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Fred Khumalo

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Dangerous: A crocodile kills Nozizwe’s sister while they are crossing the Limpopo River. Photo: Phill Magakoe/AFP

It’s about a family squabble too

An excerpt from ‘Crossing the River’ telling of homesick Nozizwe travelling with her aunt and mother, after her sister is killed, to catch up with her father with whom they have…

Life’s lessons are in a class of their own

There is good reason to keep the human element at the heart of our school curriculum, writes Fred Khumalo.

It is no accident that the majority of South Africans are black and poor; it will still take many years for this to change.

No ‘darkie’ sarcasm in the class struggle

Race still defines our social classes, and remains the elephant in the room, writes Fred Khumalo.

President Nelson Mandela elevated Jean-Yves Ollivier to the grade of Grand Officer of the Order of Good Hope for his peacemaking efforts.

Angola’s Ollivier: He sold cereals, then he sold peace

The war in Angola was disrupting Jean-Yves Ollivier’s life, so he took steps to put an end to it.

Defiant: Dressed in the colours of the Nigerian flag

Fighting to love their Nigerian men

Local women are banding together to combat the prejudice they and their Nigerian husbands face.

His home is where the harvest lies

Hawkers, mamas, mourners and pilgrims have sparked a brisk trade outside his Houghton house.

Arsenal of bloggers

Fred Khumalo has proudly evolved from dinosaur to blogger. He shares some insights into the blogosphere that he discovered at the recent Highway Africa conference at Rhodes…

From typewriter to blog

Fred Khumalo reminisces about the good old days of typewriters and wonders he should bow to pressure to start his own blog. <

Roberts’ book disappoints

Suresh Roberts’ latest book falls flat on its face and becomes an angry racial, ideological, personal invective against those who might have crossed the president’s path, writes…

Abusing media freedom

The proposed amendments to the Film and Publications Act have created an impression, and justifiably so, that government is trying to sneak censorship in through the back door,…

More than just a lekker song?

The very fact that some have perceived the song De la Rey to be an incitement of Afrikaners to wage war against the current regime, is indicative of the paranoia that still…

Power to the Zulu Press

Fred Khumalo takes us back to the days when a journalist could expect a hiding for working for the ‘wrong’ Zulu newspaper at the wrong time. He tracks the development of Zulu…