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Carlos Amato is an editorial cartoonist, writer and illustrator living in Johannesburg, with a focus on sport, culture and politics. He has degrees in literature and animation, used to edit the ‘Sunday Times Lifestyle’ magazine and is the author of ‘Wayde van Niekerk: Road to Glory’ (Jonathan Ball, 2018).
The battle for Africa’s national shirt market has taken a new turn, with some of the raciest designs coming from continental brands
Yeoville in 1994 was the radical, hedonistic heart of South African creativity. Thirty years later, Carlos Amato asked some of its denizens what the dream meant – and where it went
Pop star and food influencer J’Something is taking nightlife in Joburg to a new level – or three – with a venture called Artistry This content is restricted to registered users…
In partial penance for this violently meaty page, here are four of Johannesburg’s best vegan restaurants
Acid, the year-old wine bar in Parktown North provides aesthetically sound food that doesn’t damage your budget
For fans of beef tartare and its variants, the defiantly voguish feast is a (very) rare thrill …
While the continent’s design talent is in top form, bold policy moves are needed to realise the vast potential of the sector, according to a Unicef report
He navigated fraught and complex sociopolitical terrain for decades, both on and beyond the pitch
With 130 foreign-born players in action, and the impressive Moroccans fielding a mostly diaspora team, Bafana coaches should look abroad for new talent
With redemption or revenge on the menu, the Black Stars must go for broke — but they will need a dash of Suarez-level cunning, too
The Saudis were superb, but the Argentinians got spooked by the hovering legacy of World Cup failures past
With Mané and Salah absent, the semifinals seem as remote as ever, thanks to a glaring imbalance in development systems
United’s tetchy carnivore has lost his alpha status to the rise of collectivism in elite football
Fifa’s boss wants the game to float above ‘ideological battles’. But it’s Fifa’s ideology of greed that steered the World Cup into a desert stinking of money and suffering
Russia and China’s football misery shows the game is only beautiful in noisy democracies
The photographer’s retrospective show maps his decades-long trip through the fear zone
Doctor Khumalo remains South Africa’s most charismatic footballer and TV documentary 16V explores how his brilliance captured the imagination of a generation
By bloating its showpiece, Fifa has made single-country bids impossible and dimmed the tournament’s magic
The football economy is infected with all kinds of glorified rackets – but confronting the social parasitism of betting would be a good start
The continent’s football boss wants to be remembered as the architect of a great African football renaissance
