Courtney Gibson blends Western instruments with traditional African ones, like the djembe drum, other indigenous instruments, to create exceptional sounds
Chef James Diack farms the land near Johannesburg with his mother, and it supplies his city restaurant, Coobs, with fresh organic produce and meat
After ‘overwhelming’ local response to her fresh sauces, Leeko Nkala’s company going strong with plans to expand across Africa and into Europe
Margarest Roberts has authored more than 40 books on subjects like organic farming, urban agriculture, herbs and ‘superfoods'
Elizabeth Aymes began farming when it was almost unheard of for women anywhere to study agriculture at college, the start of a career spent going against the grain
Family farm near Johannesburg finds success raising chickens that actually taste like chicken
Award-winning choreographer Vera Ephraim is a hit in Johannesburg, where expats flock to attend her West African dance classes
South African activist is building 'international online community of thousands of corruption fighters'
After South African Liesl Gottert's daughter took her own life, Gottert founded an organization to prevent teen suicides
Steve Tsakaris now involved in nonprofit Read to Rise, which distributes books in Soweto, encourages lower-grade primary school students to read
Guild Cottage offers specialized residential treatment for a few of the nation's youngsters traumatized by sex abuse — an alarmingly large group
Music teacher uses secondhand guitars to give South African children music education that schools don't provide
Almost every person one meets in township has a story about vigilante killings, which are blamed on inaction and ineffectiveness of police
Understaffed and under fire, a cop complains of hostility among dangerous township’s 600,000 residents
In crowded Johannesburg township, untended youngsters risk abduction, rape and murder
Gospel's past use as a voice against apartheid plays no small role in its popularity in South Africa
Young children, parents and teachers, block roads around several schools in Johannesburg, wave placards reading ‘Wrong Way!’ and blow vuvuzela trumpets
Members of public are accusing police of extorting bribes and assaulting them, for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol
On the walls and ceiling of Bennie Botes' Johannesburg barber shop are thousands of autographed rugby jerseys, caps, pens, scarves, balls, glasses and flags
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