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The Untold Story of Amabhaca
"The last king of the AmaBhaca people was Inkosi Madzikane ka Zulu. He died in the 19th century in what is now Mount Frere, next to the Drakensberg mountain range. The name "amabhaca" means...
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Indlela ibomvu
The title of the work Indlela ibomvu is borrowed from a Nguni idiom. The idiom speaks to the notion of a path or road ready to be travelled on. Indlela ibomvu is a meditation on t...
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iPhupho L’ka Biko S(w)inging the Dream at Mangrove this Freedom Day
"Where words fail, music speaks," writes poet, Hans Christian Andersen. In South Africa, music is fundamental to the African experience. When confronted with racism, prejudice, and segregation, Black people have long sou...
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Spin Venek
My father is a peculiar man. He used to carry a plastic paper bag with him that embarrassed me, but in that bag, he also carried one of my favourite things; his stereo, an old scho...
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ZOË MODIGA – Ukubonga
Up next at the Bassline Live at the Lyric Theatre Series, in association with BET, is ZOË MODIGA, the multitalented award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, collaborator and ultimate storyteller.
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Home Affairs Beset with Challenges
The list of grievances includes disheartening queues, which commence beyond entrances of the majority of the branches of Home Affairs, key machinery being intermittently offline, f...
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Lefu La Rona La Ba Phidisa: On Black Death vs Human Life
The first time I heard the expression, “Lefu la hao la mphidisa”, at least the corrupted meaning of it, I could not help but laugh at the crass honesty.
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