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Set around the House of Burfee, a Johannesburg confectionery business, the ‘The Burfee Seller’s Daughters’ uses burfee and the craft of making sweets as a link between generations.
NOVEL

When tradition meets ambition: Inside ‘The Burfee Seller’s Daughters’

A Johannesburg confectionery business becomes the backdrop for a story about two sisters, inherited expectations and finding their own paths.

  • Lutho Pasiya
3 min read
Cultural heritage and traditional knowledge can help South Africa build a fairer, climate-resilient economy. This article examines why heritage should be integrated into the country’s just transition and protected from climate and development pressures.
HERITAGE CONSERVATION

Heritage and just transition – Affirming the role of traditional knowledge systems

Cultural heritage and traditional knowledge can help South Africa build a fairer, climate-resilient economy. This article examines why heritage should be integrated into the…

  • Blessing Manale
4 min read
Heritage Month offers SMEs an opportunity to show how their values, local relationships and community investment can build lasting customer loyalty — beyond one-off campaigns.
HERITAGE DAY

Heritage Month: How SMEs can turn local identity into customer loyalty

Heritage Month offers SMEs an opportunity to show how their values, local relationships and community investment can build lasting customer loyalty — beyond one-off campaigns.

  • Jeremy Lang
4 min read
The braai is a social tradition built around fire, food and bringing people together, but younger South Africans are broadening what that experience looks like.
BRAAI

Old flame, new menu: Why Heritage Day braais don’t look the same

Same fire, new rules. Discover how local braaimasters are blending tradition with modern curiosity to elevate the SA braai.

  • Lutho Pasiya
5 min read
Climate change is reshaping South Africa’s tourism sector. Responsible use of artificial intelligence could help destinations manage risk, improve efficiency and build more inclusive, resilient economies.
PCC

Artificial intelligence and climate action can build a more resilient tourism sector

Climate change is reshaping South Africa’s tourism sector. Responsible use of artificial intelligence could help destinations manage risk, improve efficiency and build more…

  • Blessing Manale
4 min read
Discover how South African SMEs can harness data tools to enhance customer understanding, improve retention, and make informed decisions in a competitive market.
WORK CULTURE

The hidden cultural challenge in South African workplaces

South Africa celebrates its cultural diversity every September, but inclusion is tested in everyday workplace conversations, decisions and conflicts. New research highlights the…

  • Shatadi Rebecca Kganyago
7 min read
Lesedi Cultural Village, north of Johannesburg, offers visitors an introduction to South Africa’s diverse cultural traditions through accommodation, food, music and performances.
HERITAGE MONTH

How South Africa's musical heritage is shaping modern travel

From township shebeens to luxury lodges, South Africa's music heritage is becoming one of its biggest cultural travel draws.

  • Lutho Pasiya
4 min read
"Cape Rhythm: Goema, Klopse & Memory" not simply an exhibition, but an invitation to think about how culture survives, how memory is carried, and whose cultural histories are recognised and preserved.
PHOTOGRAPHY

Filmmaker Melany Ismail captures the beauty of the coloured experience through her lens

A new outdoor exhibition at Cape Town’s Company’s Garden draws on Melany Ismail’s photographs to explore Goema, the Kaapse Klopse and memories of coloured communities.

  • Theolin Tembo
6 min read
An aerial view of Robben Island, a Unesco Heritage Site off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa.
CULTURAL TOURISM

Preserving the past: The SA destinations worth travelling for

Modern travel is about deep cultural connection, not just sightseeing. Discover how South Africa's heritage sites protect history while empowering local communities.

  • ZamaNdosi Cele
5 min read
Although Vatiswa Mokhonoana does not fit the typical profile of a racing driver raised in a motorsport family, she still managed to break into the industry.
HERITAGE MONTH

Rewriting the grid: SA’s new generation of racing pioneers

Young black drivers are reshaping SA motorsport. Discover how VW and Toyota academies are transforming national circuit racing.

  • Willem van de Putte
6 min read
Durban curry is one of South Africa’s most distinctive culinary signatures, shaped by the city’s Indian community and its generations of spice traditions.
HERITAGE MONTH

SA heritage food: Why local cuisine belongs on global tables

Far beyond September gimmicks, South Africa’s culinary traditions, from potjie curries to atchars, belong on everyday tables and global stages alike.

  • Lutho Pasiya
4 min read
DNA kits, digitised national archives and growing cultural pride are inspiring South Africans, particularly Millennials and Gen Z, to actively reconstruct those broken links.
TRAVEL AND TOURISM

Tracing the lineage: SA’s heritage travel boom

Forget the standard getaway. Ancestry tourism is reshaping South African travel,turning vacations into powerful pilgrimages of self-discovery.

  • Alyssia Birjalal
2 min read
Hospitality SMEs can protect service quality, cash flow and revenue by planning early for festive-season demand, from staffing and stock to bookings, technology and customer experience.
TOURISM

Don't wait for December: A hospitality SME's guide to festive season readiness

Hospitality SMEs can protect service quality, cash flow and revenue by planning early for festive-season demand, from staffing and stock to bookings, technology and customer…

  • Jeremy Lang
4 min read
Heritage is more than something to preserve, argues Tsakani Nkombyane—it can inspire South African businesses, products and ideas that compete in global markets.
HERITAGE MONTH

Our heritage, our future: why entrepreneurship matters

Heritage is more than something to preserve, argues Tsakani Nkombyane—it can inspire South African businesses, products and ideas that compete in global markets.

  • Tsakani Nkombyane
4 min read