Indian cuisine that brings back memories

Frank Chemaly|Published

We’d heard about a new Indian restaurant in Umhlanga called The Host. The Poet even insisted we hold off until she got back from India to try it.

South Africa’s deadly shortage of ICU beds and staff

Anita Nkonki and Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

South Africa’s ICU crisis alarm

Watch VideoBafana Bafana’s World Cup hopes dim after goalless draw with 10-man Zimbabwe

Smiso Msomi|Published

The result leaves Bafana second in Group C on 15 points — two behind leaders Benin, who claimed a 1-0 win away to Rwanda in the match that was played at the same ...

Citizen scientists go global in October

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Adults and children are encouraged to participate in two major citizen science events this October

Road running mourns death of Comrades hero Cheryl Winn

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Comrades Marathon "matriarch" Cheryl Winn's death has been described as catastrophic.

Noelene Kotschan awarded Social Impact Influencer of the Year at the Fluxx Conference

Staff Reporter|Published

Noelene Kotschan receives prestigious Fluxx Award recognising her fight against cancer

When sovereignty starts leaking: what the flotilla, failing towns, and a few honest cops are trying to tell us

Prof Armand Bam|Published

This thought-provoking commentary uses the Gaza flotilla interception as a mirror for South Africa’s own crisis of leadership. Linking state paranoia abroad with ...

How Philipstown's wire car racing documentary inspires community upliftment

Anita Nkonki|Published

Documentary highlights Philipstown's inspiring wire car racing and its impact on community upliftment

Architect scoops top fashion award

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

KZN architect and fashion designer Kireshen Chetty gets continental recognition at the Durban Fashion Fair

Chess champ's dream of a lifetime

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Durban chess prodigy Shreeya Mahadeo will represent South Africa in Malaysia next month, but only if she can secure the necessary funding.

‘They promised paradise, I found hell’: survivors of sex trafficking

AFP|Published

Maria and Ana, victims of sex trafficking from Latin America, were lured to Albania under false promises of lucrative work, only to be forced into illegal sex work ...

UJ honours literary icon Antjie Krog with honorary doctorate

Staff Reporter|Published

In recognition of her extraordinary literary career and tireless advocacy, the University of Johannesburg honoured poet and translator Antjie Krog with an honorary ...

Green Shoots: The revolution in your bin

Ashley Green-Thompson|Published

From waste pickers salvaging recyclables to neighbours learning to separate refuse, South Africans are slowly embracing the principles of the circular economy. It’s ...

Private Funds step in as Trump cuts threaten sea otter restoration

The Washington Post|Published

As Trump administration cuts threaten crucial sea otter conservation programs, a Silicon Valley-backed nonprofit is stepping in with a $40 million funding initiative. ...

Futures_Past: how France and SA are revolutionising archival storytelling

Weekend Argus Reporter|Published

A groundbreaking Franco-African initiative worth up to R1. 2 million per project is set to transform how we experience history. 'Futures_Past' will use virtual reality, ...

Mkhwanazi reveals how social media fueled the July 2021 unrest and the government's failure to act on his shutdown request ...

Hope Ntanzi|Published

During testimony to Parliament, KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Mkhwanazi revealed that his request for a social media shutdown to curb violence during the July ...

A Durban lecturer has developed a video game based on chess.

Wendy Jasson Da Costa|Published

Henk Scheepers, a Game Development lecturer at Vega, has released a prototype of a tactical, chess-inspired indie game titled Magnus, in honour of the world’s leading ...

Lost work by Virginia Woolf to be published

The Washington Post|Published

Long before “A Room of One’s Own,” a 25-year-old Virginia Woolf wrote a trio of fairy tales about a woman named Violet, plain and very tall, who loved literature, ...

On World Homeless Day, shouldn't we at least listen to the homeless

Dr Raymond Perrier|Published

The much-vaunted plan by eThekwini to create a homeless shelter for 800 people in Lower Illovo – on which they are spending at least R10 million just for construction ...