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Youlendree Appasamy
Youlendree Appasamy is a freelance writer and journalist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Artist Proof Studio: Rethinking what a future South Africa could look like
The Artist Proof Studio’s FNB Art Joburg Open City pop-up event takes place this weekend at Radisson Red in Rosebank
New ways of dreaming with iwalewabooks
iwalewabooks offers artists, cultural workers and academics a roving space to explore aesthetic and intellectually rigorous modes of publishing
‘The Making of Mount Edgecombe’: A view of history from below
Indian indentured labourers’ lives are celebrated in a new book, Sugar Mill Barracks: The Making of Mount Edgecombe
Mother of Azania carried love in her heart
Were she alive, she would have shared the award with everybody
Veronica Sobukwe’s guiding ethos
Robert Sobukwe’s wife was an activist, and she looked after the children while he was incarcerated
Mama Sobukwe’s legacy lives on
‘She is the embodiment of humanity; evidently, as a nurse, but above all, as a mother of Azania’
South African art yearns for caring conservators
“We live in a culturally rich space, yet most of the time our preservation of it is poor.”
NSA conference strengthens ties in the skills development landscape
‘We need to create clear linkages between education, teaching and the world of work’
Rethinking demand-led skills development in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
South Africa is on track to meet the NDP goal in terms of doctoral graduates
National Skills Authority Awards 2019
The awards honour those who are equipping young South Africans with vital skills
A humble helping hand in the NSA
‘Ultimately, we’re stronger when we have one common vision’
Art-making and world-building in Kaliyu-topia
Kiveshan Thumbiran sat with Youlendree Appasamy to talk through his art-making process, which is a combination of digital, video and printmaking.
Kaliyu-topia: Displacement questioned at the end of days
An epic first solo show attempts to establish a visual vernacular that South African Indians can relate to
Classic dance tells struggle heroine’s story
Using a dance form with ties to raising one’s chances of married, the performance tackled societal norms that shape South African Indian femininity
2017 Young Farmer Awards winner – Vilakazi Farming Business Enterprise
‘Farming is life, and some of us black women are making it in what used to be a man’s world’