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Matthew Krouse’s ‘mid-career retrospective of a no career’ 1 May 2021 Matthew Krouse on the set of The Soldier, a film about militarism and male rape. (Courtesy of Matthew Krouse) Earlier this year, Adam Broomberg, a Johannesburg-born artist living in Berlin, phoned Matthew Krouse, a former actor turned writer and editor, with a request. It didn’t involve Yiddish translation work.  “People seem to think I am Isaac Bashevis Singer, which I’m not,” says Krouse, who was born into a Jewish family from Germiston in 1961. He grew up speaking Yiddish with his mother and has previously...

The writer asks if amending B-BBEE to incentivise LGBTI inclusion and visibility address hate crimes. (AFP) There’s been a spotlight on corruption, as well as the murders of LGBTI people. These issues are connected and can be addressed using B-BBEE to challenge hegemonic power, writes Siya Khumalo. An LGBTI conference hosted by the Thami Dish Foundation had Gauteng Premier David Makhura as one of its speakers. Prompted by the remarks of previous speaker Judge Edwin Cameron, Makhura waxed lyrical about how You Have To Be Gay To Know God was a very "important book". In ...

The SA Human Rights Commission and the Office of the Public Protector (ably represented by the acting Public Protector) are deserving of congratulations for organising a three-day conference on the topic of human rights and corruption which ran virtually for the last three mornings of March, which, fittingly, is Human Rights Month. Diverse inputs were received from a variety of sources in government, the chapter 9 institutions and in civil society too. At the end of the deliberations of the conference it was apparent to all that reform of the criminal justice administration to better counter ...

Levi’s launches pride collection with Langa Mavuso Share South African musician Langa Mavuso has partnered with Levi’s to release a Pride collection that celebrates the LGBTQIA+ community. Mavuso was asked by Levi’s SA to be part of the pride 2021 digital collection unveiling. “This was a huge honour for me and a great partnership as I have been a friend of the brand for years. “I asked to create a custom trucker jacket for the campaign to honour all the icons of the queer community who came before me. “This campaign ticked all the boxes when it comes to my per...

Law enforcement officers monitor adherence to lockdown regulations. (Photo by Darren Stewart/Gallo Images) Take your time and make sure to read some of News24's quality in-depth journalism on this fine Saturday. If you've missed some of our big reads during the week, discover our Friday Briefing headlined by author and journalist Mark Gevisser, read News24 specialist legal writer Karyn Maughan's analysis of the controversies against Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe, or revisit our regular columnists, Adriaan Basson, Mandy Wiener, Mpumelelo Mkhabela, Mbhazima Shilow...