Letter to South Africa’s President From Bloemfontein Mom About Last Night
A Bloemfontein mother's open letter to the SA president, Cyril Ramaphosa, is striking a chord with South Africans around the nation. Writing in Afrikaans,...
South African Expat’s Film about Immigration to UK Nominated for 6...
A short film by a South African expat about the empowerment, courage and inspiration that can come from immigrating has been nominated for multiple...
Of Strong Winds, Heavy Hearts and Joseph Shabalala Telling the South...
Joseph Shabalala was the affable leader of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a men’s group that sang isicathamiya, a traditional Zulu genre of South African a...
Former ConCourt Judge: How We Internalise Stigma and Shame
There are many forms of hatred and exclusion in our world. There is fear of strangers, fear of foreigners, fear of other races, fear...
A Letter to South African Airways After My Flight Last Night
To SAA Airlines,
I flew out of LAGOS / NIGERIA with your airline last night - writes Louis de Jager - and I just wanted...
Still Passionate About SA Life After Cancer and Crime
Three years ago, I had just survived an extremely rare form of brain cancer that put me in a group of less than 120...
Springbok Poet on Unexpected Lessons From Joburg’s Trees: Green Shoots
At the end of winter 2019, we have a lot to be negative about... writes Steve Hall. And not just in South Africa. Europe...
Parents’ Frightening Kidnapping Ordeal on Friday Evening in South Africa
I am not sure how to tell this in a FB-length post, at least at the level of emotional turbulence with which this happened......
School Rugby Player Has 24 Hours to Raise R20,000 to Follow...
A talented young rugby player in Grade 11 has been selected to compete in Argentina with the South African Apcan team... but his 'rainbow'...
South African’s List of ‘Life Lessons’ That We Can All Learn...
Cindy September, Western Cape creator of the Fallen Angels' List (which pays tribute to those who have been killed in South Africa), has compiled...
