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The #SistersShining concert takes place at the Ubuntu Novalis Centre in Wynberg, Cape Town on Saturday 16 Aug 2025 from 3pm. CapeCulturalCollect instagram.com/p/DNSbxUeMsZF/

Ja - that time the haar was a gevaar - sans souci.

This notion that "private sector" must run everything has nothing to do with efficiency and capacity but a political statement with racist undertones. "Private sector" means White men must run the country.

"We sat goggle-eyed in the thick, cigarette-smoke dark, watching Zorro carve out Z's with his whip on the foreheads of those crooks stupid enough to challenge his dexterity with inferior weapons like six-guns." Richard Rive #ReadWriteAfrican

We have now assisted 12 young individuals caught in a web of sex and drugs-mostly in the Cape Town CBD and especially Bellville area since November last year. The youngest was 13 years of age. On Friday, we are again going to rescue a girl of 15 from Phalaborwa and make sure she

The more I see this statement, the angrier I get. Your members murdered a bright young man, and you can’t even express condolences? Oh, you’re disgusting. Whining about routes & profits, when YOU are the problem! Sies! I’m SO glad the community has PROPER turned against you!

It’s Thursday. Here’s a thread of women liberators we should know: Trade unionist and bookkeeper, Bertha Gxowa (née Mashaba) who, together with Helen Joseph, traveled the country to collect the petitions that were eventually delivered to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956.

Tomorrow. quicket.co.za/events/325219-…

Tune in on Sunday from 9h on POWER 98.7 to hear Hassen Lorgat's battle for the truth over Israeli-funded trips for SA journalists -- including the Sunday Times's former editor -- and their attempts at a cover-up. DStv channel 889.

South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, also known as Dollar Brand, performs at the 1984 North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland.

A book worth reading on South African history: on the UWC student protests of 1976.

🔒Qaanitah Hunter | "I remember an old lady asking me in Pampierstad, Northern Cape, if the leaking sewage pipes would be fixed after she told the president her problem. I didn't know what to say. I checked a year later, and they weren't." news24.com/opinions/colum… via @news24

#JazzX: Just out: Nduduzo Makhathini on the NPR Tiny Desk -- magic. youtube.com/watch?v=dWscjS… Chris Snelling. Mbhazima Shilowa IG:Nothemba Madumo Michael Benjamin (on the music midnight makes) Thami ka Ntuli

What a magical afternoon at Novalis! On Saturday, August 16, the venue came alive with energy for the Sisters Shining Concert, hosted by the incredible Jill Levenberg.

Steve Biko and Peter Jones were arrested at a road block in Grahamstown on this day in 1977. They were on their way back from an unsuccessful secret trip to Cape Town. Jones was held at Algoa Park while Biko was held at Walmer.

Sol T Plaatje embarking on a journey across rural South Africa to investigate the impact of the 1913's Land Act using a bicycle. His findings were published in his 1916 book "Native Life in South Africa".

Dear all, Please join us for the next Humanities in Session Seminar, and the book launch of Research and Activism: Ruth First & Activist Research, on Wed 3 September at the Iyatsiba Lab. This session will be led by Saleem Badat (co-editor of Research and Activism)

"I think that a good economy should have a healthy mix of products and services. Everything can't be a service, especially if I bought all the necessary machinery to make it work. " My irritation summarised nicely. howtogeek.com/things-that-sh…

"Casting aspersions". So aspris.