Africa: Caine Prize for African Writing – Nadia Davids On Her Winning Story About Women and Freedom
[The Conversation Africa] South African playwright, academic, novelist and short story writer Nadia Davids is the winner of the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing. It’s an important award that has played a significant role in shaping the career traje…
South Africa: Mysterious South African Cave Painting May Have Been Inspired By Fossils
[The Conversation Africa] A mysterious animal painted on a cave wall in South Africa’s Free State Province has long baffled scientists. Is it a walrus? It looks like one, but there are no such animals in Africa. Some cryptozoologists – people who look …
South Africa: Three Workers Injured After Trench Collapse – South African News Briefs – September 18, 2024
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South Africa: Call to Visit Heritage Sites to Honour Liberation Struggle Stalwarts
[SAnews.gov.za] As the nation celebrates the 2024 Heritage Month in honour of liberation struggle stalwarts, government has encouraged South Africans to visit heritage sites, museums, galleries and libraries.
South Africa: TikTok Exposé Leads to Restaurant Raid – South African News Briefs – September 16, 2024
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South Africa: Fake Facebook Account Alert – Mbuyiseni Ndlozi Has Not Resigned From South Africa’s EFF Party
[Africa Check] Fake Facebook account alert: Mbuyiseni Ndlozi has not resigned from South Africa’s EFF party
South Africa: Johannesburg’s Underbelly Is Explored in Niq Mhlongo’s Fresh New Novel About a Messy Break-Up
[The Conversation Africa] Niq Mhlongo was born in Soweto, Johannesburg in 1973 and grew up under apartheid, South Africa’s institutionalised racial segregation under white minority rule. He graduated in political studies and African literature in 1996 …
South Africa: James Matthews Believed the Raw Power of Poetry Was Ideally Suited to Rage Against Apartheid
[Daily Maverick] The late James Matthews, who made a habit of being the outsider, banging on doors, lobbing verbal broadsides and sparring with the establishment, eventually did come in from the cold and is recognised as a major poetic voice of protest…
South Africa: Outraged Over Years of Delays on Sarah Baartman Project – South African News Briefs – September 11, 2024
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South Africa: Parliament Mourns the Passing of James Matthews
[Parliament of South Africa] The Presiding Officers of Parliament, the Speaker of the National Assembly, Ms. Thoko Didiza, and the Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Ms. Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane, have expressed deep sorrow over the passi…