IT’S almost dawn. Here, where the Mbotyi River flows into the Indian Ocean, the lush vegetation is still damp from night mists. As the light ripens from purple to gold, I knock softly on the cabin ...

A project to establish an initiation village for urban Xhosa was launched by the Western Cape provincial government on the Cape Flats on Tuesday. The initiative, the first in the country, seeks to ...

Grahamstown — A rumble of drums, gumboot dancing and Xhosa song will bring Grahamstown to life this year during the National Arts Festival. The Ixula Cultural Project will recreate traditional life in ...

Port Elizabeth - Richard Cawood has a Xhosa soul and this not only compelled the professional hunter and farmer from Cradock to undergo a painful circumcision ritual, but it is also driving him to ...

A trek to the east coast reveals the South Africa where Nelson Mandela grew up The man who became a legend recalled the carefree days of his youth, gathering wild honey and fruits and swimming in ...

Johannesburg — The Heart of Redness by Zakes Mda (Oxford): The Heart of Redness is a history book, a rural comedy, an environmental treatise, a cultural manual, and a love story. With a seamless blend ...