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Lumumba Mthembu

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Lumumba Mthembu

You’re not alone: In Prison Notebook V2957/88, ‘Professor Gertrude says patriarchy and violence against women is the common denominator that brings women from different backgrounds together to break the cycle of violence. Photo: Getty Images

Prison Notebook V2957/88

A new book argues that this is not the South Africa women fought for

In the afterword to her memoir Freedom Writer, Susanne Klausen writes, “Her passionate youthful love affair with Green Eyes, a Hindu boy … was a deeply imprinted experience …

Freedom writer, freedom fighter

Juby Mayet did something no ‘Malay girl had ever done’ in reporting for a ‘naytiff paper’. Her memoir tells her story

Leap of faith: A scene from The Redeem Team, a documentary about the US basketball’s
journey to victory at the 2008 Olympics. Photo: John Huet/Netflix/IOC

One Documentary, Two Takes: The Redeem Team

If you’re looking for a feel-good story, this documentary is for you – even if you are not a basketball fan

Cover of It’s a continent book. Photo: Joseph Osayande

One Book, Two Takes: It’s a Continent

Astrid Madimba and Chinny Ukata’s impressive African history book by non-historians

To Sidney, with love: The Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary is a collaboration with his family and honours the first black man to ever win an Academy Award (for Lilies of the Field, in 1964).

One Film, Two Takes: Sidney

This documentary tracks the life of an actor who walked a tightrope in white Hollywood

Deep water: Fred Khumalo’s new novel for young adults, Crossing the River, tackles serious issues such as xenophobia, racism, human trafficking and organ harvesting.
Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee/
New Frame

Novel swims with deep issues

Fred Khumalo’s new book tells the riveting story of Nozizwe, a young woman who loses her sister to a crocodile attack while crossing the Limpopo River from Zimbabwe to South…

After a successful run at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it received an honourable mention, Mlungu Wam comes home for public screenings in Cape Town and Johannesburg from 20 October to 5 November.

Mlungu Wam: The international success story that returns to South Africa

After a successful run at the Toronto International Film Festival, filmmakers Babalwa Baartman and Jenna Cato Bass hope Mlungu Wam will be even better received at home

Cliché: Woody Harrelson (left) and Kevin Hart (right) in ‘The Man from Toronto’.

One Movie, Two Takes: The Man from Toronto

Kevin Hart is not everyone’s cuppa and his latest role proves that

Remaining relevant: ‘Sarafina!’ performed at the 2017 Naledi Theatre Awards in Joburg.

Sarafina! is still with us as youth struggles continue

Decades later, Mbongeni Ngema’s work still has life lessons for South Africans in these dark days for our democracy

See through the Red Mist

‘Let Me Tell You About Red’, artist Mary Sibande’s third instalment in the tricolour Sophie series, is on in Durban