Story by Numbers
Professor Johan Fourie is an economist by trade – a numbers man. But this would be only half of...
Category: Profile
Breaking from the past: the new Verwoerd legacy
Wilhelm Verwoerd navigates one of South Africa’s most controversial family legacies as the grandson of Hendrik Verwoerd, who is...
Vision beyond sight: South Africa’s first blind barista
Red looks like the feeling against your fingertips when milk is being frothed. Brown resembles the smell of freshly...
South Africa cannot do without philosophy
After decades as a philosophy professor at Stellenbosch University, Anton van Niekerk reflects on his role as a critic...
Soos ’n vel vir ink
In die gange van ’n hospitaal ontmoet die dokter en die digter. Albei probeer sin maak van die tekortkominge...
Inez du Toit: Modeontwerp en besigheid gaan oor impak
Inez du Toit, die direkteur van Elizabeth Galloway Academy of Fashion Design, gesels oor haar lewensingesteldheid en hoe sy...
The quiet revolutionary
Timothy Peter Jenkin does not wish to be defined by his past, or so his friend, “Vicki”, says. He...
Michael van Niekerk wants South Africans to ‘Keep The Energy’
An activist fighting against gender-based violence, a UCT graduate, a fashion icon, an influential figure. Michael van Niekerk (he/him/they/them)...
Van Addis tot in die Kaap
In die hart van Kaapstad, tussen die geroesmoes van karre en korporatiewe wolkekrabbers, boer ’n klein stukkie van Etiopië...
Mmusi Maimane’s path to politics
Fuelled by his exposure to political activism during his childhood in Soweto and his work at a non-governmental organisation...