(Oct 10, 2026) From a family that migrated from India to work on South Africa’s sugar plantations to international courtrooms where perpetrators of grave crimes are held accountable, Navi Pillay, winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, has a journey spanning apartheid,...
(July 13, 2025) One January morning in 1908, a crowd gathered outside a Johannesburg courthouse. Inside, two men stood trial — one a young lawyer from India, the other a Tamil merchant from Mauritius. Both had refused to comply with the colonial government’s new...
(October 9, 2024) Vivian Reddy’s first memories are of the narrow, dusty streets of Greenwood Park, Durban. Born in 1953 into a family of nine children, his father, a schoolteacher, earned a meager R3 a month, barely enough to sustain them. Young Reddy saw the...
(October 21, 2023) 2018 – the South African cricket team found themselves in a tough spot during their second test match against Sri Lanka in Colombo. While it looked like the game was slipping away from the Proteas, a young player, Keshav Maharaj, emerged as...
(June 9, 2023) “Kept this a secret for a while now. I am honoured to say that I was chosen as an artist to be part of this historic project. My drawing of southern right whales was selected for the new South African 5 Rand coin. From numismatists, designers,...
