Mphuthumi Ntabeni is trained in built environment, reads literature, history and philosophy. He lives in Cape Town. He has written two historical novels, The Broken River Tent & The Wanderers.
Introduction After experiences of systemic oppression of transatlantic slavery, colonialism and apartheid this is a perennial question for Africa: What is Africa to the world? It might seem straightforward. Worse still, it is
By Mphuthumi Ntabeni Of all the Cape Town City mayors I have lived under, I have a soft spot for Geordin Hill-Lewis. That is why I was so deeply disappointed when, in a
By Mphuthumi Ntabeni | Literature Those who know the Caledonian Road, or Cally to it residents and familiar, know that it is a major road in the affluent parts of London Borough of Islington.
By Mphuthumi Ntabeni The only book I have ever read by the winner of 2025 Nobel Prize fpin Literature, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, is Chasing Homer. Krasznahorkai is known as literature’s master of dread
The suspension of The Jimmy Kimmel Show in the United States has been greeted by some as overdue accountability and by others as the latest blow against freedom of expression. For those inclined
By Mphuthumi Ntabeni CAPE TOWN — When the Constitutional Court declared parts of the 1992 Births and Deaths Registration Act unconstitutional this September, the ruling seemed almost modest in its phrasing. Men may now