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ANC Eastern Cape chairperson Oscar Mabuyane. (Photo by Masi Losi/ The Times/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Premier, traditional leaders must unlock agricultural potential in Eastern Cape

Such efforts must not leave the former homelands region behind, as has been the case in the first three decades of democracy

Home is where the land is: Milisuthando Bongela has made a documentary exploring identity through her childhood in Transkei.

Milisuthando: A documentary that unpacks history, geography and love

Milisuthando Bongela’s self titled documentary forces some introspection

Bheki Mtolo. (File photo)

Apartheid-era high court boundaries to shift

The boundaries and jurisdictions of high courts in Transkei Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei have never been changed

Youngsters perform a Xhosa local dance at the Ngxingxolo Cultural Village

Eastern Cape’s Wild Coast has many hidden gems

It’s not only stunning: There’s so much for tourists to do!

Inkatha Freedom Party leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Nelson Mandela.

Letters to the editor: February 2 to February 8

Readers write in about KZN not being a bantustan, and the sad state of Africa

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

ANC’s inner war gives minnows a shot at power

The ANC is divided and the opposition parties are learning the art of compromise the hard way

Ishmael Kumire’s casket (AFP)

Growing up in the Transkei was bittersweet

Milisuthando Bongela writes about what it was like growing up in the former Transkei of the Eastern Cape.

Civil society movements survive. One is the Amadiba Crisis Committee, which has for years led a community-driven campaign against titanium mining in the Xolobeni area of the Wild Coast, Eastern Cape. Photo: File

Wild Coast Amadiba mining opponent ‘assassinated’

After almost a year of threats and attacks, a Wildcoast anti-mining activist was gunned down and killed in front of his wife and sons.