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03. February 2015
Zuma congratulates SA scientist on esteemed award
President Jacob Zuma on Monday congratulated South African professor and infectious diseases epidemiologist Salim Karim for receiving the African Union's (AU’s) prestigious...
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30. January 2015
Berlinale: Umbango - The Feud by Tonie van der Merwe (Forum)
Umbango is that rarest of cinematic curiosities – a South African western filmed entirely in isiZulu with an all-black cast (bar the hapless ‘Gringo’) and produced in the dying days of...
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30. January 2015
Berlinale: Black President by Mpumelelo Mcata (Forum Expanded)
"What is Black Guilt? I’ve often asked myself, why can't artist Kudzanai Chiurai be free to just paint flowers or some shit…?" In this film we question the responsibility of African artists...
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30. January 2015
Berlinale: Necktie Youth by Sibs Shongwe-La Mer (Panorama)
Anyone who grows up in Sandton spends a lot of time hanging out at pools and drug-filled parties – for this part of Johannesburg is the richest spot in the whole of Africa. Necktie Youth...
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30. January 2015
Berlinale: Joe Bullet by Louis de Witt (Forum)
Joe Bullet must have been an extraordinary sight to Sowetan cinema-goers in 1973. Ken Gampu’s on-screen presence echoed Roundtree’s Shaft or Connery’s Bond in his sheer, suave physicality....
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30. January 2015
Berlinale: Coming of Age by Teboho Edkins (Generation 14plus)
Ribbons of snow stretch across a vast mountain range in southern Africa. Sheep forage for grass in the highlands. This is where 15-year-old Retabile has to get a herd through the winter. These...
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30. January 2015
Berlinale: Breathe Umphefumlo by Mark Dornford-May (Berlinale Special)
Students Mimi and Lungelo fall in love and dream of a future together. But their happiness is tested to the full: their daily lives, and those of their fellow students, are defined by the struggle...
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