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The cyclical politics of help

Friday Zaza Hlalethwa - 24 Jun 2020

Black women and trans artists are worthy of support but it should not come with terms and restrictions

Moguls in their lifetime: The making of SA Hip-Hop Story

Friday Tseliso Monaheng - 21 Jun 2020

This new docu-series by Diliza Moabi, which began airing on SABC1 at the beginning of the month, allows the new generation to lead in telling their stories

‘Abantu: Before Humans’: The BLK JKS tread new turf

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 20 Jun 2020

The second album from BLK JKS captures the band’s strengths, weaknesses and sonic vision

Busi Mhlongo, Goddam!

Friday Niren Tolsi - 18 Jun 2020

It’s been a decade since Busi Mhlongo succumbed to cancer. Niren Tolsi reflects on her life and the singular connection she formed with her audiences

Review: Macingwanes’s salutations to the cosmos

Friday Sandile Ngidi - 18 Jun 2020

Pleiades: Isilimela, the latest poetry collection by Vusi Mchunu — who writes under his clan name, Macingwane — is a deeply personal meditation

Online allyship: a broken game of do like I do

Friday Zaza Hlalethwa - 17 Jun 2020

The idea of displaying solidarity by posting a black square on Instagram hijacked the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag with a performative display of allyship

The long journey of Elsa Joubert

Friday Arts Desk - 16 Jun 2020

The acclaimed and prolific South African author, whose 1978 book The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena confronted the hardships of apartheid, has died

The Portfolio: Puleng Mongale

Friday Puleng Mongale - 16 Jun 2020

The artist is drawn to collage because it allows her to be as complex and layered as she wants to be

Look back to live forward

Friday Lehlohonolo Peega - 11 Jun 2020

After being asked to imagine a different ikasi, Lehlohonolo Peega questions our memory

Tell black queer love stories also

Friday Zaza Hlalethwa - 11 Jun 2020

A Secret Love is a fine depiction of white queer romance, but it lacks global resonance

Fighting a way out of Covid-19

Friday Zaza Hlalethwa & Kwanele Sosibo - 11 Jun 2020

Artists are trying new ways of working, with few of them able to access state relief funds

The List: A peek at the Stevenson library

Friday Zaza Hlalethwa - 11 Jun 2020

Stevenson gallery staff took to Instagram to share a small selection of literature guiding their “respective journeys towards listening, learning and confronting bias”