POET'S CORNER Sadly, the will to live – and live well – isn’t always ours to choose 5 min 0 By Rethabile Masilo
AVOIDING THE ISSUE Genocide undebated — how words failed the Jewish Literary Festival in Cape Town 10 min 15 By Kevin Bloom
TRIBUTE Athol Fugard’s plays offered hope where there was despair, courage where there was dismay 8 min 2 By J Brooks Spector
WHAT WE'RE WATCHING Conclave: a riveting movie that transforms a papal election into a locked-room thriller 5 min 0 By Kervyn Cloete
LETTER FROM THE DM168 EDITOR A good dose of humility and courage is needed to face this Trumpian golden age of narcissism and nationalism 5 min 44 By Heather Robertson
BOOK EXCERPT Karoo Characters — Celebrating more than two decades of Heartland storytelling and road-trip adventure 6 min 1 By Chris Marais
HOLIDAYS AT HOME Cool ideas for your staycation in Gauteng and the Western Cape 8 min 2 By Bridget Hilton-Barber and Shérie Vollenhoven
WHAT WE'RE WATCHING Disney's Mufasa fails to capture the magic of its predecessors despite stunning animation 6 min 0 By Sam Spiller
TRIBUTE Dada Masilo — an extraordinary, bold and prolific dancer distinguished by fearlessness 3 min 1 By Bridget Oerle
GAMING Is Lego Horizon Adventures fun co-op chaos or simplistic gameplay? 4 min 1 By Noelle Adams and Tracy Benson
WHAT WE'RE WATCHING Skeleton Crew — A rousing space adventure that is startlingly different to all its predecessors 5 min 0 By Noelle Adams
LITERARY GATHERING Small-town setting, big ideas — the Booktown Richmond festival 5 min 2 By Rebecca Willis
CAR-FREE CITIES OP-ED From Bogotá to Langa and back — Our journey to open streets 5 min 0 By Marcela Guerrero Casas & Mzikhona Mgedle
THE INTERVIEW Beyond the lens: A conversation with award-winning photojournalist Lynsey Addario 8 min 4 By Emilie Gambade
A METICULOUS HISTORY OP-ED Muriel Horrell — chronicler of the banal evil of apartheid, queen of a million footnotes 6 min 3 By Sue Krige
FIGHT FOR HERITAGE Rissik Street Post Office: Historic landmark’s rise, decline and crumbling struggle for revival 5 min 1 By Michelle Banda
BOOK EXCERPT Mashatu: Land of the Giants – A visual tribute to Botswana’s beauty 6 min 0 By Roger and Pat de la Harpe
SHAME AND FORTUNE Chris Brown, R Kelly and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs point to hardcore crime beneath what is presented to us as entertainment 6 min 1 By Caryn Dolley
