Category: Opinion

Maasago Mercy Sepadi, University of Johannesburg and Vusumuzi Nkosi, South African Medical Research Council Informal vendors are a common feature in urban areas. Also known as street vendors, they sell … Read More

Sam Challis, University of the Witwatersrand A new exhibition in Johannesburg titled ǃke e꞉ ǀxarra ǁke – People who are Different: Come Together celebrates the rock art of the San … Read More

Matthew Andrews, Harvard Kennedy School Many football lovers hope an African team will finally win the men’s 2022 Fifa World Cup. The world has been waiting for this since the … Read More

Charlie Shackleton, Rhodes University; Andrew Faull, University of Cape Town; Gregory Breetzke, University of Pretoria; Ian Edelstein, University of Cape Town, and Zander Venter, The Norwegian Institute for Nature Research … Read More

Jonathan Beloff, King’s College London Paul Rusesabagina is perhaps one of the world’s best known Rwandans. His actions during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi were made famous in the … Read More

Sanya Osha, University of Cape Town There’s a lot of hype around amapiano. The South African dance music genre has dominated dancefloors since 2019, spreading from South Africa to West … Read More

Noor Nieftagodien, University of the Witwatersrand Orlando East, a working class community on the periphery of Johannesburg in South Africa, has turned 90 years old. Orlando was one of the … Read More