As ulwaluko continues to resonate through Xhosa communities, an urgent dialogue is required to address the challenges faced ...

The Xhosa traditional attire, called umbhaco, is made of heavy materials with colourful patterns and intricate beadwork.

The Mbhashe area of South Africa’s Eastern Cape province is a landscape of hills, fields and river valleys leading to the Indian Ocean. All along the ridges are the homesteads of the Xhosa people who ...

Dr Latozi Madosini Mpahleni, one of the last practising guardians of traditional Xhosa cultural music, has died. The 79-year-old died after a lengthy illness. A statement from her her family reads as ...

Three Xhosa residents proudly shared their way of life and what it means to them this Heritage Month. Lumka Bhetumani explained her culture is all about respect. “Life was somewhat different in the ...

JOHANNESBURG — An ox is slaughtered, the deceased is wrapped in a lion skin and a family elder keeps talking to the body’s spirit: The state funeral for South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Nelson ...

The world is a mosaic of cultures, given an increasingly homogenous form through the lens of social media. So if you are what you wear, and what you wear is mostly shaped by Western standards, how do ...

Zulu warriors dance to honour South Africa’s late President Nelson Mandela on a hill above the graveyard within the Mandela family’s property in the village of Qunu where he was buried Sunday. [PHOTO: ...

Laduma Ngxokolo is the man behind one of South Africa's most influential global exports. The Mahosa brand has been showcased around the world both in fashion and art circles. His designs have been ...

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SOUTH AFRICA’S official submission to the Oscars this year was a story of Xhosa youth “going to the mountain” to become men. The film, set at a traditional initiation school in the remote Eastern Cape ...