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Kruger Shalati: The Train on the Bridge retains two Michelin Keys, putting people at the heart of its success

Kruger Shalati: The Train on the Bridge has retained its prestigious two Michelin Keys, highlighting world-class hospitality driven by exceptional local talent in the heart of…

Sunnier forecast: Langa Mavuso’s album Therapy was written in the wake of his partner’s death. Now, a year later, he releases Therapy: The Other Side, his progress report. Photos: Supplied

Langa Mavuso is on the other side of grief

Marking a decade in music, award-winning singer Langa Mavuso releases ‘Therapy: The Other Side’, shifting from mourning and heartbreak to joy, abundance, and theatrical stagecraft.

Leap of faith: Ndia Magadagela the co-founder of Everlectric, a South African company that provides electric vehicles to businesses through a leasing service. Photos: Supplied

Ndia Magadagela on the art of betting on yourself

Everlectric co-founder Ndia Magadagela shares key lessons on leaving a comfortable corporate career, taking calculated risks, and building an electric vehicle business in South…

Creative: Festival founder Mbali Mashaba (inset) created a platform where people get to network, find collaborators and funders through a shared love for short films. Photos: Supplied

An African city takes centre stage at this year’s Reel to Reality Film Festival

Returning for its sixth edition across Johannesburg and Cape Town, the Reel to Reality Film Festival explores 'An African City' with a bold lineup of screenings, retrospectives,…

Sisonke Xonti finds his way back to the light

Acclaimed saxophonist Sisonke Xonti reflects on fatherhood, family loss, and finding resilience as he returns with his third studio album, uKholo.

True colours: Thami Dish knows what it means to be perceived as dramatic, loud or difficult. But rather than apologising for those qualities, he sees them as another way of insisting on being heard. Photos: Supplied

Thami Dish is still making room for queer voices

Almost two decades since founding the Feather Awards, Thami Dish Willis reflects on the journey from knocking on doors for sponsorship to building an enduring institution…

Gig Guide: The weekend is for the 12th African Women Writers’ Symposium, Mimi Mtshali to perform Khaya Lami, ICA Live Art Festival returns, Our Origin Festival 2026 and Zoë Modiga returns with When The Rain Comes

Discover South Africa's top cultural events, featuring the Our Origin Festival in the Cradle of Humankind, jazz by Mimi Mtshali, Zoë Modiga's latest music, the African Women…

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Ex-gang leader sentenced to 40 years to life for Tupac Shakur’s 1996 murder

Former gang leader Duane 'Keffe D' Davis has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for orchestrating the 1996 Las Vegas drive-by shooting that killed hip-hop icon Tupac…

Indelible storyteller: Pilani is a singer-songwriter, poet and TV presenter with seven albums behind her and an eighth on the way. She has a Sama on the shelf, four Netflix syncs to her name and performances in more than 25 countries across Europe and Africa.  She also founded the Folklore Festival. Photos: Supplied

Pilani Bubu is defying gravity

Award-winning musician Pilani Bubu has spent 15 years writing her own playbook. As she releases her introspective new single 'Caged Heart', she reflects on creative independence,…

Fit for femininity: There is romance and occasion in Kobi Halperin‘s work and pieces that feel designed for the life of a woman. Photos: Supplied

Paris, fashion and the woman I carry with me

Media personality Nomalanga Shozi reflects on her first Paris Fashion Week experience, the power of MaXhosa Africa's runway debut, and finding cultural resonance in Kobi…

Musical life: Miriam Altman started by playing classic music, opera . . . then corporate. Now she’s into jazz. Photos: Supplied

Miriam Altman is finding a voice beyond the boardroom

Known for her leadership in economics and business, Miriam Altman makes an unexpected pivot to jazz with her debut album, The Butterfly Project, exploring themes of renewal and…

Exhibition: Sabelo Mlangeni turns our gaze towards the architectural heritage of South Beach . . . his camera does not disguise the attraction. Photos: Niamh Walsh-Vorster

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…

Jewellery for the face. Photo by Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash

Five ways to give your summer wardrobe a refresh

As warmer weather arrives, refresh your wardrobe with five bold statement essentials, including barrel jeans, retro football shirts, and the must-have Adidas Samba Jane.

Gig Guide: Sun Quintet return with Winter Sun, Olefied Khetha features Big Zulu on iStep Father Remix, 20 years of Back To The City and Vuyo Viwe is holding up a mirror of reflection

Back To The City marks 20 years with an all-star hip-hop line-up, alongside fresh releases from Sun Quintet, Olefied Khetha featuring Big Zulu, and Vuyo Viwe.

Freddie Jackson, R&B singer behind Rock Me Tonight, dies at 70

Acclaimed American R&B and soul singer Freddie Jackson, best known for timeless hits including 'Rock Me Tonight' and 'You Are My Lady', has died at the age of 70.

Tributes pour in for Babsy Mlangeni who died at age 83

Tributes are pouring in for legendary South African singer, guitarist, and songwriter Babsy Mlangeni, who has passed away at the age of 83 following a short illness.

The names Robben Island refuses to let history forget

The Robben Island Museum's Wall of Remembrance is restoring the names and legacies of unsung apartheid-era political prisoners, including Black Consciousness activist Lusiba…

Finding her footing: Zolani Mahola says the joyfulness and sense of reclamation so evident in her upcoming album are the product of years of internal work, during which she investigated her own identity and purpose. Photo: Aron Halevi

Zolani Mahola wants to shatter your idea of her

Former Freshlyground lead singer Zolani Mahola opens up about her joyful upcoming album 'People Power', healing after divorce, reconnecting with her ancestors, and reclaiming her…

Expectant: Boemo Diale creating worlds in her studio. There is a sense of keeping her womb warm before it releases the world she’s creating, which consists of 11 paintings and seven ceramics. Photos: Supplied

Boemo Diale explores inheritance, memory and the making of new worlds

In her solo exhibition 'So Quick the Crocodile Has Eaten the Sun', artist Boemo Diale delves into maternal structures, Tswana cosmology, and memory to explore how inherited…

Exhibition: Sixty years after District Six was declared a white area, its former residents and their descendants still carry its street names, stories and relationships with them. Jimi Matthews’s photographs caught the landscape while that destruction was taking place.

The photographs that connect two histories of displacement

Veteran photographer Jimi Matthews pairs his archive of apartheid-era forced removals in District Six with intimate portraits of daily life and resilience in Palestine in a…