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News in Brief – August 8-14
Bionic woman After being paralysed for 20 years, the first woman to receive Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain implant was able to write her name by using thought alone, The Debrief…
Woodrock café purrfecting Joburg one cat at a time
A café has created a cosy space for animal lovers to eat, work and lounge among 19 charming felines
Meditations on the interconnectedness of the earth, the body and spirituality
Buhlebezwe Siwani’s new exhibition is both a project for healing and an appreciation of traditional indigenous knowledge systems and medicine
Through the matriarchal gaze
In her paintings, Durban-born Charity Vilakazi offers a perspective on African societies with women as the drivers of social change and healing
In brief: A review of 2022
Let’s look back on key moments that shaped 2022
Stitching together femininity, history and community
An exhibition of tapestries handmade by women from an Eastern Cape village has made its way to Johannesburg, offering stories of healing, nature and survival
Book Review: Revenge for sexual abuse is in the eye of the beholder
Margie Orford’s latest thriller explores the ripple effects of crime and the intimate worlds of its victims
Zakes Mda’s latest exhibition Uza Nemvula celebrates ordinary people
The well-known author cherishes ordinary figures, healing, performance and his late great friend Hugh Masekela
Domestic workers the thread linking Mary Sibande and Dorothy Kay – two artists born a century apart
Dreaming Invisible Connections, a exhibition by postmodernist Mary Sibande and classical painter Dorothy Kay, highlights the domestic worker – in different ways
James Ngcobo’s second act
The actor and director who saved The Market during the pandemic is enthusiastic about his new job as head of Joburg City Theatres
Visibility and inclusion matters
Well-known people with albinism are changing the way society sees those with this skin condition
Reframing rape through the lens of magical realism
Elisa Iannacone, herself a rape survivor, gives other survivors the power to present their stories through her photographic exhibition
Your world in brief: Big Macs and snake karma
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More than just a book festival
After a two-year hiatus, the Franschhoek Literary Festival is once again face to face. Some literary icons tell us about their favourite spots at the book event
Your world in brief: Fenty Beauty hits Africa and a load-shedding wife swap
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