IKapa Dance Theatre gives gives back to the community

Ikapa Dance Theatre is a non-profit arts organisation established in 2007 by Theo Ndindwa, Tanya Arshamian and founding member Mbulelo Ngubombini. The organisation focuses on identifying and developing talent among children from the townships around Cape Town.

Tariro Washinyira

News | 10 September 2013

Old container to be re-opened as Gugulethu library

An old container once used as a library could be brought back to life in Gugulethu. 100 books have already been donated.

Mary-Anne Gontsana

News | 10 September 2013

The case for decriminalising the use of drugs

Drug abuse harms the individual, their family, community and country. As the drug trade increased globally, to save people from themselves, in 1970, US president Richard Nixon launched the “war on drugs”.

JP van Niekerk

Opinion | 9 September 2013

Chequebook justice

Oscar Pistorius’ bail application apparently showed how the justice system works when someone is arrested. But actually his hearing and release on bail were exceptional.

Nathan Geffen

Opinion | 5 September 2013

Study shows circumcision reduces HIV in “real-life” conditions

A South African study demonstrates for the "first time the effectiveness of male circumcision, in real-life conditions in curbing the spread of HIV", says its lead researcher, Bertran Auvert.

Michael Rautenbach

Brief | 5 September 2013

There should be no tolerance for anti-Semitism in Palestinian solidarity

A demonstration framed ‘as a silent protest against racism’ held at Wits University on 28 August turned out to be anything but an embodiment of the principles of the anti-racism it espoused when a small group of the protesters sang ‘dubula e juda’ (shoot the Jew).

Heidi-Jane Esakov

Opinion | 4 September 2013

Fracking: what are the facts?

Natural gas extraction is being promoted as the solution to South Africa's energy crisis. Shell and other energy companies want to harness the untapped reserves of natural gas below the Karoo using fracking. This is meeting stiff opposition, particularly from residents of the Karoo who are concerned about the risks.

Kerry Gordon

Feature | 4 September 2013

Poet’s in Gugulethu

News | 4 September 2013

SOS SAPS

News | 4 September 2013