Evan Bartlett reviews the biography of Neil Aggett, a 28-year-old doctor and trade unionist who was the first white person to die in the custody of the apartheid regime’s security police.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo won the fourth Grammy of their 53-year career on Sunday night.

With the South African general elections nearing and political parties campaigning across the nation, the power of online marketing comes to the forefront once more, as Evita Bezuidenhout demonstrates

A blind man walks into an antique shop and asks “Can I have a look around”

A new biography restores Steve Biko in the public memory as a outstanding intellectual revolutionary who elevated the consciousness of South Africans through his politics of psychological empowerment.

Despite a solid performance at the South African box office, Long Walk To Freedom has faltered overseas after a strong opening weekend – and now, the Mandela biopic more than 20 years in the making has also been snubbed at the Oscars

Clients with one British born parent are often in doubt on whether they are eligible for a British passport or not.

Naija Princesses, in their fresh African fashions are the shape of things to come, as Barbie loses her cachet in a world in which the rich are proportionally less white every year. Is this the doll of the African century?

A biography of legendary anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman by her close friend, Lord Robin Renwick, former British ambassador to South Africa, is being published in the UK by Biteback Publishing Ltd and in South Africa by Jonathan Ball.

2014 is the Year of the horse according to the Chinese zodiac. Apparently, it’s also the year we’re all going to get much better at saying ‘no’ and staying home in our pants.

Carol Hickman will exhibit her paintings and photographs at the Fishslab Gallery in Whitstable, on the Kent Coast.

Every child wants to become Mowgli and live in The Jungle Book with friends like Baloo and Bagheera, and one little girl lived that very dream.

While as many South Africans as live in central Cape Town have returned to the Beloved Country since 2008, state immigration policies mean that South Africa’s brain drain remains as serious as ever, a new report shows

Sales of South African wine to wine-producing countries such as France, Italy and Spain increased so dramatically due to the poor European harvest, while sales to the UK, still the country’s biggest export destination accounting for just over one-fifth of total volumes exported last year, rose 21%.

A collection of more than 150 South African weapons and artefacts from the 19th century will go on auction in Britain this month.

Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu-PF party – which has been in power since democracy in 1980 – is set to enter the country’s mining sector as a competitor in a bid to raise funds

As for predictions in the year ahead I think it will be a lot like looking into a crystal ball.

Eve Hemming moved from South Africa to New Zealand in 2008. While dealing with the grief of saying farewell to her homeland and falling in love with her new land, she began writing ‘Scatterlings’

Washington Printmakers Gallery (WPG and Vula Amehlo Art Development are pleased to present South African Voices: A New Generation of Printmakers in January 2014 This invitational exhibition features numerous hand-pulled prints by more than 30 emerging artists from South Africa. Its content seeks to bridge the social, political and economic divides and to create mutual understanding between South Africa and the United States

In advance celebration of its 100th anniversary next year, Howard University’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (MSRC) will host the U.S. premiere of an electrifying, internationally acclaimed multimedia exhibition: Nelson Mandela: Character, Comrade, Leader, Prisoner, Negotiator, Statesman.

Johannesburg is steadily prospering, building up a solid reputation as not only an African business hub, but a global one.

With the festive season coming to an end; clearly evidenced by the pork stuffing bloated stomaches and Christmas lights being pulled down from the trees, I decided to turn the conditioned indulgence cravings into active baking experiments.

Are you looking for a South African organisation or society in the UK? Perhaps you’ve recently arrived in Britain, missing home and looking to meet other South Africans? Here are some of the key contacts to help you find your way around.

The strong box office performance of the Nelson Mandela film came on the back of positive reviews from British critics.

Looking to support a UK-based South African cause? Did you realise there are more than 20 South African charities active in Britain? They are all listed here in alphabetical order, for ease of reference.