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The Cape Colony

The campaign to separate South Africa's Western Cape from the rest of the country is not only a symptom of white privilege, but also of the myth that the province is better run.

Darra

The writer, from Cape Town, reflects on the life of her working class father, who like her friends' fathers worked tough jobs for low pay and hid his vulnerabilities.

Pretty in Pink

One in ten young people on Cape Town's Cape Flats finish high school. The highlight of their school career - and sometime their lives - is prom, known as the matric ball.

The Coloureds Comics

We sent 5 questions to South African comic (or graphic) artists Nathan and Andre Trantraal, known collectively as the Trantraal Brothers.

The Uprising

Dylan Valley talks his film revisiting violent events of September 2010 when Cape Town municipal police waged war on poor black residents of rich, white Hout Bay.

Skin Deep Politics

The question as to whether a coloured can become leader of South Africa's ruling party and even, more remotely, president of the country.

Afrikaners

The first group of people who called themselves Afrikaners were Orlams people, who would be called coloured in South Africa today.