Eid: How South African Muslims Celebrate
After 30 days of fasting from dusk till dawn in Ramadan, Muslims around the world celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. Muslims celebrate in various ways...
Joburg’s New Gold: Women In The Inner-City
The discovery of gold in 1886 saw Johannesburg as a city laced with promise. While this precious resource has been mined away,...
10 Movies Of 2019 To Look Forward To
While 2018 was the year for amazing movie releases (Remember Inxeba and Black Panther !) 2019 has some great releases coming out...
COPA90 Creators Are Telling The Human Football Story
COPA90 - a London-based football media company - recently launched the Creator Commissions initiative. Every month through the Commission the company gives grants to...
These Young Activists Are Working For Safer Schools
Lays dos Santos (18) has to leave home in the early parts of the morning to go to school or work every...
How I Made It After Matric With No Degree
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Zinhle Cingo (27) is a mother of two who runs various businesses to sustain herself and her family. Like many other young...
In Photos: Gauteng Celebrates The Jacaranda Season
Every year from late September to November some of the trees in Johannesburg and Pretoria turn a vivid lavender. That's when we bid farewell...
Mandela-Gandhi Peace Walk Comes To SA
A group of seven peace activists from various countries including South Africa, India and Japan have embarked on a peace walk across South Africa...
5 Cheap Ways To Get Books
Books are expensive. There is no denying that most books sold at mainstream book stores or online are astronomically expensive. People just can't afford...
The Dove Self-Esteem Project Has Launched In South Africa
Too fat, too skinny, too dark, too light, too short, too tall: everyone has insecurities about themselves that they carry from their childhood. The...
Qarnita Loxton: On Writing Cape Town’s Sex And The City
Born and bred in Cape Town, Qarnita Loxton started writing as a way of keeping herself busy. Being a shy child, she had always...
It’s International Coffee Day! 5 Hot Facts About Coffee
October 1 marks International Coffee Day. It's the day where caffeine lovers around the world can proudly celebrate their love of the popular drink....
On Identity And Wholeness: Four Authors Share Their Reflections
Who are we? Conceptualisations of home, identity and wholeness are pertinent questions. Identity can refer to who we are, where we come from, who...
Author Clinton Chauke: “What A Wonderful Time To Be Young, Black...
There's a lot of things Clinton Chauke would describe himself as: social critic, fierce debater, Pan-Africanist. But despite being born in 1994, one label...
2018 FIFA World Cup: For Africa, There Were Positive Lessons To...
In the end, it was the bloody yellow cards that did in the Lions of Teranga. For the first time in the history of...
Security Guard And Now Qualified Teacher Nkosingiphile Kwela, On His Journey
After 16 years working as a security guard for various companies, Nkosingiphile Kwela from Floweni, south Durban, graduated with a degree in teaching at...
EXO Inspires South African EXO-Ls To Give Back
The South African EXO fandom known as EXO-Ls showed their love for the K-pop group on its sixth year anniversary by embodying the groups...
Maybe This Time Beyoncé Will Come To South Africa
The queen and saviour of the music industry, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, and her husband, rapper Jay Z, have announced a part two of their...
“Most Girls Don’t Get A Chance To Exploreâ€
A KwaMashu matric pupil, Golgirl Phakathi, 17, is departing to New York City to represent South Africa in a United Nations’ Commision on the...
These Good Samaritans Made It Possible For Folk To Watch Black...
All hail King T’Challa of Wakanda! The much anticipated Disney-Marvel film Black Panther premiered in cinemas worldwide on 16 February and is already breaking...
