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South African university students are continuing the struggle for a free decolonised higher education. The protests of 2016 reignited when in October the government allowed…
![My Hair Matters, report for DW by Gaia Manco](https://i0.wp.com/www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Screen-Shot-2016-09-22-at-10.52.56.png?resize=470%2C140)
The subject of hair and how you wear it has made headlines in South Africa. Back in August, a group of students at Pretoria Girls…
![Batuk, a club act with a message - Audio Report for DW 3.8.2016](https://i1.wp.com/www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/batuk.jpeg?resize=470%2C140)
A new electronic music project, Batuk, is making people dance in the clubs of Johannesburg, South Africa. But Batuk is not the average club act….
![Uniting black and white South Africans through 'living books'](https://i2.wp.com/www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Screen-Shot-2015-12-16-at-10.44.46-AM.png?resize=470%2C140)
Maia Marie wants to end the separation between black and white people in South Africa, even 20 years after the end of Apartheid. So she…
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On the 10th of September the existence of the Homo Naledi was revealed to the world. The remains of a hitherto unknown relative of the…
![Generation change: Skating towards a brighter future -Radio report for DW - My first report from SA!](https://i0.wp.com/www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Screen-Shot-2014-08-20-at-3.15.41-PM.png?resize=470%2C140)
Generation change: Skating towards a brighter future -Radio report for DW – My first report from SA!
If you grow up in a place plagued by crime and unemployment, like inner-city Johannesburg, you might think your fate is already mapped out for…
![Generation change: On two wheels out of poverty -Radio report for DW, with Ronny Arnold](https://i2.wp.com/www.gaiamanco.net/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/04-Bikes-for-Africa-with-Johannes-Wolf.jpg?resize=470%2C140)
A young German cyclist repairs used bikes and ships them to African countries. There, they’re not just a way to get some exercise, but can…