Thabo Bester: The South African rapist who faked his own death to escape prison
The daring prison break, the celebrity girlfriend and the escape across borders…
The South African choir that performed for Queen Victoria
An unearthed cache of century-old photographs of a South African choir that…
Long wait for justice over apartheid crimes
Lukhanyo Calata's earliest memory of his father is his funeral. He remembers…
Pictures from above: What a bird’s eye view of Africa reveals
For the past 40 years, Edward Burtynsky has photographed the impact of…
One woman’s forgotten story reveals a dirty truth about Africa’s written histories
Regina Twala was an influential writer and political activist of the 50s…
Mining boss: ‘One person doesn’t have all the answers’
Answers usually do not lie with one person. They lie with different…
Charlbi Dean: Tributes to film and TV ‘star-in-the-making’ after death at 32
South African actress and model Charlbi Dean, who starred in award-winning film…
We were forcibly displaced to make way for a whites-only suburb
I was born and bred in Sophiatown. It was called Little Harlem.…
I had never actually met a female skater before I started Island Gals
I don't know how it would feel like because I've never skated…
My son never felt safe and then they shot him dead
On average nearly one person an hour is shot dead in South…
