South Africa

Eastern Cape schools in ‘worse state’ than almost a decade ago

By Mkhuseli Sizani and Mary-Anne Gontsana

South Africa

Thabo Masebe worked tirelessly to ensure the SA democratic story was told in full

By Lebogang Maile

Magazine

Zakes Mda on his latest novel, set in Lesotho’s musical gang wars

By Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang

South Africa

Collision: race, exile and authenticity

By Neo Muyanga

South Africa

Culture and Covid-19: Can socially ‘loose’ SA ‘tighten’ up its response before the third wave?

By Leslie Bank

South Africa

Thoko Ndlozi & the Healjoy Sisterhood

By Bongani Madondo

World

Nobel literature laureate who transformed American literature, dead at 88

By J Brooks Spector

Maverick Life

Zakes Mda’s play ‘You Fool, How can The Sky Fall’ exposes our insatiable need for a leader

By Nkateko Mabasa

Maverick Life

Revival of Zakes Mda play confused by gender-switched casting

By Lesley Stones

South Africa

Philip Tabane (1934-2018): The ‘best guitarist in Africa’, no longer with us

By J Brooks Spector

South Africa

Ben Okri at Steve Biko Memorial Lecture: ‘Freedom was just the overture’

By Rebecca Davis