South African-born literary scholar Dennis Walder recently published an evocative life story called Amid the Alien Corn: A Son’s Memoir. In it, he tracks how, even as a child, he became aware that his ...

From vibrant children’s shows to award-winning solo performances, Cape Town theatre celebrates the power of story.

In Soweto, an unlikely champion offers lessons in riding and in life Wearing his national title show jumping jacket, Mafokate checks the reins before mounting his horse at a local competition in the ...

Johannesburg-based, premier live function and party band, The Morning After, are back by popular demand and this time round ...

Although her books, written in the dialect of the Deep South, established her as one of the foremost writers of Black ...

With shocking statistics revealing a deep-rooted reading emergency in South African schools, one organisation is abandoning rote phonics drills for something more powerful: joy. Under Lorato Trok’s ...

South Africa’s celebrated Folklore Festival is taking its Fringe programme on the road in 2026. The fifth edition of the Fringe will unfold as a multi-city cultural tour. It promises artist ...

In November, President Trump announced he would, quote, "permanently pause migration from all third world countries" to the U.S. after a member of the National Guard was killed, and another badly ...

Scientists have identified several insect species previously unknown to science in the richly biodiverse Richtersveld National Park. Internationally respected entomologists, Dr Massimo Meregalli ...

The University of Cape Town has again been named the best university in South Africa, with the latest accolade coming from the inaugural QS World University Rankings for Sub-Saharan Africa. The ...

British American Tobacco’s BATS-2.17%decrease; red down pointing triangle South African subsidiary said it would close its only factory in the country by the end of the year, citing a booming black ...

South Africa returns to the World Cup for the first time since hosting the tournament in 2010, marking a significant milestone for a program that has spent more than a decade rebuilding through ...