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03 July 2025
Inside Cape Town's Growing Housing Crisis
Decades after apartheid ended, many Capetonians are struggling to find affordable housing, and some are occupying abandoned buildings, as they fight to get their voices heard.
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News
04 June 2025
Rashid Lombard, Visionary Jazz Promoter and Cultural Icon, Passes Away At 74
The acclaimed photographer and founder of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, who documented the realities of apartheid, leaves behind a legacy of cultural activism and community upliftment.
News
11 February 2025
MK Party Accuses AfriForum of Treason Over Land Bill Propaganda
The United States has cut off financial aid to South Africa after right-wing organizations spread misinformation about race-based land seizures. Experts explain why the Expropriation Act isn't the threat Donald Trump and Elon Musk claim it to be.
Culture
09 August 2024
Why Does South Africa Celebrate Women’s Day on August 9?
South Africa’s Women’s Day honors the courageous women who led a monumental march in 1956 against the apartheid government’s oppressive “pass laws.”
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05 June 2024
The Many Phases and Faces of Stogie T
Over two decades into his storied career, the South African rap icon just recently released his latest body of work, ‘Shallow.’
News
22 May 2024
The Hopes and Fears of South Africans Ahead of the Elections
South Africans are getting ready for what is set to be the most tightly contested elections in the country’s 30 years of democracy.
South Africa
21 May 2024
Paul Weinberg on Documenting Apartheid and South Africa’s 1994 Elections
The celebrated photographer, Paul Weinberg, reflects on his photography journey, the apartheid-era Afrapix agency and 30 years of freedom in South Africa.
South Africa
16 May 2024
Spear of the Nation: The Legacy of South Africa’s uMkhonto weSizwe
The apartheid-era armed wing of the country’s ruling African National Congress, uMkhonto weSizwe, is very different from a new political party that’s sprung up with the same name.
News
14 May 2024
South Africa Reopens Inquests into Death of Nobel Laureate and Anti-Apartheid Leader Albert Luthuli
New information surrounding the deaths of Chief Albert Luthuli, Griffiths Mxenge and Booyi Mantyi have led to inquests being reopened in KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Cape High Courts.
Film + TV
25 April 2024
South Africa’s 30 Years of Democracy Celebrated on Film
This list of 10 films, made after 1994, represents the multiple facets of post-apartheid life in South Africa.
News
24 April 2024
What 30 Years of Democracy Means to South Africa’s “Born-Free” Generation
Young South Africans who grew up in the post-apartheid erashare their thoughts on freedom and democracy.
Latest
22 April 2024
30 South African Songs of Freedom
Music has been an indelible part of South Africa’s freedom. As the Rainbow Nation celebrates 30 years of democracy this week, we break down the most essential tracks.
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