Marcus Garvey’s Africa
The historian Robert Vinson explores Garvey's influence in South Africa in the 1920s and 1930s.
South Africa
Africa is a Country TV is back: We interview Kenyan supergroup Just a Band
Apart from seeing our logo superimposed on a building in downtown Johannesburg, this is a good
Woman, object, corpse: Killing women through media
Since Valentine’s Day everyone has been talking about the murder of Reeva Steenkamp, although rarely in
The media’s culture of confirmation bias
When it comes to South Africa, US media publishes articles that may have been written already before an event even happened.
The Soweto Derby Sale
Kaizer Chiefs vs Orlando Pirates is South Africa's fiercest football rivalry. It is increasingly less about the football and more about merchandise on offer to fans of both teams, especially Chiefs.
Blackface is Okay on Peruvian TV
The shows play on the worst stereotypes associated with Afro-Peruvians and uncritically exhibits these for the whole Peruvian nation to watch.
In Memory of Anene Booysen
Guest Post by Melinda Fantou The road that leads to Bredasdorp, a small town about 180
South African Hip-Hop needs more artists like Molemi
A harp hard-panned to either side of the speakers constantly loops while a flute sample pulsates
The Book of Marikana
Rewriting history from below in South Africa by utilizing the voices of workers and their survivors themselves.
My Favorite Photographs N°12: Kelebogile Ntladi
The latest image-maker in the “Favorite Photographs” series is South African photographer Kelebogile Ntladi. Based in
There’s “too much Africa in South Africa”
That what a Dutch writer Adriaan Van Dis told an Italian newspaper when asked about what South Africa is like now.
Mamphela Ramphele has a Party
Ramphele has never enjoyed widespread grassroots support as a political figure in South Africa and hasn't been in active in any political movement for at least 30 years now.
The Extreme Makeover of Patri$e Mot$epe
Motsepe was named South Africa’s first black dollar billionaire by Forbes Magazine.
The loss of “new” South African innocence
Moses Molelekwa, the brilliant South African pianist, composer and producer died by suicide on 13 February 2001. Florence Mtoba, his wife (also his manager) was found with him; she had been strangled.
Why is South Africa such a violent society
The heinous, brutal rape and subsequent slaughtering of Anene Booysen in South Africa’s Western Cape province
How to deal with sexual violence in South Africa
It is not good enough to teach our sons not to rape. We need to teach our sons that a woman is not some “thing” placed on this planet just to satisfy whatever desire you have.
Future Radioheads
The Children’s Radio Foundation, which trains young radio reporters, invited pop musician Colin Greenwood to South Africa. Would the trip break with celebrity conventions?
The Story of a South African Farm
As of March 1 this year, the new base salary for farm workers in South Africa
Peter Beinart went to South Africa
Somebody tell Beinart support for Palestinians is not support for Muslims over Jews in the ruling party. It's for an occupied people over a repressive state.
Canada and the cover of whiteness
Canadian immigration - while discouraging Roma from applying for refugee status - welcomes the worst of Apartheid South Africa's perpetrators.