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Kwaito artists did not realise that they had the power to eclipse politicians as “leaders of society” and, at the same time, redefine the future they would live in and raise their own children.

All the heroic icons of the struggle, especially Robert Sobukwe, Steve Biko and Nelson Mandela are dead. They only live in the ideals and principles that have not been translated into reality. It is a monumental failure.

Artists, from playwrights novelists, painters to moviemakers, have played a major role in keeping the story of the June 16 1976 Uprising alive. Fred Khumalo looks at some of the more recent works of art inspired by and in memory of the Soweto Revolution.

It is always refreshing when plays that tell such emotionally weighty stories are accompanied by song and dance. That offers the viewer some relief from the inevitable roller coaster of emotions conjured by works of this nature.

They came back home with an unparalleled sense of entitlement. Like minions, we heaped praise on them as our saviours and watched with gormless glee as they assumed airs.

Radio is struggling to sustain relevance with a fickle generation of audiences and the booming podcast culture. Sibongile Mtyali believes her success at Kaya 959 will be shaped by her knack for fixing even those parts of the business that appear not broken.

Kwaito legend and member of iconic group TKZee Tokollo “Magesh” Tshabalala has passed away.

There is enough evidence that suggest that, sexist and misogynist arguments are always used by the South African mainstream media against women leaders in the African National Congress(ANC), who are perceived as a threat to the Presidency of Ramaphosa. A typical example of this perception engineering that seeks to create mistrust and lack of confidence towards female leaders in the ANC is the recent article published by the Times Newspaper titled "Part-time Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu's a...

Why I won’t go protect a rural palace and a has-been president By Sandile Memela Share I am glad that I am neither an Umkhonto we Sizwe veteran nor a foot soldier of the new struggle. Both are instruments of an imaginary war that has no place in a free and democratic society. In fact, there is no polite way to tell the soldiers and amabutho that they are chasing an illusion. At peace time, nobody should ask me to put on an outdated uniform and go into some strange countryside in the heart ...

Last week, Sars argued that school fees were not in the consequence of a disability but in the consequence of education.