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Moeletsi Mbeki draws parallels between the US experience and SA's, emphasising the need for SA to break free from its neo-colonial structure.

Legendary wine personality Dave Hughes’s passing this week is grieved by the South African wine industry and the wider world. David Louis Hughes, South African wine icon, died peacefully in Stellenbosch on Monday, 6 February 2023 at the age of 84.

South African wine celebrates winemaking mastery

Several large mammals were hunted to extinction or near-extinction during the 3 centuries of colonial rule in the region

Ever since Europeans first settled at the southern tip of Africa, we appear to have generated more troublesome history than we can consume or digest. As a result, our past has not been laid to rest, which explains the sound and fury when disputes erupt in the present.

A foray into the 18th century is set to help climatologists develop better early warning systems for extreme weather events as the climate crisis takes its toll on SA.

The 44 Stanley precinct is not an ordinary collection of food, art and design places. Yet one of its most unusual places features what would be basic necessities, bread and (for some of us) wine.

The fight to preserve the River Club site provides the challenge of securing community needs in a time of ecological disaster.

From art exhibitions to festivals, concerts and trail runs – here is your weekly round-up of go-to events around the country.

Two men were shot and killed in a cellphone shop in Kuils River, Cape Town on Tuesday afternoon. Two suspects are being questioned.