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Cape Town

Diary: Lauren Hendricks is all jazzed up, Kwesta’s new Joy, Capitec handmadeAFRICA returns
Friday
/ 11 April 2025

Diary: Lauren Hendricks is all jazzed up, Kwesta’s new Joy, Capitec handmadeAFRICA returns

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Lebo M’s legacy goes live
Friday
/ 9 April 2025

Lebo M’s legacy goes live

The multi-talented South African musician is set to celebrate his career with a performance in Cape Town

By Lesego Chepape
Kafka’s Ape is brave, gripping, important theatre
Friday
/ 7 April 2025

Kafka’s Ape is brave, gripping, important theatre

In a one-man show that has been touring the world for years, a larger-than-life actor offers theatre at its pure, raw, fearless best

By Keith Bain
Kenny G is coming to town
Friday
/ 2 April 2025

Kenny G is coming to town

He is bringing his timeless, smooth jazz and universal connections to our stages later this year

By Lesego Chepape
Cape Town locals want tax on digital nomads to balance high housing costs
National
/ 28 March 2025

Cape Town locals want tax on digital nomads to balance high housing costs

Residents say rental prices have increased drastically and accuse authorities of making the city a tourist destination at the expense of locals

By Umamah Bakharia
Diary: Jazz in the Lights, Dance for all, Street art in Maboneng
Friday
/ 28 March 2025

Diary: Jazz in the Lights, Dance for all, Street art in Maboneng

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Kibo Ngowi
A daily battle: Commuters still suffer from apartheid spatial planning
Thought Leader
/ 27 March 2025

A daily battle: Commuters still suffer from apartheid spatial planning

For many people in South Africa, getting to work on time is a daily struggle which costs them a chunk of their earnings.

By Phano Liphoto
Jazz in the key of freedom
Friday
/ 20 March 2025

Jazz in the key of freedom

Kesivan Naidoo blends local jazz with global influences to mark 30 years of democracy

By Kibo Ngowi
Diary: Edgar Muzah and Friends, Nybosse’s Debut Single NgiHappy Ngawe, Bongi Mvuyana performs in Cape Town and Joburg
Friday
/ 14 March 2025

Diary: Edgar Muzah and Friends, Nybosse’s Debut Single NgiHappy Ngawe, Bongi Mvuyana performs in Cape Town and Joburg

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape and Kibo Ngowi
Diary: Usha Seejarim at Southern Guild, Zoë Modiga empowers her voice, Onset Music Group releases Voicenote
Friday
/ 7 March 2025

Diary: Usha Seejarim at Southern Guild, Zoë Modiga empowers her voice, Onset Music Group releases Voicenote

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Tuiskoms: Finding healing in humour
Friday
/ 5 March 2025

Tuiskoms: Finding healing in humour

Series captures the complexity of grief, family and rediscovery through love

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Cape Town’s budget is pro-poor
Opinion
/ 3 March 2025

Cape Town’s budget is pro-poor

The auditor general recently commented in her audit report that Cape Town is exceeding every target for service delivery in townships

By Geordin Hill-Lewis
When art breaks the frame
Friday
/ 28 February 2025

When art breaks the frame

What happens when artists challenge beauty, publishing and politics? A fair like no other

By Kibo Ngowi
Sue Williamson’s retrospective: Art as witness to history
Friday
/ 28 February 2025

Sue Williamson’s retrospective: Art as witness to history

Her work confronts South Africa’s past, blending art, activism and memory

By Zada Hanmer
Anelisa Mangcu is weaving art into legacy
Friday
/ 17 February 2025

Anelisa Mangcu is weaving art into legacy

Her gallery, Under the Aegis, is intended to nurture artists and build the community

By Kibo Ngowi
Cape Town Art Fair returns with new galleries, global talent and playful theme
Friday
/ 13 February 2025

Cape Town Art Fair returns with new galleries, global talent and playful theme

The theme for the Investec Cape Town Art Fair, which is taking place from 21 to 23 February at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, is ‘play’

By Kibo Ngowi
Lorin Sookool: A provocateur, a storyteller
Friday
/ 12 February 2025

Lorin Sookool: A provocateur, a storyteller

Her powerful double bill confronts colonial legacies through bold choreography that refuses easy answers

By Lesego Chepape
Diary: Entries open for NEA Young Performer Awards, Requiem for the Impossible premieres in Cape Town, Kyle Shepherd Trio at Untitled Basement
Friday
/ 7 February 2025

Diary: Entries open for NEA Young Performer Awards, Requiem for the Impossible premieres in Cape Town, Kyle Shepherd Trio at Untitled Basement

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Kibo Ngowi
A reshoot of Ernest Cole
Friday
/ 30 January 2025

A reshoot of Ernest Cole

Three decades after his death the apartheid-era maverick photographer is still revealing himself

By Sean O Toole
Young, black and reclaiming the gallery scene
Friday
/ 24 January 2025

Young, black and reclaiming the gallery scene

They are breaking down the barriers to what have long been seen as exclusionary spaces

By Kibo Ngowi
Kaytranada headlines first Milk and Cookies Festival in South Africa
Friday
/ 10 January 2025

Kaytranada headlines first Milk and Cookies Festival in South Africa

The DJ-producer had Cape Town in a dance frenzy and on Saturday it’s Johannesburg’s turn

By Busi Lethole
KZN and Western Cape water woes under control, for now, ahead of  festive season
The Green Guardian
/ 5 December 2024

KZN and Western Cape water woes under control, for now, ahead of  festive season

Both Durban and Cape Town are enjoying some respite from high levels of E.Coli in beach water

By Lyse Comins
South Africa’s G20 presidency will focus on climate change and Africa’s development problems
Business
/ 3 December 2024

South Africa’s G20 presidency will focus on climate change and Africa’s development problems

The focus would also be on Africa’s high debt levels, financing the just energy transition and the strategic use of critical minerals

By Anathi Madubela
Joburg: A beloved, magnificent cesspit
Friday
/ 18 November 2024

Joburg: A beloved, magnificent cesspit

Nickolaus Bauer’s book on Johannesburg shows both its wonders and its scabrous underbelly

By Rodney Ghobril
A new species of performance for unruly play about Cape’s human-baboon conflict
Friday
/ 28 October 2024

A new species of performance for unruly play about Cape’s human-baboon conflict

Theatre offers an unlikely space for Cape Peninsula communities to connect and deal with the problem of living with baboons

By Isabel Olson
Eskom withdraws from Cape Town informal settlement after second attack
Crime
/ 23 October 2024

Eskom withdraws from Cape Town informal settlement after second attack

On Monday, a security vehicle escorting the power utility’s workers into the area was hijacked

By Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
Einstein Fix is a paradoxical podcast that’s a symphony of exuberance
Friday
/ 18 October 2024

Einstein Fix is a paradoxical podcast that’s a symphony of exuberance

A new podcast tells the story of an enterprising asylum seeker with joy and anguish

By Charles Leonard
‘I’m not someone you can pity’
Friday
/ 4 October 2024

‘I’m not someone you can pity’

Louise Westerhout speaks about her challenging art and — the art of dying without fear

By Lesego Chepape
Diary: Joburg Ballet comes to Cape Town, Phillemon Hlungwani to showcase at Everard Read gallery, jazz at the UKZN Centre for Jazz and Popular Music
Friday
/ 27 September 2024

Diary: Joburg Ballet comes to Cape Town, Phillemon Hlungwani to showcase at Everard Read gallery, jazz at the UKZN Centre for Jazz and Popular Music

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Diary: Ardmore Studio’s Armoured Warriors, Nominations open for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, Javett-UP presents We, The Purple this September
Friday
/ 20 September 2024

Diary: Ardmore Studio’s Armoured Warriors, Nominations open for Twyg Sustainable Fashion Awards, Javett-UP presents We, The Purple this September

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Heard the one about the quiz show about smart politicians?
Friday
/ 19 September 2024

Heard the one about the quiz show about smart politicians?

A new comedy quiz show in Cape Town will make you laugh and think

By Charles Leonard
Provincial commissioners need more authority, KZN police chief Mkhwanazi tells Senzo Mchunu
National
/ 22 August 2024

Provincial commissioners need more authority, KZN police chief Mkhwanazi tells Senzo Mchunu

The lieutenant-general is adamant that delegating the recruitment and structuring of police to SAPS provincial offices is crucial to quality policing

By Des Erasmus
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