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Cameroonian-Swiss curator Koyo Kouoh, who died of cancer on 10 May, was executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town. Photo by Mirjam Kluka

‘A loss we cannot quantify’: The enduring legacy of Koyo Kouoh

Artists, fellow curators and friends reflect on the singular presence of Koyo Kouoh and the imprint she leaves behind

Wave goodbye: Cameroonian-Swiss curator Koyo Kouoh, who died of cancer on 10 May, was executive director and chief curator of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town.

A love supreme: A requiem for Koyo Kouoh

Bongani Madondo remembers Koyo Kouoh as an activist and a community worker — and curator of collective futures

Shattered dreams: The press conference in October at which Mmusi Maimane

Black rebels among the blue bloods of liberalism

Bongani Madondo says the meltdown amid racial witch-hunting portends the beginning of the end of white liberalism itself

The documentary Leaving Neverland has audiences split on whether the latest revelations about his alleged sexual abuse of two boys are valid or a public lynching of a successful black figure. (Dave Hogan/Getty Images)
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I just can’t stop lovin’ you

Michael Jackson’s fans worshipped him even after his death — until Leaving Neverland. Bongani Madondo writes about dealing with a fallen god

Unlocked: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at the gate of her house in Soweto

Winnie: Our Love Supreme

Bongani Madondo on the transitional path of Winnie Mandela from a Princess YamaNgutyana emaMpondweni into ‘Winnie The Great’

Fear of the black woman: Members of the ANC Women’s League marched in Soweto last week to commemorate the life of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. Photo: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP

Cast the first stone: Our Mary Magdalene of the townships

A feast to paint Winnie Madikizela-Mandela as a black nationalist loony and a woman of loose morals kicked into gear even before her body was cold

Perhaps the fest was not terribly interested in attendance

Nirox Words Fest needs curating

Talk (and wine) did not come cheap at the inaugural Nirox Words Festival 2017

Black women are the focus of Kudzanai Chiurai’s latest show

Evolving, cynical and everything in between

Kudzanai Chiurai’s latest exhibition goes beyond Revelations and Genesis into a more challenging space

Jub Jub and his then girlfriend Kelly Khumalo at the Protea Magistrate’s Court in Soweto.

Jub Jub: The life and trial of a South African child star

The story of Molemo Maarohanye is about far more than a celebrity gone bad. Bongani Madondo tracks the breathtaking rise of the new money culture.

Mouthing off: Slikour is still riling the nation with his shots from the lip.
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Slikour on keeping it unreal

The rapper behind ‘Blackz Are Fools’ won’t apologise for the title, throws around Malema metaphors and says Indians and Jews will rip outsiders off.

Theatrical: Khanyi Mbau backstage at the State Theatre where she is playing the late Lebo Mathosa in Drama Queen.

Bitch, please: I’m a hustler

Khanyi Mbau has released her biography and stars in a make-or-break musical revue. Bongani Madondo traces her roots to Jo’burg’s founding fathers.

All Lonmin’s mining operations are in the Bushveld complex.

Deep Read: Go tell it on the mountain

Bongani Madondo on the juju, trigger-happy cops, invincible men and the Marikana Massacre Blues.

Herman Mashaba: “When you come into South Africa

Capitalists like me: It’s time to speak truth to power

Herman Mashaba is well known for his successful Black Like Me hair products empire. Now he spends his time taking on the enemies of the free market.

Eric Miyeni is a neon-headline lightbulb of a character and to his critics chagrin

Eric Miyeni, blessed with a tongue that will not shut up

Eric Miyeni is a neon-headline lightbulb of a character and to his critics chagrin, he has just published his fifth book. Bongani Madondo reports.

Sue Mabale.

All hail Sue, Sin City’s salon queen

Sue Mabale, host of one of Jo’burg’s most eatery joints, died recently. Friend and former pub crawler Bongani Madondo doffs a hat to her spirit.

God doesn’t visit here no more

God doesn’t visit here no more

Bongani Madondo asks why black folk should inherit the earth and not heaven — and other pertinent questions.

The last supper at club ZAR

The last supper at club ZAR

Kenny Kunene’s Johanneburg club closed last weekend. <strong>Bongani Madondo</strong> visited the bling king’s chambers for the final boogie.