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February 20, 2019

Beyond the blaze

Words by: Lungisa Mnqwazi

What do you do when everything you own goes up in flames, quite literally? The ever-present threat of losing everything in a fire is part of daily life in Cape Town’s Masiphumelele informal settlement.

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January 16, 2019

Elon and the Techno Boffins

Words: Alicia English & Lungisa Mnqwazi

Love him or hate him, technology entrepreneur Elon Musk is among South Africa’s top innovators. However, he is not the only one making a mark in the tech world.

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November 21, 2018

Building an inclusive South Africa

Stanley Henkeman, executive director of the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, discusses his life and work.
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November 21, 2018

City of contradictions

Never mind the gangs from the Cape Flats, the super-rich ones, who don’t always look the part, are living the life in Clifton, Camps Bay and Constantia.
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October 19, 2018

STOP the rip-off

Data costs in SA are contentious. Why? Which companies are trying to tackle the problem, and how could the regulator help?
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September 18, 2018

South African Culturalisms

Our nation, previously divided, and currently obsessed with counting the wounds of the past, has unique cultural values, some endearing, others less so. Here is an excerpt from the Goodman Gallery.
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August 17, 2018

Catch of the day – plastic oceans

“Miracle material!” says Erik Solheim, head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). While this may be true in some cases, the continued ambiguity towards plastic in our society is clear. And the damage is devastating.
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July 19, 2018

Captured by the lens

A handful of South Africa’s bravest press photographers brought our nation, and the world, the images that now form part of our history.
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June 18, 2018

New royal millennials with star power

The royal wedding is over. The cake has been eaten and it’s hello to the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex. But amid the celebrations, a furore erupted when Windsor was announced as the venue for the event, and the town’s homeless population was caught in the middle.
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