5 Things You Never Knew About Black Revolutionary Robert Sobukwe
Forty years ago on this day, February 27, Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe passed away. Sobukwe was a prominent South African political dissident who founded the...
Zayn is highlighting his Desi roots and we’re loving it
Zayn Malik has always been our fav brown boy in a band. But he broke Directioners' hearts in March 2015 when he announced that...
Uzalo gets lit as GC walks out of his own wedding
After days of anticipation, Uzalo viewers rejoiced this week after soapie bae GC finally stood up to his father and refused to go ahead...
Five Quotes From Nelson Mandela On Land
The dispossession of the black inhabitants of their land was an apartheid era strategy that began with the colonisation of South Africa. Without land,...
No jobs for South African Indians?
Claims have been made, by the DA in particular, that proposed new amendments to employment equity legislation will put Indian South Africans out of their jobs immediately. RUMANA AKOOB explores
To The Brilliant Hermione Granger
Most 90s kids grew up with the Harry Potter franchise. We inhaled the books, flocked to the cinemas to see the films and can...
[REVIEW] Angeliena on Netflix is as kitschy as it is kak
Netflix has reported that western audiences love South African content. These audiences are three times more likely to travel here, after watching a local...
Mandela’s Pan-Africanism: In His Own Words
On 12 January 1962, seven months before his infamous life sentence that banished him to Robben Island, Nelson Mandela gave a speech at the...
Competing Petitions Launched Following Zodwa Wabantu’s Anti-Gay Rant
Following the outcry by the queer community to get Zodwa Wabantu’s reality TV show cancelled in response to the reality star’s homophobic and transphobic...
Home Affairs: It’s Up to Women To Check If Surname Was...
The department of home affairs acknowledged reports that some women’s surnames had been changed without their consent after marriage, in a statement released on...
The Oral Tradition Behind South African Names
Phumzile Simelane Kalumba first started considering the significance of names when she had to name her own children. She and her husband considered the...
What South Africans Eat During Ramadan
Muslims all over the world have been observing the month of Ramadan for the past few weeks. Different cultures have different foods they eat...
Why Nomzamo Mbatha Gives Us All The Feels
You might know Nomzamo Mbatha as the actor who won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Moratiwa in...
The Women Of Waqf Are Claiming Their Right To Pray In...
What began as a means for women to form a spiritual community and pray their salaah in congregation during the holy month of Ramadan...
The Sweet Taste Of Pakistan In Fordsburg
In the small block that constitutes the Fordsburg Square area, cuisines from all around the world can be if found. If you’re a meat...
Boeberaand is a celebration and a metaphor for life
Ramadan marks the month when Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset. During the fast, no food or drink is consumed – yes not even...
Sibahle Collection: A Doll For Everyone
European beauty standards continue to be pervasive in society with most products including toys in the consumer market reaffirming those standards. Sibahle Collection is...
Boitumelo Rametsi: “I’m Not Afraid To Be Known As The Girl...
Boitumelo Rametsi believes in accepting your present-day self. The Soweto-born and based creative founded Spotted Beauty, a project that evolved from her personal Facebook...
Barakat is a must-see South African film
The film Barakat is a love letter to an entire community.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-4WmEoxD8Q
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How Cyrildene’s Derrick Avenue transformed into Chinatown
Walking down Derrick Avenue in Cyrildene on a Tuesday morning will make you think you are walking down a street in a Chinese city....
