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With a music career spanning 30 years, the Texas-born artist has made us cry, dance and fall in love

A countdown of Beyoncé’s 10 biggest tracks

With a music career spanning 30 years, the Texas-born artist has made us cry, dance and fall in love

Beyonce performs onstage during the ‘On The Run II’ Tour at Rose Bowl on September 22, 2018 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Larry Busacca/PW18/Getty Images for Parkwood Entertainment)

What you think of Beyoncé doesn’t matter, so enjoy the music

Beyonce takes no sit-down interviews and responds to no one on social media. The goal? To have us focus on the music, which we should all do

Sweet abode: Christmases past brought back memories of a home in Moshoeshoe section

An ode to the matriarch

‘Women like my grandmother held up half the sky with simple food, the spirit of celebration and an open kitchen door’

Crazy insinuation: Dylann Roof

Letters to the editor: March 3 to 9 2017

Readers write in about white men, the far right, and forex trading regulation.

It’s her choice: Serena Williams poses for Sports Illustrated’s 2017 swimsuit edition.
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Dear Becky: I’m not your negro

Black women are still castigated by white feminists for having agency over their bodies.

Beyoncé’s Lemonade sparks a dance-craze sensation

Singer’s new visual album has already inspired its own sold-out Manhattan dance class.

With a music career spanning 30 years, the Texas-born artist has made us cry, dance and fall in love

Is it anti-woman to slut-shame the woman a man cheats with?

Beyoncé puts flaws of infidelity ‘on blast’: Kagure Mugo discusses the age-old tradition of slut-shaming, highlighted recently in Lemonade

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What Beyoncé did next: Introducing Ivy Park

Get into formation: American singer Beyoncé Knowles has launched a performance wear clothing label named Ivy Park.

Beyond Beyoncé: Politics of a pop-culture icon

Beyoncé is often overlooked in terms of her cultural contributions and artistic value, but is, in many respects, all things to many black women.

Role model?: Rumours that Beyoncé had plans to play Sarah Baartman have angered many locals.

Role model? South Africa’s obsession with Beyoncé

Beyoncé is the standard upon which all black women are expected to aspire, argues the writer.

Beyoncé took the number one spot on the top 10 most-mentioned entertainers on Facebook in the United States.

What people couldn’t stop talking about on Facebook this year

Among the global sizzlers are Beyoncé, whose sister smacked her hubby, Kim Kardashian for posing nude and Pharrell Williams’s ‘Happy’ hit.

Pregnancy rumours fly as Beyoncé’s Antwerp show hits a bump

Singer Beyoncé was forced to cancel her show in Antwerp, Belgium, because of dehydration and exhaustion, her representatives Sportpaleis have said.

Beyoncé, Jay-Z Cuba visit raises Republicans’ red flag

US pop star Beyoncé and her rapper husband Jay-Z’s fifth wedding anniversary celebration in Havana has sparked criticism from the Republican Party.

Why is Beyonce calling herself Mrs Carter?

Beyonce has taken on her husband’s surname for her latest world tour. So what’s in a name?

Kelly Rowland
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Beyonce sings with a reunited Destiny’s Child at Super Bowl half-time

Singer Beyonce strutted her way through football’s Super Bowl half-time show and thrilled fans by reuniting with her former Destiny’s Child bandmates.

Beyonce admits to using pre-recorded track at inauguration

Beyonce’s performance of the "Star-Spangled Banner" at the inauguration ceremony sparked a debate over whether she had lip-synched her performance.

In this week’s Weekend 101 Sasolburg protests turn violent

Weekend 101: Beyonce hits a false note

In this week’s Weekend 101 Sasolburg protests turn violent, FNB hurts ANC’s feelings and Beyonce gets nailed for ‘lip-synching’.

Beyonce’s perfection has limits

As Sasha Fierce, both vixen and angel, Beyonce has nullified the Madonna-whore complex, writes Joonji Mdyogolo.

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says Beyonce Knowles won’t be performing at this year’s sports awards after all.

Mbalula: No Beyonce at sports awards

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says American singer Beyonce won’t perform at the department of sport and recreation’s sports awards after all.

Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula says Beyonce Knowles won’t be performing at this year’s sports awards after all.

Beyonce is just not cricket, Mbaks

Fikile Mbalula’s overzealousness might get him into trouble. He really needs to channel it into the appropriate avenues, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.