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Analysis: The violation of Tongaat Hulett

The background--an essential read for anyone living in (and caring about) KwaZulu-Natal. Analysis: The violation of Tongaat Hulett amabhungane.org/analysis-the...

‘I thought it was going to perish’: the remarkable revival of an endangered language in Lesotho Concentrated among 1,000 people in the remote Daliwe valley, siPhuthi has gained a dictionary, a Bible translation and official recognition thanks to intrepid linguists and activists

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‘I thought it was going to perish’: the remarkable revival of an endangered language in Lesotho Concentrated among 1,000 people in the remote Daliwe valley, siPhuthi has gained a dictionary, a Bible translation and official recognition thanks to intrepid linguists and activists

Wow. Amazing read, is all I can say... #lesotho #heritage
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Fran Lebowitz: ‘Hiking is the most stupid thing I could ever imagine’ The US author and orator on leaf blowers and Labubus, the weirdest thing she has done for love and struggling with contemporary novels

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Camille Tovee (@fangirlshandbag) on Threads Canada’s favorite teacher is stepping up to explain what’s happening in Venezuela.

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Searching for the Ox: The Path to Enlightenment in 10 Pictures A contemporary take on the oxherding pictures by artist Mark T. Morse, with commentary by Josh Bartok and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.

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Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.

A story about writing... Let us write. theconversation.com/writing-buil...

Slowly 🐌 and hopefully (aka optimistically) surely 😌 proceeding with German lessons, Polish (pretty darned unbelievably impossible 😊) and because I never understood the point of it and would like to, some very basic math (mind-blowingly unfathomable). Onward and upward.

YouTube video by Daily Maverick EXCLUSIVE: Alleged attempt to bribe Daily Maverick journalist caught on camera

Wow. Trying to bribe an investigative journo. Must-watch video. #savingSA #scorpio @dailymaverick youtu.be/8mFOofR5eHI?...

YouTube video by Trababalas MUBHUNU DA Joins ANC to Attack Mkhwanazi — DA’s Credibility on Oversight in Question

Ah yes. Listen! #Mkhwanazi DID tell parliament first - and parliament, namely the DA folks now attacking him, did nothing. Four months later, he told the country. #saveSA youtu.be/lWAzzzhszLw?...

Essential reading if you live in the sub-tropics. Come to think of it, mozzies in the summertime in northern climes are probably just as bad. Worse? bsky.app/profile/theg...

‘Everybody was fondling underwater!’: an oral history of the Rocky Horror Picture Show at 50 Mick Jagger wanted to play Frank-N-Furter, Susan Sarandon got pneumonia, and the cast were wet and half-naked most of the time. Richard O’Brien, Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn and Nell Campbell tell t...

How fabulous to see this pop up. Must have been '74 I saw it on the stage in London, twice during a month-long visit. The movie many times after that. #rockyhorror #cultclassic #brilliant www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ju...

Anti-foreigner group ups ante at healthcare facilities - Juta MedicalBrief Despite warnings against vigilantism, the controversial March on March movement is extending its campaign to several other hospitals and clinics in KwaZulu-Natal, and elsewhere, in its campaign to pre...

Someone who stood up against #xenophobia, here in South Africa. What happened to love thy neighbour, folks? #medicalbrief www.medicalbrief.co.za/anti-foreign...

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Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez on the wedding – and to Venice for running them out of town | Emma Brockes People power forced a change of venue, proving that a man worth $223bn can still fall foul of ordinary folk with pool floats, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

Such a way with words 😊 #emmabrockes ... #theguardian
Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez on the wedding – and to Venice for running them out of town | Emma Brockes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘A marker of luxury and arrogance’: why gravity-defying boobs are back – and what they say about the state of the world Breasts have always been political – and right now they’re front and centre again. Is it yet another way in which Trump’s worldview is reshaping the culture?

Unreal is here to stay. A reflection from this eye-popping and entertaining "think piece" on breasts... www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Exercise and what we eat ... can be so impactful... Interesting piece here reported in #medicalbriefs www.medicalbrief.co.za/exercise-cut...

Hue Café: A hidden sanctuary of soul, spice and storytelling in the heart of Durban ‘Mine host’ at Hue Café, the city’s hottest new little coffee, culinary, art and music space, is a delightful down-to-earth actor-entrepreneur with a backstory waiting to be told and his flavoursome s...

Cool Hue Café, Durban, owner-founder, Lindah Majola, became a TV "star" after starting out talking food and life on TikToc during Covid. He has events for "huemans" and taught his mom, pictured with him, to be his goat-specialty kitchen chef. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Forti Foods Changes the Fortified Foods Game in Nigeria Through Adenike Adekunle's Lagos-based fortified foods initiative, Forti Foods, she is changing the game to help those in Nigeria who are food insecure.

Just published this weekend in Cuisine Noir magazine, my latest (current) commissioned article. The founder of FortiFoods is in Lagos, my CN publisher-editor is in Oakland, I'm in Durban. www.cuisinenoir.com/forti-foods-...

#1000wordsofsummer I just saw mention of this on today's Nieman Storyboard weekly newsletter and am "so" procrastinating on the book project I really and truly want to be writing. Decided to make a personal commitment to do this, starting today, June 1, a day late, here in Durban, South Africa.

‘I feel really, really cross at incredibly dumb decisions’: Stephen Sackur on the end of HARDtalk – and leaving the BBC For 19 years he has held the powerful to account on a show that attracts huge audiences around the world. Now it is over. He discusses his anger with management, his pride in his team – and what he’ll...

What a travesty. Good to read Stephen Sackur calling out the #BBC in on this bizarre management decision to axe Hard Talk and him. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/mar/24/i-feel-really-really-cross-at-incredibly-dumb-decisions-stephen-sackur-on-the-end-of-hardtalk-and-leaving-the-bbc?CMP=share_btn_url

Sanity in Times of Trump. #jimmykimmel #gratitude

YouTube video by World Economic Forum Special Address by Cyril Ramaphosa, President of South Africa | Davos 2025

Whatever the failings of the ANC, we are fortunate to have a decent man as president. #collaboration #unity #cyrilramaphosa #davos #southafrica youtu.be/C8bTfA4Tk8s?...

Who Is Mariann Edgar Budde, the Bishop Who Made a Plea to Trump? The first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington, Bishop Budde had a message for President Trump during his first term, too.

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, whose appeal to President Trump for mercy on behalf of immigrants and the LGBTQ community made headlines on Tuesday, was also critical of Trump during his first term.

Bishop Budde is the first woman to serve as the spiritual leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

Unassuming Yogan Pillay takes global foundation role - Juta MedicalBrief KwaZulu-Natal's Yogan Pillay, now with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation where he leads HIV and TB delivery, has been an unassuming but key player in the national Health Department, whose work in TB...

An interesting, enjoyable, inspiring read, I thought, this South African profile from Medical Briefs ... www.medicalbrief.co.za/unassuming-y...