NEW YORK – Cheyney McKnight waited years to celebrate Pinkster. On a scorching Saturday morning in May, McKnight put on her tailor-made 18th-century Malian mud cloth dress and trekked 7 miles with a ...
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Christmas lights twinkle, holiday music plays and Johannesburg's popular Rosebank mall bustles with shoppers. Then the lights go out. The shops are pitch dark. “Hold on to your ...
Although South Africans will enjoy one fewer public holiday in 2025, there will be more long weekends next year than in 2024.
Those South Africans not on leave this week enjoyed a mid-week day off thanks to the first public holiday of 2025 on Wednesday, 1 January which was New Year’s Day. For the latest public holiday news, ...
South African workers effectively lose two days off in 2026 despite the country officially having 12 public holidays, but ...
As the holiday season approaches, food becomes a central theme in celebrations, especially within the African diaspora. From rice and peas to fruit cake, the culinary traditions that have emerged from ...