On a mini-tour of Cape Town polling stations on Wednesday I got the message, without exception, that I had come to the wrong place if I
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Dancing out of disadvantage
Dance for All (DFA), an Athlone-based non-profit organisation that gives free dance classes in the townships of Gugulethu, Nyanga, Langa, Khayelitsha and Delft and nearby rural
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Absurdity and the essence of life
A combination of caricature, satire, panto and mime, Waterline’s cast of masked characters are incredibly charming and funny as they tackle the absurdity of a life
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WEF Africa: it’s a wrap
Ramaphosa hails ‘fruitful’ WEF mission Kigali – South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa, speaking at a press briefing held to conclude South Africa’s business at the
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Only a matter of time before Africa takes the lead
Any excuse to use a pic of Madiba, but there is more to this … Jean-Philbert Nsengimana, Rwanda’s minister for youth and information communication technology, said
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From the snowy peaks of Davos to the green hills of Kigali
It seems impossible not to feel the weight of history in Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills. Terrible things happen. The world keeps turning. People recover. I
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JZ: Not one of the good guys
I can’t help wondering why we don’t look at this Zuma-Nkandla thing through an ordinary lens. Whether the president’s behaviour was inconsistent with the Constitution or
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Ok, I am in! Where do I sign up?
We have the power! Amandla ngawethu! We know it from those heady days in the early 90s when the idea of Mandela’s release from prison was
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Tata is dead: we must grow up
In his death, as in his life, it seems hardly a soul was left untouched. The days after Nelson Mandela’s passing have been filled with sadness
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Christmas in Haven
The lunch for 100 people at the Haven in Greenpoint on Christmas Day will possibly be more orderly than the affair I am attending in KwaZuluNatal
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