South Africa: South African Tiktok Star Shot Dead During Livestream
[Scrolla] Sqiniseko Mvelase was talking to followers during a live video when gunmen opened fire, killing him on 29 May 2025. The 29-year-old had moved from KwaZulu-Natal to Nigel shortly before the attack, which police are now investigating as murder
South Africa: Nonku Williams Quits ‘Real Housewives of Durban’
[Scrolla] Nonku said she was done with the show and won’t attend the reunion, calling it a “difficult decision”. Viewers say the show won’t be the same without her, with some even demanding it be cancelled.
South Africa: Traditional Leaders and Maskandi Stars Unite to Fight Violence
[Scrolla] The KZN government is backing the event as a platform to teach young men to protect women and stop tribal fighting. The festival, led by top Maskandi artists, takes place at Moses Mabhida Stadium on 21 June and draws thousands each winter.
Namibia: Steenkamp Calls for Revival and Language Preservation At Nama Cultural Festival
[Namibian] Education minister Sanet Steenkamp has urged renewed focus on cultural revival and indigenous language preservation at the Nama Cultural Festival at Keetmanshoop on Friday.
South Africa: Young Men On South Africa’s Urban Margins – New Book Follows Their Lives Over 10 Years
[The Conversation Africa] South Africa’s young people, aged 15 to 34, who make up more than 50% of the country’s working age population, bear a disproportionate burden of unemployment. They have done so for more than a decade. Of this group, those aged…
Africa: All of Africa Today – May 30, 2025
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Zimbabwe: Mbare Art Space – a Colonial Beer Hall in Zimbabwe Has Become a Vibrant Arts Centre
[The Conversation Africa] In southern Africa townships were built as segregated urban zones for black people. They were created under colonial and white minority rule policies that controlled movement, confined opportunity, and kept people apart.
South Africa: Waiting for Godot Has Been Translated Into Afrikaans – What Took So Long
[The Conversation Africa] At last, the most infamous latecomer in all of literature has arrived – not in the flesh, but in South Africa’s Afrikaans language. Irish playwright Samuel Beckett’s best-known drama, Waiting for Godot, now also lives as Ons W…
Africa: All of Africa Today – May 29, 2025
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South Africa: Government Saddened By Passing of Darren Scott
[SAnews.gov.za] Government has extended its deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of veteran broadcaster Darren Scott, who has passed away after a long and courageous battle with cancer.