IT’S almost dawn. Here, where the Mbotyi River flows into the Indian Ocean, the lush vegetation is still damp from night mists. As the light ripens from purple to gold, I knock softly on the cabin ...

Staying in a rondavel, a traditional Xhosa thatched-roof round hut made from mud. The fog surrounded us as we drove. Adam and I leaned our faces close to the windscreen, trying to see a few feet in ...

A project to establish an initiation village for urban Xhosa was launched by the Western Cape provincial government on the Cape Flats on Tuesday. The initiative, the first in the country, seeks to ...

Grahamstown — A rumble of drums, gumboot dancing and Xhosa song will bring Grahamstown to life this year during the National Arts Festival. The Ixula Cultural Project will recreate traditional life in ...