Xhosa
latest news & developmentsRemembering Pops Mohamed
Tributes pour in for the multi-instrumentalist who blended African traditions with modern sounds
A love letter to AmaMpondo
Mpondoland brings the rich history, spirituality and resilience of AmaPondo to screen, exploring identity, community and the fight for economic freedom
Singing her truth: Ncesh Nonxishi’s path to releasing Apho Kungenje
Telling her story by melding the personal and political with lyrical depth and musical innovation
Land, slavery and cattle matter: To move forward, we need to look back
In a three-part series on South Africa’s land question, Tembeka Ngcukaitobi takes a look at the colonial conquests that drove us here
Are our initiation rituals getting too hot to handle?
Global warming may force changes in some South African outdoor initiation ceremonies, as record heat poses risks for the summer season
High levels of climate warming could shrink range of wild-harvested food plants
In a recent study, the authors examined the climate change risk to 1 190 species used by 19 indigenous language groups in Southern Africa
Taking stock of a local lockdown
Some Nelson Mandela Bay residents are abiding by restrictions; others are feeling festive
It’s just not cricket
Near Makhanda in the Eastern Cape in the village of Salem is a cricket pitch that is said to be the oldest in the country. Watered by blood and trauma, rolled with frontier…
February 11 1990: Mandela’s media conquest
Nelson Mandela’s release from prison was also South Africa’s first ‘media event’. And, despite the NP’s, and the SABC’s, attempt to control the narrative, the force of Madiba’s…
Our land of empty promises
The tragedy of dispossession under colonial rule and apartheid continues under democracy
‘Why I decided to call my brand MaXhosa’
Designer Laduma Ngxokolo has kept his family together in his business
The limits of coloured nationalism
Gatvol Capetonian is a coloured ultra-nationalist organisation but here’s the kicker: their racist culprit is the post-apartheid government
Coloured civic ‘bloc’ set to contest poll
But there is already polarisation, as some activists disagree with the racist rhetoric doing the rounds
Justice failed, says initiates’ father
Two traditional nurses found guilty of mutilating a man’s two sons were given an ‘insulting’ sentence
Queer – and proud to be Xhosa
The furore over the film Inxeba has cast a light on men who are gay but deeply committed to their culture