Earlier this month, the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) Gallery at the University of Johannesburg inaugurated a dual exhibition that featured Senzeni Marasela’s Waiting and Remembering, from 7 to 22 June. The exhibition expanded Marasela’s commitment to art as public memory work. As a VIAD Research Associate and Thami Mnyele Foundation fellow, Marasela’s […]
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Irish business leaders: Africa key to increasing agriculture, food production
Irish business leaders whose enterprises operate in Africa have appealed to other businesses to empower Africans, including young people, to increase agriculture and food production on the continent. Promoting education in Africa’s food sector, and bringing those individuals forward to lead projects, is key to unlocking the continent’s full potential, Chris Teeger of the Kerry […]
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Retailers target 26.5 million SA gamers through mobiles and esports
South African retailers are quietly experimenting with advertising in video games, and the results are beginning to reshape how brands connect with younger audiences. There are about 26.5 million gamers in the country, and nearly 92% of internet users play games on smartphones. Brands are now moving out of malls and into virtual worlds in ways that […]
Empire does not begin with bombs. It begins with stories. Before missiles strike, a narrative must be written to make the target bombable. Colonial narrative, as postcolonial historian Ranajit Guha shows in A Conquest Foretold, transforms conquest into destiny. It prepares the public to accept war as not only inevitable but righteous. It is not […]
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South Africa’s export economy at risk as global carbon rules tighten
South Africa’s carbon-intensive export model faces rising risks in a global economy that is increasingly shaped by climate policy, clean energy industrial strategies and cross-border carbon pricing. This is according to a new report released by Net Zero Tracker, which noted that, as countries ratchet up decarbonisation to meet their Paris Agreement climate commitments, the […]
Apples, oranges and grapes are healthy fruits. But when they are turned into juice they pack as much, or more, sugar than some sodas or energy drinks. Under South Africa’s proposed food labelling regulations 100% fruit juices won’t be required to show a high sugar warning on their packaging because their sugars are “naturally occurring”. […]
The International Day of Yoga was born from an address by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the UN General Assembly in 2014. Within three months, on 11 December that year, 193 member states and 173 co-sponsor countries voted unanimously to enshrine 21 June as a global day to honour the ancient Indian discipline of […]
At a time when avian flu and foot-and-mouth disease have been in the headlines, it is reasonable for people to closely watch consumer food price inflation to gauge the effect of these issues. On 18 June, we got the inflation data for May 2025. South Africa’s consumer food price inflation has continued to accelerate but […]
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Holding the powerful to account: War crimes and the new global reckoning
The world is on the brink of war again. War crimes and massacres, genocides are coming to characterise our modern world. Humanity is in the deepest crisis it has ever seen. German critic Walter Benjamin, who died in 1940, once said: “There is no document of civilisation which is not at the same time a […]
The Gauteng education department is in the process of securing private sector funding to build 200 schools after receiving R2.5 billion from the national treasury for the 2025-26 financial year to build 18 schools, MEC Matome Chiloane has said. “I would say [we need] about 200 schools — it would make a big difference. We […]