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Azah Mphago - Ngoma Dza Mapungubwe
Across cultures, borders and countries, spirituality is firmly ingrained in music. These melodies and rhythms tell of mythology and history, as well as spiritual beliefs held by it...
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Cecil John Rhodes: British Empire Hitman
“We fight Rhodes because he means so much for oppression, injustice, & moral degradation to South Africa - but if he passed away tomorrow there still remains the terrible fact that something...
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Longer-lasting licences offer one bright turn as the Madlanga Commission examines alleged police corruption and Tshwane confronts a grim discovery behind a spaza-shop door.
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Black Solidarity Day Not Black Wednesday
The significance of the 19th of October 1977 ban, may however regrettably be diminished, when chroniclers recall it, under the problematic reference of ‘Black Wednesday’. ‘Black Wednesday’, was coined by the Apartheid re...
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Judgement Illustrates The Extent of South Africa’s Rape Culture Crisis
. It is reminiscent of the former President Jacob Zuma’s belief, expressed during his rape trial, that because a woman appeared to him to be aroused, he needed to “help her finish...
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Tsogo – The Review
A Motlokwa woman, an academic, an African, brave and fearless leader who, among other things, took the responsibility of becoming the voice of the voiceless and fought for the freedom of African women.
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Thick, Empty Drama: Blood & Water Season 2 Review
There’s also a serious issue with how aggressively the show pursues its sexualisation of high school characters, to the point of disgust. This escalates in the fifth episode which...
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Beauty Queen Executed
That natural beauty blinded the eye of the offspring of racists and National Party members. He was Jannie Beegte, a world-renowned professional body builder. On first sight, love became "blind".
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The Paucity of Black Intellectuals
My study on this phenomenon revealed that a significant number of black intellectuals and potential ones left the country, either to work or study abroad, as it was challenging to do so in a...
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