Special features in Issue 33 include:

• Liberation Heritage: Edward Webster
• Abdullah Ibrahim: South Africa’s master pianist is going on a world tour at 90
• Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela awarded Templeton Prize
• Justice Yvonne Mokgoro: South Africa’s trailblazing defender of justice, human dignity and the constitution
• Women in South Africa’s armed struggle: New book records history at first hand
• South Africa’s biggest arts festival turns 50 – we assess its impact
• Iziko Museums of South Africa presents “Then I Knew I Was Good at Painting”: Esther Mahlangu, A Retrospective
• Tutu Puoane: The South African singer on creating her new album out of Lebo Mashile’s poetry
• From coast to culture: South Africa’s sustainable tourism journey
• South Africa: New Drakensberg Nature Reserve will protect ancient rock art, wildlife, livelihoods, grasslands and water
• Leopard DNA study in South Africa traces ancestry to Ice Age – and will guide conservation
• MeerKAT: The South African radio telescope that’s transformed our understanding of the cosmos
• Undersea cables for Africa’s internet retrace history and leave digital gaps as they connect continents
• New African App to bridge linguistic divides, cultivate inclusivity – empower content creation
• Balancing the AI scales: Does the potential for AI in Africa outweigh the current risk?
• Flying the flag