The eminent Armenian composer Komitas, born Soghomon (Westernized as Solomon), clumsily flits in and out of Arman Nshanian’s “Songs of Solomon,” his figure used as a historical marker in a drama ...

JOHANNESBURGJOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s governing party said Wednesday it has asked all its wings to stop singing controversial songs including one with lyrics that encourage people to shoot white ...

The disbanding of the ANC in Gauteng could affect the party’s performance in the upcoming local government elections. This is the view of Sanet Solomon, a political analyst from the University of ...

ANC Secretary-General Gwede Mantashe told a news conference his party wanted “to clarify the hullabaloo about us gagging Julius Malema.” Beeld newspaper today quoted Mantashe as saying that he and ...

Johannesburg — IT IS now customary that whenever something controversial or unacceptable happens "culture" or "tradition" are brought in to explain away the mess and make the rest of us spellbound.

The party's national leaders were given a week to develop a proposal on reconfiguring the leadership for Gauteng and KZN. Sanet Solomon, a political analyst from the University of South Africa (Unisa) ...

The ruling party on Tuesday defended the singing of an apartheid-era song with the words "Kill the Boer" in a row that has raised fears of increasing racial polarisation. The African National Congress ...