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Worldly: Miss Universe 2019 Zozibini Tunzi will be the host at Free State Fashion Week.
AFRICAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Local threads, global dreams

A city kid reflects on Free State Fashion Week’s blend of bold ambition and rooted creativity in a landscape stitched with culture and courage

  • S’bo Gyre
8 min read
MATT WILSON/COMEDY CENTRAL’S THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH
BLACK COFFEE

Where to now, Trevor Noah?

Lihle Z Mtshali got a front-row seat to watch A-lister Trevor Noah’s penultimate hosting of The Daily Show – a gig that turned him into a superstar

  • Lihle Z Mtshali
8 min read
Miss South Africa, Lalela Mswane. (Photo by Luba Lesolle/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
APARTHEID

Miss South Africa mum after losing government’s support over Miss Universe event held in Israel

Lalela Mswane and the Miss SA organisers have not responded to the announcement by the sports, arts and culture department that the government has withdrawn its support for the…

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
2 min read
Miss South Africa 2021, Lalela Mswane at the Miss SA 2021 Congratulatory Brunch at Union Buildings on October 27, 2021 in Pretoria, South Africa. Newly crowned Miss South Africa 2021, Lalela Mswane was welcomed officially as ambassador of Brand South Africa. (Photo by Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images)
AISHWARIYA RAI

South Africans are rightly up in arms about Miss SA attending the Miss Universe contest in Israel

Beauty pageants are political. Calling these women role models, talking about their natural hair, their ambition, their voice is all political. Representing a country on a global…

  • Viraj Suparsad
5 min read