Arts and culture
Where is Reason?
After dropping Audio 3D in June 2012, ‘boom bap’ rapper Sizwe ‘Reason’ Moeketsi simply disappeared from the game.
Zethu Gqola
News | 28 February 2014
Is Cape Town Pride serious about gay rights?
Cape Town Pride 2014 (CTP) takes place from 21 February to 1 March. The annual festival aims to celebrate gay rights in South Africa. This year’s theme is “uniting cultures in Cape Town”. However, people from communities around Cape Town have said that they feel CTP excludes them and the serious issues affecting them as gay people.
Jonathan Dockney and GroundUp Staff
News | 27 February 2014
Masello Motana and the politics of personality
A year ago, Masello Motana introduced us to Cyrilina Ramaposer, a rich diva with political and business ambitions. Now she is back as Julia Malema, a lady with a liking for pink dresses, flaxen weaves and pseudo-revolutionary talk.
Sibusiso Tshabalala
News | 20 February 2014
Gugulethu women’s marimba goes national
A group of five Gugulethu women studying at UCT are hitting the big time with their marimba music.
Pharie Sefali
News | 19 February 2014
Last ditch battle for a famous black choral music school, Simon Estes High
Simon Estes Music High School in Wynberg, which was closed down on the first day of term, is fighting a last-ditch battle to survive.
Pharie Sefali
News | 19 February 2014
Choir group in Langa reduces unemployment
Ezethu (“Ours”) is an indigenous choir ensemble that preserves and promotes Xhosa culture by celebrating traditional music. Its members, who come from Gugulethu and Langa, bring ceremonial music to younger generations.
Nika Soon-Shiong
News | 13 February 2014
Gugs dance school gives children self-worth
Self-discipline and self-worth: Zama Dance school instils these much-needed values in children in Gugulethu.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 12 February 2014
Running and other stories: an extract from Makhosazana Xaba’s collection
Makhosazana Xaba’s poetry has been translated into Mandarin and Italian and published in China and Italy. Her first critically acclaimed story, Running, won the Deon Hofmeyr Award for Creative Writing in 2005.
Makhosazana Xaba
News | 11 February 2014
We should write for our readers, not the owner ““ an interview with Ann Crotty
Seasoned financial journalist Ann Crotty has resigned from the Independent Group’s financial daily, the Business Report , after 18 years at the paper. Crotty, the author of award-winning work on executive pay and other issues, spoke to GroundUp about her resignation from Business Report, her views on editorial independence and media ownership.
Sibusiso Tshabalala
News | 11 February 2014