Opera meets vogueing in the production about the life and work of the late Simon Nkoli.
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A 26-member theatre ensemble aims to bring history to light in a fresh way.
Advocate Busisiwe Mkhwebane has been impeached and fired as South Africa’s public protector.
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Awarding punitive costs against legal practitioners would make them think twice about facilitating delaying tactics and malicious lawsuits.
Simon Nkoli (left) with activist and physician Ivan Toms in 1989.
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The activist is today the subject of songs, sculptures, an annual lecture and even a new musical.
Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s freedom struggle icon and first black president, continues to be revered around the world.
Mandela left at the right time in 1999, when the country still seemed in a healthy state, after which he consolidated his international reputation.
At the 13th International AIDS Conference, 11-year-old Nkosi Johnson, who had AIDS, begged the South African government to distribute antiretroviral drugs.
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Chikwe Ihekweazu relives his experience from 2000, when the International AIDS Conference was last hosted in South Africa.