The Marikana Massacre on August 16th, 2012 witnessed the killing of thirty-four black mineworkers by South African

On 27 June, I went to check out the launch of PLATINUM, a mini-publication by photographer

Massacres happen fast and slow. Ask the survivors and their survivors. Last week, Jacob Zuma finally

On Thursday, 13 March 2015, at Cape Town’s Company Gardens, during the Infecting the City Festival,

On January 23 this year the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), a firebrand breakaway

Every winter, for 11 days in early July,  the sleepy South African college town of Grahamstown comes

When Mzoxolo Magidiwana, a miner from Marikana in South Africa’s Northwest Province, traces his family lineage

South African writer and journalist, William Gumede, in a contribution to The Guardian asserts that “South

The Tokoloshe emerges from its secret lair. Like a thief in the night, it creates a

South African president Jacob Zuma’s visit to Malawi in August appears to have renewed his appreciation

This time last year, platinum workers (all black) at a mine in South Africa’s North West

I have no idea why I was thrilled to see a debate on the chief maladies

South African actress/singer/writer Masello Motana has had a career in the entertainment business that many would

Since Jeffrey Gettleman’s beloved machetes remain sheathed after a peaceful (and therefore thus far apparently uninteresting) Kenyan

Guest Post by Christopher Webb The day after the police shot 34 miners at Marikana a

Perhaps it is unfair to be skeptical of the announcement a few weeks ago by South

To get the pulse of a country journalists usually go for political elites or the “man

Five months after the Marikana Massacre in South Africa, footage of police action at the ‘killing

I first heard of the National Press Club (NPC) via Twitter when the news that they

Remember that little video campaign called #Kony2012? Yeah, we wish we could forget too. Few videos