The towering South African poet, activist and humanitarian Donato Francesco Mattera passed away on 18 July at the age of 86. What he represented to South Africa is far larger than his contribution to ...

The story of Sophiatown has been told before but never with the eloquence that Don Mattera brings to Memory is the Weapon. Many faces make up the whole that was Sophiatown: teeming with political ...

At the donation handover: The Edenvale SAPS, with Vispol Commander Lieutenant Colonel Shadrack Magcuntsu and commanders. To spread warmth this winter, Edenvale’s Crime Prevention Youth Desk (CPYD) ...

The Don Mattera Legacy Foundation (DMLF) has welcomed the proposed renaming of an Eldorado Park Street and a Westbury recreation centre after its patron, Dr Don Mattera. The award-winning poet and ...

Poet Don Mattera, jazz-singer Dorothy Masuka, singer and actress Abigail Kubeka, photographer Peter Magubane and jazz trumpet-player Stompie Manana were honoured today for their status as living ...