Africa

A baobab has fallen - RIP to legendary Africanist and journalist Nick Kotch

By Ed Stoddard

South Africa

Costa Gazidis — tireless anti-apartheid activist driven by a belief in humanity and a future world of peace

By Terry Bell

Maverick News

Silence of the Lambs — Identity of apartheid state informers buried along with former ‘superspy’ Niël Barnard

By Marianne Thamm

South Africa

Sibusiso Bengu — Special Official Funeral declared for SA’s first democratic-era education minister amid flood of tributes

By Takudzwa Pongweni

World

William Anders, the man who shot iconic Earthrise pic and changed the way we look at Earth

By J Brooks Spector

South Africa

Tom Sutcliffe — rich legacy of multitalented first head of the Western Cape Health Department

By Fareed Abdullah

TGIFood

Honouring culinary legend Peter Veldsman — one of the greatest of the 44

By Tony Jackman

TGIFood

Taste was everything to Peter Veldsman, icon of South African food

By Emile Joubert

TGIFood

Johnny Theunissen, gem of the Karoo, laird of our hearts

By Tony Jackman

South Africa

Eddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia

By Ethan van Diemen

TGIFood

Alfred Nqayi – creator of chocolate with an African Soul

By Anna Trapido

South Africa

Senator Dick Clark was a US politician before his time on southern Africa

By J Brooks Spector