Sending the wrong message
An extract from Nechama Brodie’s latest book, ‘Domestic Terror: Intimate Partner Violence in South Africa’
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‘None of us are okay’: Frustration as South Africa’s GBV initiatives stall
SA is in a rush to roll out its national GBV action plan. But as bureaucracy and the pandemic slow progress, violence against women continues unabated
#SayHerName: The faces of South Africa’s femicide epidemic
This is an ode to the women whose names made it into news outlets from 2018 to 2020. It’s also a tribute to the faceless, nameless women whose stories remain untold.
How religious will the world be in the future? Here’s what the data says.
Far from the world becoming secular, there will be almost six billion Christian and Muslim believers by 2050, according to a series of reports.
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[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.
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.
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
There are no cheap frills on Nic Haralambous’s eye-catching men’s socks.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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
Quilting, in some form or another, has been practised for thousands of years.
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
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
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
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
A quality butchery is paying close attention to its suppliers and where their meat comes from.
Quick, quick
To dance pantsula, you must have all the right moves.
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
Two developers are determined to bring
life back to ‘dead’ areas of inner-city
Johannesburg.
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A slut by any other name
<b>Nechama Brodie</b> on how one word is standing in the way of people standing up for what is right.
Make-up and matrimony
Mr and Mr Stroebel are often referred to as the Posh ‘n Becks of the gay pageant world.
What’s behind sashaying for the sash
A local documentary about a beauty pageant for cross-dressers has a delicate, unexpected message.
Cube your enthusiasm
We talk to Dario D’Angeli,chef patron of Cube Tasting Kitchen in Johannesburg.
We ? handmade
Sailors are — like dragons, phoenix and giant sea turtles — creatures that lend themselves to myth and legend.
Skull of my country
<i>Nechama Brodie</i> discovers the strange
alchemy of bone, stone, paper, paint and dust.
My cultural life: Russell Grant
Russell Grant is co-owner of independent cinema The Bioscope and the Chalkboard Café, both at Main Street Life.
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My cultural life: Paul Raphaely
Paul Raphaely and his wife, Tracy Foulkes, are the team behind NoMU, a local range of food and lifestyle products.
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More power to the chef
There’s always room for new kitchen innovation, and the Wonderbag fits the bill perfectly.
My cultural life: Robert Blumenschine
Professor of anthropology Robert Blumenschine spends much of his time digging up the past, but finds time to enjoy the present.
