Abdullah Ibrahim and Johnny Dyani’s 1973 album was the realisation of a journey in music and spirituality. Using Islamic and Xhosa influences.
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky has shown seven of the key character virtues in his exemplary crisis leadership.
Pat Matshikiza and Kippie Moeketsi’s four-track project got to the heart of the 70s defiance that produced it.
A new book tells the story of Can Themba who was ‘a daring journalist, unafraid to put his body on the line in pursuit of a story.’
South Africa’s high unemployment rate has forced the marginalised youth to make their own way and look after each other.
Rashid Lombard has given UWC custody of his historical photo archive, with plans to digitise it and start a photography centre.
Ralph Lauren launched its Black Lives Matter initiatives by
partnering with historically Black colleges for a commemorative collection.
Whose freedom is it anyway? A look at a historical day in South Africa’s history and whether or not it’s worthy of commemoration.
The pioneering producer played a large part in altering the course of SA hip-hop with his contributions to both kwaito and motswako.
Although he’d rather go without surgery for time being, Liam Gallagher is suffering from arthritis and will probably need a hip replacement.
The late Orlando Julius took the Afrobeat sound around the world and pioneered the sound along the rebellious icon Fela Kuti.
This year’s Platinum Jubilee comes amid Queen Elizabeth’s declining health, pushback against the Royal Family and a colonial reckoning.
Grammy-nominated Somi launched her new album reimagining Miriam Makeba with a performance that amplified the late icon’s work.
Could anyone predict the KZN floods? There isn’t a simple answer, scientists believe these types of events will occur more in the future.
A rare album featuring Palestinian artist Riad Awwad has resurfaced, found amid a collection of 12 000 old cassette tapes in the West Bank.
Archaeological evidence of a range of plants found in ancient West African cuisine mirrors the starches and sauces cooked today.
New research looks at how at the hunt and often illegal trade of large aquatic animals used for meat, remedies and traditional use.
Shops are using tricks and the power of psychological persuasion to influence buying decisions of the consumer.
Black Coffee’s Grammy’s win may have strengthened his value overseas – it’s hard to call him the flavour of the season in South Africa.
A loot at how K Sello Duiker defined madness and psychiatric incarceration in his novels. The late novelist would have turned 48 tomorrow.
Noviolet Bulawayo’s second novel – which began as non-fiction – leaves realism for allegory to confront the Zimbabwean present.
This year marks 100 years of the publication in ‘Abantu Abamnyama Lapa Bavela Ngakona’, the first isiZulu book-length history of black people.
CA Davids’ new novel takes on memory, drawing together disparate threads across continents to construct a story with humanity at its heart.
Simphiwe Dana is working with Gregory Maqoma for theatre offering ‘MOYA’ which is a reflection of spirituality in healing’.
A study conducted on South African Tinder found that more than 50% of users downloaded the app because their curiosity or bored