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A Road Less Travelled - Sheena Duncan -
29/06/2010
Politics aside she was also determined to
address the ongoing violence and bloodshed
that became progressively innate to the South
African experience. She was particularly
outspoken about gun control and served as the
chair and patron of Gun Free South Africa.
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Running Mad Decades of Running and Pain -
29/06/2010
Psychiatric nurse Blanche Moila was the first black woman to don Springbok colours while the barefooted Zola Budd became the darling of the townships. Her name became slang for a passenger taxi.
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DR MAGAUGAU’S CORNE -
28/06/2010
August 9 1956. They came fromall corners of the Republic of South Africa – 30 000 women of all races and creeds. They ranged from domestics to doctors but they were united in a common cause – women’s liberation. Their dress sense reflected the rich cultural diversity of their beautiful and beloved country – most black women wore colourful African-themed dresses and matching turbans while their Indian counterparts were resplendent in white saris.
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SOUL SISTERS -
28/06/2010
Destiny brought together twoof the 20th century’s greatest activist musicians – Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932) and Nina Simone (21 February 1933). They were kindred spirits and soul sisters who shared a special bond of friendship that lasted until their passing.
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Gift to the world - By Peter Makurube -
07/05/2010
Finally, the world is coming back home, to Africa! The advent of the world cup in Africa has done what has not happened in millennia.
The human race is coming home to its birth-place. It is appropriate that it is in South Africa, the real cradle of humanity. To confi rm this, archeologists recently discovered bones dating back to our pre-human state. What better way to welcome the world! Africa, long suffering from the brutality of the world, has
meanwhile gifted the world with world class art.
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The Business Of African Football - By Sam Mathe -
07/05/2010
Soccer heroes of the golden years of South African football love to reminisce about how
they played for passion. Their modern counterparts are soccer brands who play for pay and are notoriously coy about their bank balances. These human brands are literally coining it; thanks to handsome salaries paid by top teams in European leagues – not to mention lucrative endorsements and multimillion rand sponsorship deals with leading international brands.
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AFRICAN/WORLD -
05/03/2010
Lest we forget: 2010 marks the centenary of the Union of South Africa, a political dispensation that has brought so much pain and suffering for indigenous people who suffered the indignity of legalised apartheid (segregation) and pass laws long before 1948, and bore the brunt of land dispossession through forced removals. But this year also marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacres – a symbol of defiance against passes and other unjust laws.
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The African Renaissance -
10/12/2009
The first thing that comes to mind when one talks of African renaissance is an embodiment
of diverse African cultures bought into one uniformed culture that can express the African identity. In fact the notion that an African Renaissance is broader in defi nition, and culture is only but a component of it.
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JASON LURIE -
10/12/2009
In ten years moyo has grown from a small establishment in Norwood to six huge venues that seat around 4000 people. Patrons come for thecombined sensual experience of food,
music and décor – which carefully distil the evocative essence of Africa. Founder Jason Lurie is emphatic.
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Napo Masheane -
30/10/2009
Many of us women folk have become part in a chain of pervading thought regarding how we should look. Not only do we live out these notions, we keep them alive through surrender. We authenticate modes of our objectifi cation religiously by offering them identifi cation daily, yearly, as long as we can remember.
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THANDEKA AND DALUXOLO KUNENE -
30/10/2009
Ten years ago South Africa became the 27th country in the world to subsidise research for the commercialisation of industrial hemp with small farmers in the Eastern Cape as the pioneering players. Soweto-born entrepreneurs and siblings, Thandeka and Daluxolo, are spearheading the commercial cultivation of hemp. Environmental writer UFRIEDA HO offers the low down on what benefi ts their House of Hemp is reaping.
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Zakes Mokae’s -
30/10/2009
When Zakes Mokae’s mother saw his name emblazoned in huge, neon-lit letters on the walls of Broadway, New York, she was so elated that when she came back home to Meadowlands, Soweto, she excitedly told friends: “They have named a street after my son!” The year was 1982 and the occasion was the premiere of Athol Fugard’s Master Harold and the Boys, in which Zakes Mokae played the lead.
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