Cape Town: Fury over attempts to gentrify historic BoKaap
Cape Town’s BoKaap Quarter is the traditional home to the city’s ‘Brown people’ and one of the most enduring cultural heritage sites in the country. …
South Africa
South Africa: Freedom day, “Good man, bad party” and an angry Helen Zille
On Saturday – 27 April, South Africa commemorated ‘Freedom Day’ – 25 years since the end of apartheid. Reactions to the anniversary of the non-racial …
Unfinished business: Why Freedom Day should be a reminder.
A quarter of a century after the end of apartheid, many questions remain, including: how much and whose freedom is to be celebrated during Freedom …
South Africa: Why Mmusi Maimane and the DA engine has failed to fire
Although on paper the Democratic Alliance under Mmusi Maimane, ticks all the racial and ethnic boxes, on the ground it has failed to gain the …
Remembering and celebrating Hugh Masekela
Hugh Masekela, perhaps one of the two most globally popular South African anti-Apartheid activists and outstanding musical legends would have turned 80 today. We revisit this tribute by Novelist Brian Chikwava written in the …
South Africa’s new Finance Minister steps on hot coals
The musical chairs at the South African finance ministry continue as Nhlanhla Nene finds himself out and Tito Mboweni finds himself in. But can the …