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Two recent books, one by a top US scientist, the other by a leading local historian, open new windows into our understanding of lions.

In this excerpt from Sandra Swart’s The Lion’s Historian, the history professor looks at the Cape’s past through an equine lens, showing how becoming mounted created dominance – and not only for the colonialists.

EThekwini residents in various neighborhoods have been alerted to an impending water supply interruption, which will take two days.

From sugar beans to braai meats, South African cuisine is full of delectable foods. Here are some essential ingredients according to an expert.

If slavery is the material and metaphysical womb of the modern world, reparations will require nothing less than the end of this world.

Expropriation Bill: In 2016, then-president Zuma said the 1913 cut-off for land restitution was ‘arbitrary’. He told Ncop the same thing.

The predatory tech giant is at the center of a heritage site land grab, pitting indigenous and environmental activists against city authorities.

In this exciting new branch of mathematics, you need to use your knowledge of national flags to solve the vexillological equations and match them to the correct answer. It is as easy as counting from 1 to 10! PEMDAS counts. The cover photo may assist.

As long as most of us can remember, the South African history taught in our schools has been boring. History, of course, is written by the victors and the apartheid history curriculum was more fiction than fact. And not very good fiction either.