The good works of the Sir Alba Arts Academy
Dancers from the small academy in Etwatwa are winning locally and qualifying internationally, but will never compete overseas unless the institutions meant to support such initiatives actually do so.
Stories by: Gopolang Ledwaba
Paediatric surgeons take care to a new holistic high
Confidence in the public healthcare system is at an all-time low – often for good reason. Surgeons for Little Lives shows us how simple interventions lead to dramatic improvements.
Beyond binaries and boundaries with Gabisile Motuba
The composer and vocalist’s new project finds its roots in liberation theology, and the idea that innovation in sound – what good jazz does best – needs to be encouraged.
S8 Episode 4: SA’s sterilisation shame | Saxonwold Shebeen
Shamed by 2020 exposés of forced sterilisations at public hospitals, the health department vowed to act – but victims still await justice. Also, is the Saxonwold Shebeen open for a drink?
Sakhile: a singular band remembered 40 years on
Making music to respond to the times, the popular group left a huge legacy despite not fitting prescribed notions of what jazz at the time should sound like.
‘ISoweto Book Café isondeza izincwadi kubantu’
Le ndawo eseZondi yasungulwa nguThami Mazibuko kanti ingumtapo wolwazi, igumbi lokufundela iphinde ibe yilapho umphakathi uthola khona ulwazi lokufunda nokubhala. Yakhelwe ukusiza zonke izigaba zomphakathi.
Soweto Book Café builds word worlds and connections
Started by Thami Mazibuko, the Zondi space is a library, classroom and community literacy centre, built to serve its residents across generations.
Paralysed child’s parents deserve answers
A tree fell at a school in Mpumalanga, injuring Melokuhle Tshabalala. His father wants to see the report and footage of the incident but neither the principal nor the department will show him.