South Africa: Former Oudtshoorn Mayor Jailed for Sexual Assault – South African News Briefs – February 27, 2024
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South Africa: Iziko Museums Celebrate Artist Esther Mahlangu
[Iziko] Iziko Museums of South Africa is pleased to announce ”Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting”: Esther Mahlangu, A Retrospective, is opening on February 17, 2024.Curated by Nontobeko Ntombela, the exhibition highlights Dr Esther Mahlangu’s over 50…
South Africa: Malik Yoba to Attend Joburg Film Fest This Month
[Joburg Film Festival] The Joburg Film Festival is proud to announce that acclaimed multiple award winning actor, musician and philanthropist Malik Yoba will be attending the upcoming festival, adding a touch of Hollywood glam to the event.The festival…
Africa: Women in South Africa’s Armed Struggle – New Book Records History At First Hand
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa’s young democracy was a culmination of years of sweat, blood and revolution against the apartheid regime. In the early 1960s, after decades of “non-violence” as a policy of resistance, the African National Congres…
Africa: Maria’s Keepers – One Woman’s Escape From the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church in South Africa
[Daily Maverick] Sam Human’s new book ‘Maria’s Keepers’ tells the story of Maria, a former Jehovah’s Witness in South Africa, and reveals gender victimisation, sexual abuse and cover-ups within the church.
South Africa: The Legend of Johannesburg – From Afrophobia to Acts of Kindness
[African Arguments] Zukiswa Wanner pays homage to a city where the contradictions of violence and Ubuntu seem more marked than perhaps anywhere else.
South Africa: Kwaito Star Fails to Overturn Preservation Order On His Guesthouse
[GroundUp] Judge says there are “reasonable grounds” to believe the property Arthur Mafokate bought was from the proceeds of “unlawful activities”
South Africa: Mandela Auction Suspended Amid Row Over Heritage
[DW] Seventy personal items of the former South African president were set to go under the hammer in New York in February.
South Africa: Nelson Mandela’s Personal Items Under the Hammer in New York? Why It Outraged Some, and What’s At Stake
[The Conversation Africa] An identity document, a pair of reading glasses, a hearing aid and a pair of worn shoes. These are just some of Nelson Mandela’s personal items that were due to go on auction on 22 February 2024. A month before the auction was…
South Africa: Is the City of Johannesburg Broke? – South African News Briefs – January 29, 2023
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