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Rooted in Morocco: Laurence Leenaert and Ayoub Boualam, the
husband and wife team behind LRNCE. Photos: Supplied

LRNCE and the politics of making slowly

Named Decorex Designer of the Year, LRNCE embodies a broader movement redefining African design through slowness, imperfection, and deeply collaborative craft practices

Set for the stage: Ndumiso Manana is preparing for the first leg of a nationwide tour that begins in Johannesburg before moving to East London, Makhanda for the National Arts Festival, Durban, Cape Town and Pretoria.  Photo: Supplied

Manana and the art of trusting the process

Fresh off his Standard Bank Young Artist win, Manana reflects on growth, collaboration and creating space for alternative sound in South Africa

As two major jazz festivals converge in the Western Cape, what seems like competition may reveal a deeper story of collaboration, resilience and creative possibility

Jazz in Sync: Why Festival “Competition” Could Be South Africa’s Greatest Collaboration

As two major jazz festivals converge in the Western Cape, what seems like competition may reveal a deeper story of collaboration, resilience and creative possibility

For Manana, touring is about more than performance. It’s about truth. “Live is the last real thing in music,” he says.

“Live is the last real thing”: Manana enters a warmer era

With live instruments and honest energy, Manana proves the stage is still where music tells the truth

Stellar performance: Last week, Jabulani Hadebe, known to the world as Sjava, chose this immersive, celestial space to introduce his latest body of work, iNkanyezi NeZinkanyezi,
translated as A Star Amongst the Stars. Photo: Supplied

A star among the stars

At the Wits Digital Dome, Sjava reflects on 10 years of music by placing himself not above but among the stars that shaped his journey

Saco executive director Unathi Lutshaba

SACO’s 2025 Conference explores the future of africa’s creative economy

SACO’s conference tackles pressing questions: who owns creativity, how can creatives thrive and what does an African-led creative economy look like?

Msaki and Jesse Clegg on friendship, chaos and creation

When two artists stopped planning and started listening, they found music, and meaning, in the natural disorder of life

Nomsa Mazwai and Rapsody in studio. Photos: Courtesy of Nomsa Mazwai

Nomisupasta and Rapsody: The collab that took 13 years

When Rapsody finally came to South Africa to record her latest album, something deeply meaningful and long-awaited took shape.

The spiritual hustle of Young Stunna

For the singer, making music is about finding the rhythm in chaos, love, respect and home

An outreach programme aimed at boosting participation in STEM subjects in Limpopo has highlighted the concerns and dreams of the next generation

Collaboration key to solving Africa’s science problems

An outreach programme aimed at boosting participation in STEM subjects in Limpopo has highlighted the concerns and dreams of the next generation

Cartier’s reimagined Révélation d’Une Panthère has hundreds of diamonds on its face. Photo: Supplied

Objects of Desire: Fierce and Fabulous

Fierce designs that are fabulously unique

Sabelo Mlangeni’s photographic essay of his experience at the “Royal House of Allure”.

A Different Now Is Close Enough To Exhale On You: Curating, according to Bonaventure

Goodman Gallery collaborates with International guest curator Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and the Umhlabathi Collective

Nike x Jacquemus collab: What to expect

The Nike x Jacquemus collaboration drops on Tuesday 28 June online. So far, no ludicrously tiny handbags in sight, but luxurious feminine twists on activewear that make this the…

At the heart of a strong business culture is an underlying sense of belonging and a common desire to serve people. (Photo by Annette Riedl/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Tips for understanding the world of Work 4.0

Collaboration and experimentation are key for the new workplace, particularly as nobody fully understands it yet

It is possible that people are tiring themselves out through their acceptance of collaborative engagements that do not necessarily lead to better organisational or development outcomes

Collaboration fatigue: Why saying yes means saying no

It is possible that people are tiring themselves out through their acceptance of collaborative engagements that do not necessarily lead to better organisational or development…

Youth unemployment rose to 43.8% among 15-to-34-year-olds in Q4 2025, even as the headline rate fell. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

A social compact is key to fighting rising unemployment and low growth

At its core, the social compact approach calls for increased co-operation and trust between business, labour, community and the government for the betterment of South Africa

Marcus Wyatt has been experimenting with new ways to make music for digital stages. (Photo: Stéphane Olivier Vuille)

The Happenstance at the House on the Hill

During the grind of lockdown, musicians exchanged notes on modes of creating through the barrier

Indaba Is joins the pantheon of Brownswood cross-continental compliations that have come to be time capsules, following on the heels of We Out Here (2018), Sunny Side Up (2019). (Artwork: Rendani Nemakhavhani)

Album review: ‘Indaba Is’, a rite of remembrance

The collaborative album Indaba Is, facilitated by Siyabonga Mthembu and Thandi Ntuli, is greater than the sum of its parts

Scienz of Life’s Project Overground features DOOM on the song Yikes

Who is this man? DOOM collaborator John Robinson on the Villain’s approach to life and art, part two

Living in Georgia in the US for a few years, John Robinson, aka Sci, built a close bond with DOOM. In this two-part interview, he reminisces on the moments they shared

Scienz of Life (left to right) Lil Sci (John Robinson), Inspector Willabee and I.D. 4 Windz (Invizible Handz) in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 2018. This is the last photo of all three Scienz Of Life members before the passing of Inspector Willabee in 2019. (Image courtesy of John Robinson)
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Who is this man? DOOM collaborator John Robinson on the Villain’s approach to life and art, part one

Living in Georgia in the US for a few years, John Robinson, aka Sci, built a close bond with DOOM. In this two-part interview, he reminisces on the moments they shared