Society
Local artists support Zimbabwean musicians
On 29 September, Baran's Restaurant hosted an “African heritage fundraising show” for an African soul reggae band called The Zealots.
Nwabisa Pondoyi
News | 1 October 2013
Renowned Palestinian poet performs in Khayelitsha
On 24 September 2013, Remi Kanazi, a world-renowned Palestinian-American performance poet, gave a performance of his poetry in Khayelitsha in Cape Town. Kanazi’s poetry covers a range of topics, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Islamophobia and imperialism.
Staff writer
News | 30 September 2013
Taste of my heritage
NdinguMambhathane, uTshaya, uMxesibe, uMgxubane, Khandanyawana, uMam’Khuma, Nxele, Bhaca, isizukulwana sika Ntswayibana noBhakaqana.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
Opinion | 23 September 2013
Ties that bind
For me heritage goes deeper than the colour of my skin. It starts from the very beginning, my birth.
Nwabisa Pondoyi
Opinion | 23 September 2013
This story is called…
A little north west of the road which runs from Ixopo into the hills of KwaZulu-Natal immortalised by Alan Paton, is a quiet, slow-moving enclave. The Kamberg Valley, just 78 kilometres east of Lesotho, kneels before the Drakensberg mountain range, crimped by the wind and harshness of the rocky land over millions of years to coalesce into a silencing, breathless serenity.
Greg Solik
Opinion | 23 September 2013
Snapshot of poverty in Cape Town
Mrs Nowelile Nonkelela stays in a one-room flat with her seven children and three grandsons. The family stays in Old Flats, Langa. Their room is situated in block C on the second floor where there are 20 such rooms.
Pharie Sefali
News | 18 September 2013
“I don’t see myself living anywhere but Manenberg”
Roegchanda Pascoe and her younger brother have watched through the window of their home as rival gangs fought with each other day in and day out. But Pascoe says she doesn’t see herself living anywhere but Manenberg.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 18 September 2013
Naidoo speaks out on Eastern Cape health crisis
The Neil Aggett Memorial lecture was delivered by Jay Naidoo at Kingswood College, Grahamstown on 13 September 2013.
Jay Naidoo
Opinion | 17 September 2013
Hip Hop Kas’lam presents its second annual awards
The Baxter Theater hosted the second annual Hip Hop Kas’lam Spaza awards on 14 August to celebrate this unique hip hop genre. Hip Hop Kas’lam provides a platform for young rappers to perform in their indigenous languages and the vernacular.
Nwabisa Pondoyi
News | 17 September 2013