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Kolping Mbumba, the the director of operations at Heroes Academy.  His story, of loss, adaptation and survival, makes him relatable to the boys. Photo: Supplied

Mentorship, masculinity and change: A township programme rewriting boys’ futures

A Cape Town NGO, Heroes Academy, is using mentorship, socio-emotional learning and life skills to reshape boys’ understanding of masculinity and help prevent gender-based…

Louis Moholo-Moholo performing at The Orbit in Johannesburg on 25 May 2017. Photo by Siphiwe Mhlambi.
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Blue Notes for Bra Louis: The final beat of a jazz revolutionary

An elder joins the ancestral band. We remember Louis Moholo-Moholo’s voice, rhythms, and roaring soul

Culture on the street: The art gallery, 16 on Lerotholi in Langa, was founded by Thulani Fesi, Khanyo Ngcukana Shaun Williams and Mpilo Ngcukana. The gallery  is collaborating with architect, Inam Kula on a collective memory exhibition of the township, which will be showcased later this year at the gallery. Photo: Dillon Marsh

Lest we forget: Remember Langa’s history during the township’s centenary celebrations

The celebrations will focus on the many people who have contributed to the South Africa that we have

Siyabulela Siyaka
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Siyabulela Siyaka

Director: Mzansi Restaurant

‘Aunt Joanne’s Room’ by Andy Mkosi.

The Portfolio: Andy Mkosi

"I love storytelling. For me, the image, signifies that great element in my body of work, human interest."

“Scenes of Marikana are going to become more a reality because there’s going to be so many unprotected strikes

Marikana massacre haunts May Day in Langa

Amendments to the Labour Relations Act, if passed by Parliament, have the potential to make protected strike action more difficult for workers

The Langa under-14 team in action.

Langa’s kids and their hockey ‘bats’

The Cape Town township has become a centre of excellence for producing hockey players, signalling hope for the next Olympics.

Cape Town, use prime municipal land in the heart of the city to house the poor

Municipal property in the city should not be sold but used to build affordable housing

The Sharpeville Massacre, as the bloodletting ordeal has come to be known, was a watershed moment in the lives of our people, standing up to be counted, demanding to be heard, claiming their rights as equal citizens in the land of their birth.

[Archives] Remembering the Sharpeville massacre

South Africans mark 55 years since one of the worst apartheid-era mass killings, but other atrocities are still forgotten.