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The Portfolio: Nanna Venter

Friday Nanna Venter - 20 Aug 2020

‘Artsronaut’ Nanna Venter lets us in on her process for designing book covers, including for Lauren Beukes’s ‘Afterland’

Re-memoring Madibuseng

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 1 Nov 2019

We re-examine Lebo Mathosa’s legacy as a biopic about the singer’s life hits our screens

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Fela in Versace: how popular culture is driving 21st century pan-Africanism

Article Siphokazi Magadla - 25 May 2019

When the AU is making promising strides in realising African integration through the adoption of pop culture, what lessons should be taken from them?

Botes takes on a giant subject

Article Shaun De Waal - 12 Apr 2019

The artist uses his trademark comic-book style and a touch of Goya to address Marikana

Connecting through silence with Zoë Modiga

Article Sabelo Mkhabela - 3 Aug 2018

Zoë Modiga’s sound played through headphones cuts any distance between her and the audience

Childish Gambino shows us America

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 11 May 2018

'This is America' comes amid the world’s leisurely smartphone view of the United States’ ongoing political and cultural pandemonium.

The delicious sounds of fiction

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 3 Nov 2017

The musical duo Darkie Fiction produces truly nourishing — truly South African — food for the millennial soul

Red Bull Culture Clash: The beat of two cities

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Sep 2017

If Atlanta was a taste of what’s to come, Orlando Stadium is going to explode like never before

Trans-shaming by public figures ‘worsens the prejudice’

Article Carl Collison - 25 Aug 2017

Queerphobia in the media has been in the spotlight again this week after radio presenter Criselda Dudumashe misgendered her trans audience members

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The church of iNice Time and blessings

Article Staff Reporter - 25 Aug 2017

On their album AKA and Anatii keep the tradition of hip-hop spirituality and prosperity

Mr Tap’s vision to inspire others

Article Staff Reporter - 18 Aug 2017

Aubrey Poopedi defies the odds of blindness, and reaches the firmament of greatness as a rapper

Our stories, if told by us, help heal us

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Jul 2017

“At its essence the name alludes to the ‘For Us By Us’ attitude that comes with this project. The lens is not one of an outsider looking in."

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Heard it on the radio: Musicians need the airwaves to make it

Article Sabelo Mkhabela - 21 Mar 2017

Artists may one day make it by releasing their music on the internet, but radio is still king.

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For better or worse, SA rap has become all about the money

Article Sabelo Mkhabela - 24 Feb 2017

Dodging politics, the new struggle for local hip-hop artists is for freedom through material wealth

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Can we get more South Africa in our hip-hop? It’s time to stop picking up stompies.

Article Govan Whittles - 12 Aug 2016

The United States’ influence on culture is far-reaching, and Mzansi rappers have not escaped its clutches.

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The tender that keeps on giving

Athandiwe Saba - 18 Sep 2020

A battle between three North West departments has exposed how a firm was paid half a billion rand (and counting) for a R122-million contract

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SANDF mum on serial rapist claim

Sabelo Skiti - 17 Sep 2020

An internal report on sexual offences at a military academy says the defence force failed a deceased rape victim and has called for an internal investigation

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SA’s level best: Welcome to the new normal

Lester Kiewit - 17 Sep 2020

It’s a lifestyle that South Africans will have to maintain as the country navigates an almost post-lockdown situation in which the coronavirus remains very alive and active

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Request for Quotation for Benguela Current Convention Secretariat

special reports - 19 Sep 2020

A chartered aircraft for an aerial survey and counting software for cape fur seals and seabirds in Angola, Namibia and South Africa is required

Special Reports

Fifteen additional speakers for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

SingularityU hosts global line-up with an extra 15 speakers to address thought-provoking topics to help solve the world's grand challenges

Special Reports

Recyling water and waste management

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

One solution to South Africa's water shortage is to install infrastructure that will save rainwater from run-off into the stormwater system

Special Reports

Covid-19 and CVD: The heart in the time of crisis

special reports - 18 Sep 2020

The pandemic has been a time of great humility for health workers and tactics have had to be changed if they weren’t working

Special Reports

POPIA: it’s not as scary as you think

special reports - 16 Sep 2020

Companies that get proactive about compliance are creating huge strategic advantages for themselves — they are able to reduce operational costs

Special Reports

CUT declared as medium risk

special reports - 15 Sep 2020

‘Our major challenge at the university is the access to appropriate technology and internet connectivity for our students’

Special Reports

Headline Speakers announced for SingularityU SA Online Summit 2020

special reports - 12 Sep 2020

SingularityU announces multi-national line up with world-renowned speakers addressing ground-breaking topics to solve the global grand challenges

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JSE lists two new global ETFs

special reports - 11 Sep 2020

'Impact investing has become increasingly topical and for us to provide investors with access to sustainable investment options is a key focus'