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Weekly Dissident: Menzi Maseko writes on black consciousness and jazz
MENZI MASEKOÂ is a sociopolitical activist and cultural worker who upholds black consciousness and radical humanist principles mostly using the weapon of the arts and...
Fancy a spot of parkour in Pretoria? [VIDEO]
Last weekend Capitol Theatre and Cafe Riche hosted RE: Capitoli 2014, a one-day festival featuring youth culture, music, art, performance, discussion.
It also brought us...
Open Mosque: “The real problem is not closed mosques, it is closed mindsâ€
Muslim gender activists have for years pushed for women to be included in the main section of the mosque, without barriers and without stigma....
Where hair and art collide
It seems fitting that the exhibition Doing Hair: Hair and Art in Africa is running at the Wits Art Museum, right in the heart of Braamfontein with...
#WearADoek? For who? For what?
In the margins of my childhood in Pacaltsdorp there was always the doek - floral, kitsch, oriental, often political - printed cloths mapping endless...
Ramadan in Bo Kaap: A dying tradition?
In Cape Town, Bo-Kaap is a place of historical importance. But, thanks to gentrification, it is also a place with a heritage that is...
There’s more to Marikana than meets the eye
Marikana wasn’t even a dot on a map before August 16, when the shooting of 34 striking miners made headlines of the dusty mining town....
The SADC wrap: health problems for Zambia’s Sata and condom confusion in Malawi
Each week award winning journalist Kristen van Schie brings you all the news that's worth knowing from across the SADC region. Here is this week's SADC wrap.
Zambia
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The cost for community in Woodstock’s gentrification
RA’EESA PATHER visited residents in Woodstock’s Page Lange who have been caught between a spate of new development and their own history.
The Gentrification of the Bo-Kaap
Gentrification has become a buzzword that redefines urban spaces and communities. Areas such as Woodstock and Bo-Kaap have become largely commercialised, creating trendy hotspots in long-standing historical neighbourhoods. Some Capetonians are wary of the newcomers in their community, while others are struggling to keep up with the price tag of redevelopment. RA’EESA PATHER reports.
