You’ll excuse our South African focus today here and on Twitter. A burger chain writes in braille; author JM Coetzee writes about cricket; “a gym member tells of racist insults”; “Minister of Arts and Culture supports boycott, disinvestment and sanctions against Israel”; and here cartoon artist Mdu Ntuli wraps up the first month of the new year on his Izikohko Show taking a jab at Trevor Noah and the DA’s Benetton campaign. A laugh helps, sometimes.

Further Reading

The road to Rafah

The ‘Sumud’ convoy from Tunis to Gaza is reviving the radical promise of pan-African solidarity and reclaiming an anticolonial tactic lost to history.

Sinners and ancestors

Ryan Coogler’s latest film is more than a vampire fable—it’s a bridge between Black American history and African audiences hungry for connection, investment, and storytelling rooted in shared struggle.