Culture

UK premier, Macron to hold talks on migrants, Ukraine war

London – After admiring France’s fabled Bayeux Tapestry loaned for a London exhibition, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham and... Read more

3 Sep

Bamako – At the age of 88, barefoot and cinched into a belt of cowrie shells, renowned singer Mariam... Read more

25 Aug

Mindelo – Barefoot, arms raised and teeming with emotion, Ceuzany belts out the signature track from her latest album,... Read more

2 Jul

Orania – A generation has grown up in the closed world of Orania, South Africa’s whites-only Afrikaner enclave on... Read more

4 Jun

Cape Town – South Africa on Tuesday handed back to Zimbabwe ancestral human remains and a centuries-old stone carving of... Read more

15 Apr

Cape Town – A viral video has sparked widespread online attention after Nigerian students performed South African cultural displays... Read more

8 Apr

Johannesburg – South Africa on Monday reburied the remains of 63 Khoisan people, among southern Africa’s oldest indigenous communities,... Read more

24 Mar

Touba – Thousands of followers of a unique Senegalese Muslim community, the Baye Fall, worked with electric fervour on... Read more

18 Mar

Graaff-Reinet, South Africa – A rebellion over the renaming of the historic country town of Graaff-Reinet has exposed deep-rooted... Read more

17 Mar

The future of the Social Relief of Distress (SRD) grant beyond the March 2027 extension remains uncertain. Archive photo:... Read more

6 Jan