Johannesburg, South Africa -- After years of informal conversations and meetings with friends to discuss books, Lorraine Sithole decided to make things official.
In April 2011, while picnicking under...
Johannesburg, South Africa -- Graham Block was a competitive runner for nearly 40 years until illness forced him to stop six years ago.
Instead of giving up his passion for running, Block continued...
Johannesburg, South Africa—After a vote last month in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, only a full Senate vote stands in the way of a U.S. ambassador serving in South Africa after a two-and-a-half...
Johannesburg, South Africa -- In a small red brick building at the end of an alley, a door opens to a room crammed with records. Light filters through the windows, shining on shelves along the walls packed...
Johannesburg, South Africa — As a photo of Hugh Masekela, “the father of South African jazz,” looked on in the background, aggressive guitar riffs, loud drums and a consistent bassline blared from...
Durban, South Africa -- The seven-acre estate in Harrison Valley that Rick James purchased nearly 30 years ago came with neglected coffee trees scattered about its slopes. Its prior owner had injured his...
Soweto, South Africa -- In a small dance studio in a community center in the township of Soweto, six young black girls decked out in pink stood in first position at the barre.
This small troupe of...
Durban, South Africa -- For the students of Zanele Nsindane, an educator and head of the art department at Phakathi Secondary School in the township of Klaarwater, art offers an escape.
Some students...
South Africa -- Shamla Pather stirred a large pot of mutton curry in the kitchen of her restaurant in Lenasia South, an apartheid-era Indian settlement about 20 miles southwest of Johannesburg. Three...
Durban, South Africa -- Buyiseile Mthethwa can’t sleep if it’s raining.
Instead, she lies awake, paralyzed by fear and grief and memories of the night she lost her 14-year-old son.
“I can still...
Durban, South Africa — Tucked away on the second floor of a four-story shopping center in the Windermere suburb of Durban is a two-room office space lined with shoes.
This is the heart and sole of...
Durban, South Africa -- After a cancer diagnosis in 2014 that left her unable to work, Nonhlanhla Joye, the sole breadwinner in her household, planted a vegetable garden in her backyard in order to provide...
