It is a quarter of a century since the end of apartheid in South Africa. But it’s easy to forget how complex, difficult and violent the...
Songs of the struggle and music steeped in South Africa’s apartheid past. The story of how the Soweto Gospel Choir captivated the world Three Grammys in...
From being in the presence of two South African presidents to high-fiving the third, South Africa’s national women’s football team coach Desiree Ellis is determined to...
Nelson Mandela’s centenary brought together headline-grabbing A-listers and pledges of over $7 billion towards pressing global issues. Though for some, it didn’t end well. It was...
One of the biggest names in television came to South Africa for what she believes are the greatest challenges affecting girls and women. Oprah Winfrey was...
Review: Mandela My Life, Melbourne Museum. What is the role of commemorative exhibitions that focus on the life of a single change agent I asked myself,...
It is a century since Nelson Mandela came kicking and screaming into a world that he would change. In one hundred years, his name has been...
Space is virgin territory, yet, for Sir Richard Branson. But even that, he appears set to conquer commercially with his company Virgin Galactic this year. One...
South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) is mired in a serious leadership crisis, and President Jacob Zuma faces an ignominious end to his political career. The...
DNA linked Oprah Winfrey’s maternal ancestry to Liberia, Cameroon and Zambia. While any one of those African countries could be her native homeland — her heart...