the african space programme

John Matshikiza used his native Johannesburg, to which he returned after three decades of exile, as a launching pad for enquiries into the ever-shifting realities of the African experience.
Wednesday 17th September

Dakar, once again

John Matshikiza, 17 September 2008
John Matshikiza, a South African voice of reality, has died. In tribute we publish a sharp 2003 column
Monday 23rd June

Africa's arsenal: the sustainable village

John Matshikiza, 23 June 2003
Africa needs a radically different vision of its future from that on offer from the developed world. It should look to the Songhai Centre, where Godfrey Nzamujo has built that most realisable utopia, a sustainable African village.
Wednesday 14th May

Benin: the pop idol and the voodoo forest

John Matshikiza, 14 May 2003
In the contrast between Benin’s roaring capital and the mysteries hanging round the town of Ouidah you catch the double profile of Africa today.
Monday 3rd February

New country, old story

John Matshikiza, 3 February 2003
The ears of our South African columnist are buzzing with talk of ‘black elites’ and ‘black empowerment’. But to his clear eyes, racial and social inequalities still dominate the lives of the country’s black majority.
Friday 13th December

Johannesburg: shanty city, instant city

John Matshikiza, 13 December 2002
Ugly, formless gold rush city requires great dreamer to shape its rainbow future.
Thursday 7th November

Where I am coming from

John Matshikiza, 7 November 2002
A decade after his return from exile, and eight years on from the country’s first free election, our South Africa-based columnist looks back in wonder and forward in hope.
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