South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim in 2014.
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In his work Abdullah Ibrahim looks to the past to offer a vision of the future.
Today’s gang violence on the Cape Flats can’t be divorced from Cape Town’s history of forced removals.
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Given the framework within which removals under the Group Areas Act took place in Cape Town, a social disaster was inevitable.
Kewpie at the site of a demolished building after the forced removals from District Six, Cape Town.
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Despite South Africa’s progressive constitution, LGBTIQ people continue to face discrimination in all social spheres.
Celebrated South African poet Adam Small passed away at the age of 79.
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Black Consciousness activist, Afrikaans poet and revered academic Adam Small has passed away. In his large volume of work he gave voice to the downtrodden – those marginalised by apartheid.