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A guide to South Africa’s best beaches
From the Cape West Coast on the desert border with Namibia to northern KwaZulu-Natal, the South African coastline stretches more 2 500 kilometres and...
Play Your Part episode eight: Get involved
You can get involved with television personality Dr Michael Mol, entrepreneur Emmanuel Bonoko and social cohesion activist Yusuf Abramjee, here:
Brand South Africa
In episode eight...
South African literature
An overview of the main currents in South African literature, from Olive Schreiner's depiction of life on isolated Karoo farms to more recent work...
Three female pioneers of South African journalism
Ruth First, Noni Jabavu and Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin are just three examples of groundbreaking female writer-activists who made a difference in apartheid South Africa. These...
Remembering Nelson Mandela’s first steps of freedom
On Sunday 11 February 1990 - 25 years ago - millions of people around the world watched as
Nelson Mandela walked out of the gates of Victor Verster prison in Paarl.
Remembering ‘Uncle Kathy’: Ahmed Kathrada 1929-2017
Former Rivonia trialist and anti-apartheid struggle veteran Ahmed Kathrada died today, following a long illness. He was 87. After 1994, Kathrada served as a...
Classic South African action film returns to the big screen
Joe Bullet, a South African film made in 1971 had a limited re-release on big screens in Johannesburg and Cape Town this past January...
South African chosen to curate German art event
A South African fine arts lecturer, Gabi Ngcobo, has been selected to curate the 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art in Germany. It takes...
GEM looks to bring hope to vulnerable children
The GEM mobile app is, once again, bringing volunteers together to play with and feed the kids of Ethembeni Children’s Home in Johannesburg.
Cape Town makes the Top 10 Cities list
Readers of the international travel magazine Travel + Leisure have voted Cape Town as one of the Top 10 cities in the world. The Mother City took the ninth spot, while Kyoto in Japan took the top position for the second year in a row.