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A Big Issue
What to do with a new ad for the Cape Town, South Africa, magazine meant to support and highlight the lives of its homeless population.

Congo Heritage
Congolese-born Pitcho gathered 23 other Belgian artists from the Congolese diaspora and came out of the Sumo Studio with an album as hybrid as its makers.

Bananas and Baboons
This time, R.W. Johnson, the British-South African writer, had gone too far even for the London Review of Books ' editors. They took down a post of his.

Skin Deep Politics
The question as to whether a coloured can become leader of South Africa's ruling party and even, more remotely, president of the country.