Vital to look deeper into Khoisan culture's beauty

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TOWNSHIP life is obviously not the most glamorous in the Cape. This is not said to make the upper ?class unhappy or uncomfortable, it is just a bloody sad fact. ...

Limiting Madiba legacy does icon a disservice

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THE Nelson Mandela name fight is a bit uncomfortable, well for me that is. In some strange way, I think, there is something about the
opposition politicos and their ...

Walk away from past’s narrow confines

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There is still that deep sense of discomfort at the thoughts on March 21.

Unacceptable to treat foreigners with contempt

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It does not sound nice the way that foreigners are treated in South Africa.

Let’s start redoing the continent

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Okay let’s confess that quite a decent amount of progressive thought was imposed by the anti-apartheid consciousness.

Honour icons such as poet Mqhayi

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SEK Mqhayi. Do you know him? He is the person who popularised Enoch Sontonga's song Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika.

Discomfort persists on Thembu king’s undoing

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THERE is no intention to harp on the Thembu king issue. It is just unavoidable.

Stay vigilant on education – history tends to repeat itself

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It is 40 years since that awful day in the Seventies. It is common knowledge that all South Africans do not want it repeated.

Disturbing silence on Thembu crisis

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Trying to start 2015 with a positive vibe, but the Thembu royal crisis does not taste good.

Nudging human essence into a parable that narrates a depth of being

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Happy new year! Oops, I mean happy new year 50 times.

A month to experience beauty of friendship

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Me thinks that there is something lekker in a positive attitude in December.

A month that highlights beauties and intricacies of life

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Okay, December is a cool month. It might be because Jesus’s birth is celebrated this month.

Praise mothers who gifted us our icons

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This is not political. Only social. There is an initial intention to be humorous but it is not wise to boast an intention to a highly conscious readers.

Terror sidelines ‘noble cause’

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The death of more than a hundred people is not a joke. Nor is the death of one person a laughing issue.

Youth discourse is being limited

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Okay, let me not gloat. It is difficult not to. It is not every day that a soccer result can be so entertaining.

Chiefs’ loss an emotional let-down

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Okay it is not aggression. It is just about getting tired of losing.

Sporting failures of more interests than academic unrest

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EISH! Aai tog and damn! That’s the feeling that guided the sentiment last week when the All Blacks of New Zealand technically humiliated and demolished the Springboks ...

Chance for Boks to uplift humanity

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It is quite a phenomenon. The best part of my brain cannot remember if the springbok (as an animal) is only found in South Africa or not, but an insanity in my mind ...

Liquor giant’s billions show we’re drinking too much

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My head feels a bit dizzy. I do not even know where to begin this narration.

Being of royal blood is not an escape

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Dalindyebo means “create wealth”. Buyelekhaya has something to do with “returning home”.

Stress of hunger stronger

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Ever noticed the increase of foreigners in the, shall we call it, town section of the city called Cape Town?

Beware of girls with that sweet smile

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It is not a national boom. It is a bit touchy. A bit scary too. In Africa we (South Africa) have had the most pregnancies (this year or last year), I heard on the ...

Honour jazz greats who played apartheid blues away

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It is a bit sad, but it has to be said. As an artist, it is not really possible to dodge it.

Baboon nearly made a monkey of me

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It is needless to say that life is beautiful. The danger is in the cliché sound of the statement.

Not a mistake to see city as Africa’s cultural capital

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Still remember the Cultural Workers Congress (CWC)? The truth is that organisations like CWC are the reason why this month went cultural.