The 27th of January marked the birthday of Tsietsi Mashinini who in terms of South African history and politics symbolises the idea of Black Power. Black Power as embodied by the activists of 1976 was an important challenge to white power as epitomised by the Apartheid regime.

Mugo argues that when economic rights are deprived, such as when people are malnourished or with disease, they do not have adequate access to their fundamental human right to life. Moreover, a change in economic priorities could give them those rights.

With a newly appointed A-list board of directors, FESTAC Africa Festival promises to be bigger and better this year under the guidance of Prof PLO Lumumba, Mr. Patric Obath, Dr. Rosemary Gituma, Amb (Dr) Wallace Williams, Mrs. Suhuru Ogada Odhiambo, Chief Kojo Yankah, and Dr. Olaseni Shoroye.

According to Wilderson the humans and non-blacks like Arabs attain their psychic coherence and health on the back of their anti-blackness against black people who are reduced to slaves. In fact, according to Wilderson the historical timeline of the reduction of Africans to blacks as slaves begins with the Arab conquest of Africa in 639 AD.

“We recognized a need for the acknowledgement of independently produced works and also aimed to broaden the spectrum. Currently, there are only about two recognized theatre awards in the country.

For the first time in the post-1990 era, political analysis and opinion polls in South Africa are replete with predictions about the ANC receiving less than 50% of the votes and prospects of coalition governance (Morrison, 2023; Dlakavu, 2022).

It seems written in the stars. Amid this performative art, a central character is President Zuma, who once proclaimed during his triumphant hour that the "ANC will rule until Jesus comes back."

In the dynamic world of television, one name that emerged triumphantly in 2023 was Keketso Mpitso, recognized as the breakout star Tlali on the hit show "Outlaws."