Tag: South Africa

‘You can be stabbed for being different’ – Living in a township in South Africa

Collens Mohlaba and Thapelo Tebele live in a township in Johannesburg, South…

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Tito Mboweni: South Africa’s finance minster known for a Twitter roast chicken fail

Far from the cliché of a grey-suited quiet man of numbers, South…

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Willard Katsande: From herding cattle to playing for legendary football club in South Africa

Named after a Zimbabwean footballer, Willard Katsande felt destined to play professionally…

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Masingita Masunga: Defying odds to do the impossible

Born in a small town Gyiani in the Limpopo province in South…

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Master KG: Taking Africa to the world with ‘Jerusalema’

You may have heard the song 'Jerusalema' trending everywhere in the world…

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‘I had to die in order to live’ – Sara-Jayne King

Everyone has an identity, a story, a way to connect with the…

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Nathi Mankayi: Music liberated me from prison

As far as success stories of prisoners-turned-pop stars go, it’s not everyday…

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The healing power of dancing

A few years ago, grandma Catherine Mathebe could barely walk without help.…

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How a selfie revealed Miche Solomon’s true identity

On a day in 2015, the school day started out as just…

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Meta Diphoko: My baby was swapped at birth

The most devasting and heartbreaking thing that could ever happen to a…

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