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The 2020 Hugh Masekela Heritage Festival: The magic you find when truth and sound meet

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 12 Dec 2020

A raucous, reliable addition to the annual calendar, the Hugh Masekela Heritage Festival lives on online

‘Kartografi’: The testing of our boundaries

Friday Nkgopoleng Moloi - 11 Dec 2020

Scott Eric Williams's new art project challenges our ideas of mapping, moving into philosophical territory

Musical drama ‘Hlakanyana’ offers biting social comment

Friday Heather Dugmore - 11 Dec 2020

The theatre piece draws on folklore and an Afrofuturist world to interrogate social ills

‘Feline Philosophy’: A cat’s-eye view on life’s meaning

Friday Theresa Mallinson - 11 Dec 2020

In his latest book, philosopher John Gray examines how cats live according to their nature — and how us humans could benefit from emulating their (c)attitude

Don’t Miss: An update of in-person and virtual events

Friday Arts Desk - 11 Dec 2020

From ballet, to art exhibitions to podcasts, there’s plenty on offer in the cultural world to capture your attention this weekend

The Portfolio: Percy Mabandu

Friday Percy Mabandu - 11 Dec 2020

Writer and visual artist Percy Mabandu talks about the energy of his portrait of Bra Winston Mankuku Ngozi, entitled ‘The Bull’

The year the music died — almost

Friday Gwen Ansell - 11 Dec 2020

Half of the participants in a recent study on the live music industry are likely to quit their craft

Excerpt: ‘Taking a Six for a Nine: Sexual imagery in the Trinidad Calypso’

Friday Keith Warner - 4 Dec 2020

Keith Warner explores the sensual pulse of calypso, focusing on the Mighty Sparrow, in an essay from the ‘Erotique Noire’ collection

The Portfolio: Sabelo Mkhabela

Friday Sabelo Mkhabela - 4 Dec 2020

Sabelo Mkhabela, a ‘writer who can take photos’ tells us about the image he took of American rapper Joey Bada$$ at Oppikoppi in 2017

What’s the future for cinema?

Friday Tshegofatso Mathe - 4 Dec 2020

Industry experts say movie theatres will survive the effects of the lockdown only if more of them start providing an experience viewers can’t replicate at home

Xenergy: Domiciled in Shane Eagle’s universe

Friday Sabelo Mkhabela - 4 Dec 2020

With the pandemic crimping the flow of Xenergy, Shane Eagle has released a virtual performance in the form of a visual album

Picking up threads from the cutting room floor

Friday Nkgopoleng Moloi - 4 Dec 2020

Lesiba Mabitsela’s multidisciplinary project interrogates the influence of modernity through examining the intersections between fashion and architecture