Book review – ‘She Left Me The Gun – My Mother’s Life Before Me’: The title alludes to the small pistol Emma’s mother took from South Africa to Britain at the bottom of her chest with other bizarre trinkets.
Zimbabwean Caine prize winner NoViolet Bulawayo is back with her debut novel, a work of outstanding quality from an exceptional talent.
Remembering the youth of yesterday as we celebrate the youth of today! This year, South Africans living in the UK will gather in London to commemorate this very important day.
Gideon Mendel’s exhibition is part of a long-term project documenting flooding in various parts of the globe including England, India, Haiti and Nigeria. The exhibition runs in London from 7 June – 27 July 2013.
The documentary opens with Beatrice Mtetwa saying, “People who do things under the cover of darkness are afraid of light. So, if you come at midnight I’ll be there with my headlights glaring…”
London-based rocker Ryan Koriya will be playing Zambezi Fest in Northampton this weekend. We talk to him about his passion for flying, his new EP and being Zimbabwe’s answer to Seal…
CEO of multinational glass repair company Belron/Autoglass
Several South Africans and women from many other African countries were recently recognised for their achievements at an award ceremony in London. It was inspiring to see so many women who have transcended difficult circumstances to make a difference to the world around them.
A London-based South African is on a quest to braai 365 days of the year to raise money for charity while enjoying this old age South African tradition.
COMPETITION | Enter the draw to win tickets to catch The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Queens of the Stone Age and loads while basking in the delights of the Portuguese sun at the Super Bock Super Rock festival.
Have you got festival fever? We’ve got the ultimate guide to the UK’s music festival season for 2013
Little known late South African photographer Brian Heseltine’s photos of people in neighbourhoods such as District Six have been published for the first time in a new book ‘People Apart: 1950s Cape Town Revisited’
Each year, the Templeton Prize celebrates an individual with extraordinary accomplishments in spiritual understanding. This year, the award went to one of the most famous faces of the anti-apartheid struggle, Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The two charities ZANE and HIZ have just merged and they held their first joint event in leafy Belgravia to share insight into Zimbabwe and the challenges Zimbabweans face daily.
If you have pounds to put away for five to ten years, a bunch of investment trusts quoted on the London stock market make just about the safest bet.
First preview of the adaptation of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography at Cannes Film Festival
The Memories of Muizenberg Exhibition, which smashed attendance records in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Israel, will be hosted by the London Jewish Cultural Centre from 22 May until 6 June.
Desmond Tutu received the £1.1 million Templeton Prize at London’s historic Guildhall in front of a distinguished audience that included British faith leaders, ambassadors and pop stars.
Claire came to the UK as recently as August 2012 after a previous spell in the Fens. As a vet, she has trained in one animal-loving society and come to practice in another.
Veteran stage and screen actor, most widely known for his role as Ashwin Kumar in The Kumars at No. 42
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Desmond Tutu will receive the Templeton Prize on Tuesday in a London ceremony that will be attended by faith leaders, Ambassadors and High Commissioners, members of both Houses of Parliament and representatives from charities and campaigning groups for Africa, while performers will include Annie Lennox.
Margie Orford is an award-winning journalist and author of the Clare Hart series of crime novels set in South Africa and Namibia
On the eve of Desmond Tutu being honoured with the Templeton prize in London, he and a panel of esteemed thinkers will debate the question – what is the essence of being human?