Nkrosi Lesiba Maraba II who was murdered and beheaded by Voortrekkers in the 1800s falls in that category of forgotten anti-colonial resistance heroes whose lives…
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The monochrome head of a goat in the grey scale dominates the lower right-hand corner of the canvas, adding a layer of mystery and intrigue. Generally, goats in most African cultures invoke an awareness of ancestral mediation, productiveness and personal well-being.
Dinaka has roots stretching back generations, a dance and music tradition where men blew the kudu horns to announce milestones and great events, victories in…
We rounded off a long day that started early that morning with a refreshing 8km hike in the Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve, watching the sun, transformed…
Young people will be equipped with the skill to capture beautiful images and tell compelling stories that will hopefully archive the knowledge and document hidden treasures in the bird’s habitat for educational purposes.
By Lolo Maphophe Efforts are underway to preserve the rich cultural history and heritage of the Mashashane community in Limpopo.The villages under the Mashashane traditional…
We were nearing the end of our walk along the dry Sweni river when about 300 metres ahead of us, we saw an elephant quenching…
Gogo Esther, as she is affectionately known, introduced students to the extraordinary technique of chicken feather painting, a craft that is sadly on the verge of extinction with only a handful of artists still using it.
The anguish of dispossession also manifested itself in the treatment we received at Mohlabaneng. Stripped off our land rights and bereft of both home and hope, residents of Ga-Monwana had to fend off the depredations of stigma, discrimination, and salacious gossip. We were shunned and loathed with such persistence that you would swear the settlement was cursed.
Marula traditional beer brewer Lebo Lebese remembers a time of plenty when decades ago the morula trees grew in abundance in her home district of…