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Thembeka Heidi Sincuba
Black folk frolicking - on Sabelo Mlangeni’s ‘Honeymoon’
In 'Honeymoon. The happily ever after?' at KZNSA Gallery, photographer Sabelo Mlangeni captures black joy, leisure, and desire alongside Durban's contradictions, scars, and…
The women history forgot are still here
Marking 70 years since the 1956 Women's March, an exhibition of Alf Kumalo's photography explores the depth, joy, and defiance of the women who fought against apartheid pass laws.
The KZN Art Fair wants your money. Just don't ask them for a seat at the table
The inaugural KZN Art Fair aimed to be a vehicle for exploring the South African art market, but its approach to student access and its choice of location raise questions about…
Zakes Bantwini on pain, praise and the power of Dance Music
Zakes Bantwini opens up about the sounds that saved him, the genres he helped shape, and the festival experience he’s building for South Africa
Pride, protest and power: Who really owns queer liberation in Joburg?
Amid boycotts and protests, queer Joburg found something radical at Zoo Lake — a Pride rooted in love, agency and authenticity
Glitching the future at Fak’ugesi Festival
Fak’ugesi 2025 turns South Africa’s digital paradox into a creative power surge, spotlighting African innovators who are rewriting the global tech narrative
A day of art, vibes and black joy
BMW Art Generation fused music, fashion and community ambiance in an event that outshone traditional notions of art
Hotstix, hot legacy
From Burn Out to BMW Art Generation, Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse remains a cultural giant shaping South Africa’s sound and spirit.
The garden that eats Frantz Fanon
Artist Nolan Oswald Dennis’s installation turns theory into soil, questioning who gets to decide what’s important — and why
Walter Oltmann and the alchemy of wire
What does it mean to truly take your time? Artist shows us through a devotion to detail that transforms everyday materials into meditations on life, loss and transformation
Clay Formes and the resurgence of African sculptural traditions
Olivia Barrell’s gallery and book reclaim clay’s place in art history, grounded in care and curation
Siyazila: Siyababa Atelier and the sacred syntax of style
Mtshali’s latest collection renders death not as absence, but presence — grief draped in beauty, ritual and defiance
Ukubekezela: Mapping a fractured terrain
Senzeni Marasela’s ‘Waiting and Remembering’ uses her alter ego, Theodorah, and textiles to explore themes of loss, memory and black South African womanhood
In the Shadow of the Gallery: Art, power and the fight for Johannesburg’s soul
Johannesburg Art Gallery’s decay reveals deeper cracks in South Africa’s cultural and political institutions
Print isn’t dead, it’s decolonised: Inside SA’s emerging zine scene
Youth zines form a movement reclaiming black narratives and cultural space