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Sex workers march in Cape Town in support of sex work being legalised. An amendment to the Sexual Offences and Related Matters Bill proposes this but not everyone agrees.  (Brenton Geach/Gallo Images)

Anti-trafficking, human rights groups to reject amended sex trade bill

The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Bill will boost the industry and trafficking and drive it underground

The legacy of apartheid has enisred that fine dining in an African context remains a paradox (Graphic: John McCann)

The scramble for Africa in fine dining

Even if Black cuisine were equally represented, the White diner’s gaze will continue to define it

Déborah Lukumuena plays an amateur wrestler and young security officer in the film Robust. (Photo courtesy of the European Film Festival)

The European Film Festival hits South African screens

The free online festival, opening today, projects a complex mosaic of a continent under stress

Uthuli Othulini, a series of images from the work of Nkazimulo Moyeni

what life; i insist on dying here

Mbe Mbhele meditates on death and blackness on the occasion of his father’s funeral

Residents exercise in the early morning at Berea Park in the Johannesburg inner-city suburb of Berea. (Ihsaan Haffejee/New Frame)

Early-morning exercise: Jo’burg’s three golden hours

Under level four of the Covid-19 lockdown, the hours from 6am to 9am became the time when inner-city residents could use local parks to escape the nightmare around them

The 12-page guideline sets out in detail the limited circumstances in which enforcement officers may use force to secure an arrest. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Police and military abuses raise concerns amid lockdown defiance

Multiple reports and videos are emerging of authorities abusing their power as they crack down on lockdown violations

En route: The informal malaicha trade has traditionally been conducted by drivers of vans and minibuses who transport goods from South Africa to Zimbabwe. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Malaicha trade goes digital

A new app lets users in South Africa buy goods that are dispatched from warehouses in Zimbabwean cities

Gundi Weinek (Paul Botes/M&G)

Slice of life: The day I met my first friend

I will always remember the day we met in the park

Many foreign tourists are looking for something authentic, but out of ordinary, which is what Mthombo’s provides

Moving township tourism away from ‘poverty porn’ to an economic goldmine

This is a crucial growth sector in the South African economy

Place of Pride: The modern-day Johannesburg Pride march held at Melrose Arch and surrounds has more of a commercial party atmosphere than that of the more political inaugural march in 1990 (Oupa Nkosi)

Catch Jo’burg Pride before it falls

The founders of the annual march are disillusioned with its commercial flavour

We will always remember the role that was played by the fallen hero in the liberation struggle and also in the post-1994 period, said the SACP.

‘Is fokol is nex’: The South Western side of life

A week in the life of a Soweto flâneur and the characters of the township he encounters

“Behind the numbers are real feelings

Provincial breakdown of crime statistics places the Western Cape front and centre

Ten of South Africa’s police stations which record the highest number of murders are found in the Western Cape, seven in Gauteng and six in KZN.

Reeva Steenkamp and Oscar Pistorius.

1 dead, 7 injured after man opens fire on Jo’burg concert audience

Stolen cellphone said to be at root of shooting incident

Learning on an empty stomach: food insecurity hits students hard

Religious and nonprofit groups play an important role in providing food to students, but sometimes this is not enough.

Many worshippers have to be content with standing in the street when there is no space left in the Revelation Church of God

Face to face with the inner-city miracle worker

Jo’burg churchgoers take a leap of faith in prophet Samuel Radebe’s version of African Christianity.

Whatever happens from here on out

The blood-stained chronicles: Undercover as a homeless Hillbrow windscreen washer

Mission: Make R400 in this hostile environment as a homeless windscreen washer.

A celebrated drag artist in the 1960s

Gay rights pioneer who blazed a trail in Jozi leaves SA richer

Michele Bruno, hairstylist to Jo’burg’s glamour set, and the first Miss Gay SA, opened the way for the LGBTI community, writes Mark Gevisser.

Boxer George Khosi gives his heart to Hillbrow

Training youngsters and young professional boxers is crucial to preparing them for life’s battles, says the thwarted amateur boxing champion.

The Creative Showcase: Uplifting the African way of life

A weekly round-up of South Africa’s creative community and projects by Between 10and5.

Shooting junkies

A photographer and a journalist spent months ?winning the trust of drug addicts in Hillbrow.