The lethal force used by police at a Lonmin mine in Marikana, South Africa which resulted in 34 dead and 78 injured has caused many in South Africa to re-evaluate their country and the inequality found within.
Malik Bendjelloul’s strikingly assured debut Searching for Sugar Man (2012) is a fascinating documentary founded on the remarkable true story of a seemingly unsuccessful musician who unknowingly – to both himself and his producers – became a national sensation on the other side of the world. It’s a story so unbelievable that it remains a conundrum as to why this extravagant rags to riches tale has until now survived undocumented.
Oscar Pistorius – the South African double amputee athlete known as Blade Runner – will run at the at the…
A visit to South Africa showed there are still reasons to cry, and reason to hope.