Botho Molosankwe | Cultural practices I couldn’t understand as a child make sense to...
Africa-Press - South-Africa. Growing up, there were many cultural practices around me that I neither understood, nor knew the significance of. However, as I...
Former Anglo, De Beers chair Julian Ogilvie Thompson dies in Joburg
Africa-Press - South-Africa. Julian Ogilvie Thompson, former chairperson of De Beers and Anglo American, has died at age 89 in Johannesburg. This followed a...
South Africa’s hidden jazz history is being restored album by album
Africa-Press - South-Africa. It's fitting that Johannesburg is among 12 cities featured in the 2023 UNESCO International Jazz Day, themed "jazz journey around the...
Salvage of fire-damaged Special Collections at Jagger Library continues two years after UCT blaze
Africa-Press - South-Africa. The doors of the Jagger Library were opened to the public last night (Tuesday 18 April) – exactly two years after...
Raised on her grandfather’s stories, this SA director’s putting SA folktales on a ‘global...
Africa-Press - South-Africa. News24 Arts and Entertainment editor Leandra Engelbrecht chats with Gcobisa Yako, one of six African filmmakers whose short story is part...
New memorial, renovations, festivals: Mayor unveils plans to celebrate Langa’s 100th anniversary
Africa-Press - South-Africa. Restorations, a new memorial and an open-air festival are just some of the plans to celebrate Langa's 100th anniversary this year. Cape...
Aspiring Mpumalanga musician gets life sentence for killing dad who failed to support his...
Africa-Press - South-Africa. A Mpumalanga man who aspired to be a musician was jailed for life for the murder of his father, who refused...
Winky D Is The Greatest Of All Time, Says Hopewell Chin’ono
Africa-Press - South-Africa. Award-winning investigative journalist and filmmaker Hopewell Chin’ono believes Winky D is the greatest Zimdancehall artist the country has ever produced. The veteran...
‘Our son was loved’: Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes gunned down in Durban, parents confirm
Africa-Press - South-Africa. The parents of well-known rapper Kiernan "AKA" Forbes have expressed their "extreme sadness" at the loss of their son. Tony and Lynn...
Veteran South African actor Louis van Niekerk has died
Africa-Press - South-Africa. South African actor Louis van Niekerk has died. He was 87. NvR Management confirmed the actor's death in a statement on Tuesday. "It's...