New Frame

04/07/2022

EDITORIAL | After close to four years of intense work we must now reimagine how journalism can and should be done in a moment when the coils of social and political crisis squeeze ever more tightly.

After close to four years of intense work we must now reimagine how journalism can and should be done in a moment when the coils of social and political crisis squeeze ever more tightly.

01/07/2022

The low-grade form of he**in continues to strip the youth of their future and the young women living in a drug house in Ekurhuleni say the police do not take them seriously.

01/07/2022

LISTEN | “The collective experience of the pandemic has reminded people what will happen if we all work together … I think it’s going to play into the resurgence of trade union membership,” English left-wing singer Billy Bragg tells us.

In an exclusive interview, singer and activist Billy Bragg talks about making music with meaning, Marx, refusing to give in to Boris Johnson – and passion on an Italian volcano.

30/06/2022

LONG READ | In this extract from her recent lecture at the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation, Helena Chávez Mac Gregor reckons with the memory and place of Frida Kahlo in our contemporary imagination.

In this extract from her recent lecture at the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation, Helena Chávez Mac Gregor reckons with the memory and place of Frida Kahlo in our contemporary imagination.

30/06/2022

RECAP | As a society, we are uncomfortable with death. But hidden in grief and tragedy is potential transcendence, if we allow ourselves to contemplate our own inevitable demise.

As a society, we are uncomfortable with death. But hidden in grief and tragedy is potential transcendence, if we allow ourselves to contemplate our own inevitable demise.

30/06/2022

RECAP | “I teach on my own, with no supervision. Right now, I’m marking tests for my three classes,” says Jacobs, an education assistant from a primary school in rural Tsomo, 60km inland from Butterworth.

Young people hired under the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative in the province are teaching classes without supervision and some have not been paid last months’ stipends.

30/06/2022

Daring to question the botched relocation of shack dwellers from one settlement to another has brought Abahlali members to the attention of hitmen and the metro police.

30/06/2022

A good work ethic saw the Belgian-Ghanaian defender go further in his football career than expected. Now he has the chance to play for Ghana in the World Cup in Qatar.

30/06/2022

The artist’s third album traverses a new musical terrain as he keeps on expanding his sound and working with friends from around the world.

30/06/2022

John L Williams’ new book on the pan-African thinker is a marvel that offers a close, meticulous description of his life and thinking, untangling his transformations and inviting reacquaintance.

30/06/2022

RECAP | The Johannesburg high court has ruled that the City of Johannesburg charging convenors a levy to provide traffic control and policing during demonstrations violates the right to protest.

The Johannesburg high court has ruled that the City of Johannesburg charging convenors a levy to provide traffic control and policing during demonstrations violates the right to protest.

30/06/2022

Dancers from the small academy in Etwatwa are winning locally and qualifying internationally, but will never compete overseas unless the institutions meant to support such initiatives actually do so.

Dancers from the small academy in Etwatwa are winning locally and qualifying internationally, but will never compete overseas unless the institutions meant to support such initiatives actually do s…

29/06/2022

A new collection of essays uses the works of the psychiatrist and radical political philosopher to explore how a community’s language and capacity for thought and wit threaten the state.

29/06/2022

NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL | Two collectives, Spaza and orangcosong, took up residencies at the National Arts Festival and created projects that speak to the town and the spaces they found themselves in.

Two collectives, Spaza and orangcosong, took up residencies at the National Arts Festival and created projects that speak to the town and the spaces they found themselves in.

29/06/2022

The Springbok rugby player jumped at the chance to play league rugby in England, the first South African woman to do so. Now she has her sights set on the upcoming Sevens and 15s World Cups.

28/06/2022

RECAP | There’s a reason they call it a Test. No other format in cricket challenges the mental and physical faculties of its participants quite like it.

Even before the demise of this format of the game was predicted, the women’s team had little opportunity to experience and enjoy it. They are keen to change this while they still can.

28/06/2022

RECAP | Selomah, who also goes by Slim, describes kasi culture as multifaceted and punctuated by a number of subcultures. It’s rich, diverse and informed by the people who live there.

Kombonation disrupts perceptions of the township by exploring its seldom celebrated beauty and rich culture. The founders’ new Kaofela Kaofela residency conjures the spirit of togetherness.

28/06/2022

As a society, we are uncomfortable with death. But hidden in grief and tragedy is potential transcendence, if we allow ourselves to contemplate our own inevitable demise.

28/06/2022

In this week’s cartoon, Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi torches the rights of thousands of Zimbabweans who have held South African residence permits for more than a decade.

28/06/2022

NATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL | Gender-based violence is highlighted in several heartbreaking performances at the Makhanda National Arts Festival. Unfortunately these stories have their roots in reality.

Gender-based violence is highlighted in several heartbreaking performances at the Makhanda National Arts Festival. Unfortunately these stories have their roots in reality.

28/06/2022

RECAP | A fire at the Yeoville African Market in Johannesburg has left some sellers destitute, with shopkeepers saying vigilante group Operation Dudula threatened a week earlier to burn down the market.

A fire at the Yeoville African Market in Johannesburg has left some sellers destitute, with shopkeepers saying vigilante group Operation Dudula threatened a week earlier to burn down the market.

27/06/2022

Here's what you can hear in the latest Radio New Frame episode - the podcast for the progressive person, hosted by Bonolo Mokua.

Listen here: https://newframe.com/s8-episode-3-equalisers-fair-pay-is-fair-play/

27/06/2022

The development, touted as one of South Africa’s premier integrated residential projects, is failing to live up to the expectations of residents, who complain about shoddy workmanship.

27/06/2022

In this extract from her recent lecture at the Joburg Contemporary Art Foundation, Helena Chávez Mac Gregor reckons with the memory and place of Frida Kahlo in our contemporary imagination.

27/06/2022

Young people hired under the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative in the province are teaching classes without supervision and some have not been paid last months’ stipends.

27/06/2022

RECAP | The European 90kg champion from Addo hopes his international success will inspire and help facilitate the next generation of bodybuilders from the Eastern Cape.

The European 90kg champion from Addo hopes his international success will inspire and help facilitate the next generation of bodybuilders from the Eastern Cape.

26/06/2022

RECAP | Monomania takes many forms. Most deadly perhaps is Jay Gatsby’s hunt in the present for the possibility of bringing the past back to life.

In Text Messages this week, monomania takes many forms. Most deadly perhaps is Jay Gatsby’s hunt in the present for the possibility of bringing the past back to life.

26/06/2022

RECAP | To paraphrase French football legend Eric Cantona, having to choose between Danny Jordaan and Ria Ledwaba in the election for the presidency of the Safa is like choosing between cholera and the plague.

Regardless of who is elected president of South Africa’s football governing body on 25 June, the issues plaguing the game will persist because the leading candidates are part of the problem.

26/06/2022

LISTEN | “Arabic is where I can be myself the most. But coming to France, it represents more than a language, it represents an identity to me.” – Syria-born singer Lynn Adib tells us about her complicated relationship with her mother tongue.

With more than 7 000 languages globally, we look at mother tongues. Can Kiswahili be Africa’s lingua franca? And we explore two people’s complex relationships with their languages: Setswana and Ara…

26/06/2022

EDITORIAL RECAP | When the taps run dry in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, it will be the failures of the political class that plunge more than one million residents into disaster.

When the taps run dry in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, it will be the failures of the political class that plunge more than one million residents into disaster.