Daily Maverick headed out to the town of Montagu at the weekend – about a two-hour drive from Cape Town – which feels like almost another country.
By An Wentzel
Tech innovator empowers SA youth with coding and robotics education. Marianne Thamm’s hilarious take on life’s pee squatting struggles; and how women smallholder farmers are tackling hunger crisis in SA.
Although she has a full-time job as an IT support analyst at Baker McKenzie, a large law firm in Sandton, Keke Malakele spends the majority of her time outside work running her not-for-profit company United Siyafunda (United We Learn), teaching children robotics and coding.
By Thom Pierce
Daily Maverick headed out to the town of Montagu at the weekend – about a two-hour drive from Cape Town – which feels like almost another country.
By An Wentzel
Daily Maverick headed out to the town of Montagu at the weekend – about a two-hour drive from Cape Town – which feels like almost another country.
By An Wentzel
I’m sure many of you remember the nail-biting stress of matric exams and sometimes wonder, as I do, about how the hell we made it. I remember going swimming a lot at the public pool and reading novels for sheer pleasure to take a break from the Maths, Biology, Physics and History I was meant to memorise and practise.
By Heather Robertson
Clinician and researcher Professor Francois Venter used his inaugural lecture to talk about tackling obesity and lessons learnt from treating HIV, but also why activism, kindness (and a great playlist) have also pulled him through.
By Ufrieda Ho
Anyone with plumbing that requires squatting on a toilet will understand there are times when standing up while urinating is far more convenient – and necessary for survival in some cases.
By Marianne Thamm
This off-road race was all about contrasts: the cursed steep mountain revealed mind-melting views, the agony of cycling through beach sand was tempered by azure seas, and in light of the remarkable experience, finishing last was a victory.
By Mark Heywood
When Tokas Lodewyk played his solo set the first time I saw the ‘Karoo Kitaar Blues’, it wasn’t his casual brilliance, at times using only one hand, that caught my attention. It was the faraway look in his eyes.
By John Hogg
Guitarist Anton L’Amour talks sound and vision in this edition of InArts’ bi-monthly interviews, which explore culture by asking creatives about their life in the arts and what inspires them.
By Mick Raubenheimer
Biénne Huisman chats with Dr Juli Switala about her work in hospitals around the world, the challenges of treating kids with TB, and going for a run to get away from it all.
By Biénne Huisman for Spotlight
“White c*nt.” With these two words, England flanker Tom Curry ensured South Africans would place work on the backbench for a week in pursuit of a new passion: amateur linguistics.
By Rebecca Davis
White c*nt.” With these two words, England flanker Tom Curry ensured South Africans would place work on the backbench for a week in pursuit of a new passion: amateur linguistics.
By Rebecca Davis
For more of uplifting news, explore our Actionist series of photographic stories. Photographer Thom Pierce passionately spotlights individuals who make a difference on the front lines.
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