The tobacco industry is making a series of demands against Dlamini-Zuma and some of the respondents. Chief among these demands is the reversal and setting aside of Regulation 27 as communicated by Dlamini-Zuma against the sale of cigarettes

Sihlali’s oeuvre challenges us to imagine a history in which large-scale political demonstrations and acts of violence cannot be separated from the way people navigate their domestic rituals and daily lives

To make this case, I will concern myself with the historical and political formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. I will give an illustration of the State founded on the revolutionary Marxist-Leninist paradigm, and show how white monopoly capital propaganda in South Africa (as a political tool for mass mobilization) has mobilized and captured even the fiercest of yesteryear’s revolutionary sensibilities to complete this biggest ‘post-apartheid’, apartheid lie.

In response to the impact of coronavirus and the nation-wide lockdown, the Baxter Theatre Centre has launched a brand-new initiative called Baxter Radio, aimed at recording school set-works, children’s books, new South African works and classics. These will be made directly accessible to The Baxter’s subscriber database and to community radio stations.

He has performed extremely well in South African art competitions in recent years: in 2012 he was a finalist in the ABSA L’Atelier top ten awards, and the winner of the prestigious Gerard Sekoto Award, which facilitated his completion of two residencies in 2013: at Atelier le Grand Village (Angouleme, France), and at Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris, France)

In Afrika, Covid-19 is revealing remnants of our colonial past, as witnessed through chaotic lockdowns and complex marshalling of the masses. The bandaged wounds of social inequalities and poor infrastructure are peeling off. They reveal to us how slowly the wheels of freedom and equality turn.

In my experience as a Black person the right to life and dignity are the same rights that have been violated consistently through systemic violence and associated material conditions this system creates. The conditions under which most Black people live in are not just inhumane, but pose a direct threat to their right to life.