THE CONVERSATION Why is cancer called cancer? We need to go back to Greco-Roman times for the answer 4 min 0 By Konstantine Panegyres
THE CONVERSATION Nelson Mandela’s personal items under the hammer in New York? Why it outraged some, and what’s at stake 4 min 3 By Duane Jethro
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR SA still in early stages of democracy and needs stronger party opposition, says Moeletsi Mbeki 3 min 6 By Suné Payne
BOOK REVIEWS The lion’s scientist and the lion’s historian track historical and natural spoor 10 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
TRIBUTE Tom Lodge — a premier chronicler of South Africa’s political life, past, present, and future 9 min 1 By J Brooks Spector
HUMANS OF SOUTH AFRICA An ordinary life in turbulent times: memories of Rosemary Hough 8 min 10 By Robert Morrell
OBITUARY District Six Museum co-founder Noor Ebrahim remembered as a ‘powerful, charismatic storyteller’ 2 min 1 By Suné Payne
SLAVE TRADE Science filling in the gaps as St Helena’s lost history of slavery is uncovered 5 min 1 By Shaun Smillie
SPOTLIGHT Hospital Histories: The many lives that began at Mowbray Maternity 8 min 0 By Biénne Huisman
WRITING’S ON THE WALL Tracing lines to a pre-colonial past by uncovering Mpumalanga’s rock art 7 min 2 By Maru Attwood
WEBINAR Adam Hochschild on history, storytelling and the prospect of a ‘South African dusk’ 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
THE CONVERSATION Historians are learning more about how the Nazis targeted trans people 4 min 0 By Laurie Marhoefer
MATTERS OF THE ART Spier Light Art – experiences unique to every night and every visitor 5 min 0 By Sarah Hoek
BOOK EXTRACT John Laband examines the ongoing emotional significance of the Battle of Blood River 8 min 1 By The Reading List
THE CONVERSATION How pink became fashion’s colour of controversy: a brief history 5 min 0 By Harriet Fletcher
THE CONVERSATION Five things science has told us about the mummy of Tutankhamun 5 min 0 By Jenefer Metcalfe
