Out of Quatro: An Extract
Out of Quatro: From exile to exoneration is Luthando Dyasop’s story. The book is a story not only about Dyasop’s extraordinary life, but also...
Extract: Get out of your Mind
In “Get out of your Mind: Lessons on embracing difference from South Africa and beyond” Luyanda Mpahlwa and Klaus Doppler use their shared experiences....
A Home on Vorster Street: An Extract
In A Home on Vorster Street, Razina Theba witnesses the ebb and flow of a tight-knit neighbourhood trying to survive the forces of apartheid....
7 poems commemorating the Women of the anti-apartheid struggle
On August 9 1956, thousands of women marched to the Union Buildings. They were marching against the apartheid pass laws. Led by Helen Joseph,...
Book Review: District Six – memories, thoughts and images
The book, District Six: memories, thoughts and images, compiled and edited by Martin Greshoff, is a compilation of autobiographical stories and poetry written by...
A brutal time when police were heroes, not villains
Police brutality is once again in the spotlight after SA rugby player, Lindani Myeni, was gunned down by US police. Angelo Louw, who recently...
The Camissa museum challenges existing narratives of people classified as “Coloured”
The Camissa Museum challenges the colonial and Apartheid narratives of those classified as "Coloured" and explores the true history of the establishment of the...
Documentary Filmmaker Enver Samuel on elevating unsung heroes through film
Dulcie September was a South African anti-apartheid political activist. She was assassinated in Paris on the 29th of March 1988. The 2021 documentary, Murder...
The District Six museum is more than just a museum, it’s...
In the heart of the former inner-city residential area and in an old Methodist church in Cape Town, the District Six Museum has been...
A heritage of loss: Address Unknown and a second wave of...
Address Unknown is a short fictional film about one man’s search for his childhood friend who he lost track of after being displaced from...
A Man, Woman, And A Baby Visit South Africa
Petra Diamonds Limited on Monday announced the discovery of a big blue diamond. The mining company confirmed that 20.08 carat blue diamond had been...
History Comes Alive At These Jozi Museums
There’s no doubt that Johannesburg is a happening city. It started way back when gold was discovered here in the 1880s and has continued...
We Are Here Because You Were There
COMMENT
I really did not want my essay for a writing contest to be about colonialism in 2019. But what to do when we live...
Cape Town’s Bloody Gang Violence Is Inextricably Bound Up In Its...
COMMENT
When the apartheid government decided to evict people it called Coloured from Cape Town’s inner city, it set off a chain reaction that now...
How Fordsburg Has Evolved From The Gold Rush To Now
PART I
Growing up as Indian South African, Fordsburg was the place to buy halaal meats, spices, jewellery and beautiful fabrics. It was also the...
Sarafina: Telling The Story Of The Soweto Uprisings In Theatre
Sarafina! is a part of South African tradition. The hit musical which was later turned into a movie features students involved in the 1976...
Born Frees and Nelson Mandela: The Kids Don’t Understand Their Father
COMMENT
The Born Free Generation is 25 years old. I will be 25 in September. We were the ones who were born in 1994, the...
9 Poems That Reveal Nelson Mandela’s Impact
A fallen icon can never truly die. They are memorialised in the work of artists, the pens of history, and the lips of the...
Mandela Day: ‘There Is No Perfect Leader’
The Durban-based, youth-led, non governmental organisation, Door to Door Foundation will be spending its 67 minutes renovating a local school in Magabheni Township; in...
What Mandela Day Means To Born-Frees
July 18 is Nelson Mandela International Day, where South Africans and all people come together to celebrate the life of the first democratically elected...
