagery in the Trinidad Calypso’

Keith Warner explores the sensual pulse of calypso, focusing on the Mighty Sparrow, in an essay from the ‘Erotique Noire’ collection

  • Keith Warner
5 min read
Health worker infections have risen to 170 at state and private hospitals and two healthcare staff succumb to the disease in a space of seven days. (Paul Botes/M&G)
BHUTAN

Spain did it, so why can’t South Africa nationalise healthcare to save lives?

South Africa is working towards establishing a publicly-funded universal health service and now, amid the coronavirus pandemic, is the time to implement it

  • Nimi Hoffmann
6 min read