The SA National Parks recently hosted the annual Mapungubwe Lecture series at the Mapungubwe National Park in Limpopo. Celebrated artist and cultural activist Azah Mphago…
Posts tagged as “history”
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…
As the leader of the most ‘successful’ ethnic homeland of the apartheid era, Bophuthatswana, Lucas Mangope was a controversial figure. His legacy still divides opinion…
News of his plans to take the team to Brazil so soon after London made the alarm bells ring louder around Zola Mahobe. More people started questioning whether his businesses could sustain his lifestyle, while to others he was an apartheid-era hero who was doing good things for the South African people, especially soccer fans.
Mineworkers employed by Lonmin Plc rush to catch the bus to work after a month long strike that resulted in the killing of 44 people…
The tragedy with history is that it offers so much yet still so little in answers to understanding the past. It’s a never ending process…
Ideally, this new project will have a struggle background, without claiming to be a struggle movie. It should be a human story of love and hate; pain and pleasure; hope and despair and trust and betrayal
At a time when newspapers are battling to survive due to dwindling sales and revenue - one man is determined to keep his publication going despite the odds as part of his mission to keep his mother tongue alive.