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Sending the wrong message

An extract from Nechama Brodie’s latest book, ‘Domestic Terror: Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa’

The statue of Cecil John Rhodes on the campus of the university of Cape Town

[Archives] Is the student uprising of 2015 a harbinger of revolution?

Protests against colonialism and fees made an impact, but it’s too soon to judge SA’s rise or fall.

Nowhere to hide: Faris, pictured here in a scene from The Invisible Men, fled Ramallah to escape being harmed by his own family, and was granted asylum in Europe. (Supplied)

As one, in a world apart

A trio of Israeli films being shown around South Africa, explore the often invisible ­Palestinian and Israeli victims of armed conflict.

Steve Hofmeyr.

Are whites really being killed ‘like flies’?

Comments on SA’s murder rate and the quality of life of white South Africans have been grossly exaggerated. Nechama Brodie tells us why.

Revisiting childhood means no mean feet    (Photo Archive)

Revisiting childhood means no mean feet

There are no cheap frills on Nic Haralambous’s eye-catching men’s socks.

Worth the wait:It has taken five years, and perhaps some persuasion, for Anton Kennemeyer and Conrad Botes to produce  a new edition of Bitterkomix. (David Harrison)

Bitter bites the hand that feeds

It’s been five years since their last appearance, but Konradski and Joe Dog are back: older, a little more jaded – and with fewer penises.

Desirable: The dustbin locket by Fortunate Moyo

Unlocking silver’s magic with bold new designs

Fortunate Moyo — bartender, part-time musician and full-time jewellery apprentice at Keith White Designs — does "a lot of creative work".

Bos Ice Tea has just launched its new one-litre TetraPrisma packaging

Best in show

Nechama Brodie picks 10 of the most interesting items on display at this year’s FoodWineDesign Fair, which takes place in Jo’burg this weekend.

Rockey Street was a beachhead of the new South Africa in the late Eighties and the Nineties

Street of a past that foretold a future

Rockey Street was a beachhead of the new South Africa in the late Eighties and the Nineties, but it has seen a lot of changes since those heady days.

Space age: Marcus Neustetter’s designs.

Marcus Neustetter: Stamping his mark on stargazing

The Post Office has drawn on a local artist to celebrate South Africa’s contribution to astronomy.

A story woven into a bedspread

A story woven into a bedspread

Quilting, in some form or another, has been practised for thousands of years.

Sustainable lap of luxury

Sustainable lap of luxury

A South African human rights lawyer is one of the brains behind the international Maiyet fashion label.

Athletes urged to vote for Jozi with their feet

Athletes urged to vote for Jozi with their feet

This is not just a T-shirt. It is a map of Johannesburg as it could be — an invitation to plot the city with your own two feet.

A song in her heart

A song in her heart

Lerato Tshabalala is the new editor of <em>True Love </em>magazine and the host of the Beat 180 show on Rhythm100 radio.

Nature provides a real treat

Nature provides a real treat

Animal, mineral or vegetable? <b>Nechama Brodie</b> makes some suggestions to help you to find the answers to Christmas-present questions.

Meating consumers’ needs

Meating consumers’ needs

A quality butchery is paying close attention to its suppliers and where their meat comes from.

Quick

Quick, quick

To dance pantsula, you must have all the right moves.

Reaching critical mass

Reaching critical mass

All cyclists are definitely not equal, as their attire, their bikes and their reasons for riding attest to.

Regenerate behaviour: Making the city sexy

Regenerate behaviour: Making the city sexy

Two developers are determined to bring life back to ‘dead’ areas of inner-city Johannesburg.

Make-up and matrimony
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Make-up and matrimony

Mr and Mr Stroebel are often referred to as the Posh ‘n Becks of the gay pageant world.