June 21 2024

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The dogs bark at the gates of the GNU paradise

ANC-DA power games are planting landmines in the path of the government of national unity.

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The three gifted brothers Breytenbach

Remembering Jan Breytenbach and his brothers Breyten and Cloete.

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Election outcome should be open for discussion

There is no evidence of vote rigging on May 29, but that doesn't mean we can't discuss the accuracy of the outcome.

Image: Theodore Key | @theodore_key_illustration
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The news you didn’t see coming

It's been a vintage week of snippets, memes and videos on the world wide web.

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The eco-warriors of Pondoland

The defiant Xolobeni community fights to change the route of the new N2 toll road.

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Dr Dolittle has nothing on Anna Breytenbach

The entrancing story of an extraordinary South African woman who communicates with animals.

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The ferocious political power of nostalgia

It's associated with memory but also yearning, homesickness, reminiscence, longing and regret.

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Visiting Africa’s only LGBTQIA+ night shelter

To mark Pride Month, we visited the Pride Shelter Trust on the slopes of Table Mountain.

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Conflict pushes Sudan towards famine

War has devastated communities on a massive scale. About 18m people are acutely hungry, including 3. 6m children.

Books
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A green parrot in a defenceless season

The new novel from Sigrid Nunez looks back on the lockdown of 2020, a lonely time of meditation and introspection.

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Paradoxical Pynchon with a pinch of salt

He's challenging, bit his frenzied imagination has no equal.

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Catfishing, true love and obesity

One woman's manipulative gender fluidity, a novel about undying love, and research into diet pills.

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Birthday treats, foodie tips, Trump truths

The Fomolistas are also learning Korean, putting on their walking boots and buying smashing glasses