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Review: The land is not to be outdone in ‘Dust’

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 17 Sep 2020

Pieter du Plessis’s post-apocalyptic film throws up some interesting questions, but it also needs to work a little harder

Review: ‘Vukazithathe’, a portrait of the maskandi artist as a mentor and friend

Friday Dave Mann - 4 Jul 2020

Nthato Mokgata’s documentary ‘Vukazithate’, showing online at the National Arts Festival, tells an intimate story of his mentor and maskandi legend, Bhekisenzo “Vukazithathe” Cele

Review: ‘Swan Song’, a brutally vulnerable performance

Friday Sarah Roberson - 3 Jul 2020

Buhle Ngaba’s ‘Swan Song’, showing online at the virtual National Arts Festival, explores the rawness of heartbreak, and of life

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

Queen Sono moers the dudes

Article Zaza & Kwanele Sosibo - 28 Feb 2020

The spy drama with its kick-ass heroine Queen Sono shows the continent in a new light

The Portfolio: Gilli Apter

Article Gilli Apter - 28 Feb 2020

South African comedian, writer and director Gilli Apter speaks about how hilarious content requires constant writing and feedback from the comedy community

Slice of life: Dumped: Popcorn, sex and gold

Article Sipho Kings - 29 Nov 2019

A look at what was once a landmark on Johannesburg’s horizon and central part of the Egoli story

Joker, the far right and popular culture

Article Paul Stocker - 5 Nov 2019

Why did the movie become a new cultural touchstone for the alt-right?

‘Game Changers’ review: What’s the beef?

Article Luke Feltham - 31 Oct 2019

‘The Game Changers’ is a peculiar trip down the path of athletes on a plant-based diet that has got everyone else in a tizzy

Skills deficit undermines 4IR promises

Article Angelo Fick - 30 Aug 2019

Technology is not necessarily the panacea it’s said to be, de-skilling further the under-skilled

Stan Lee, Marvel legend and father of superheroes, dies at 95

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Nov 2018

Lee rose through the ranks to become a comics writer — making millions of superhero fans dream of his fantastic universes

Jabu Nadia Newman’s exhibition asks what’s in a name?

Article Rofhiwa Maneta - 10 Aug 2018

An exhibition explores how and why the photographer’s family name shifted from Mokwena to MacQuena in the 1960s

Artistic odes to the individual

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 4 May 2018

Skin Diver defies many mainstream texts that encourage us to embrace our uniqueness promote an othering of those who are considered the norm.

Avengers: Infinity capitalism

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Apr 2018

Over and over old tropes are trotted our in films, with modern and “civilised” always triumphing. But what is the new definition of “civilised”?

Black Panther is more than just representation

Article Zukiswa Wanner - 23 Feb 2018

It has awoken in me a sense of pride and dignity I had no idea I had lost from all those many years of being erased in international public discourse

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special reports - 23 Oct 2020

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Disrupt the corrupt

special reports - 22 Oct 2020

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special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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Combatting wildlife crime in Southern Africa activity annual programme statement (APS) No. 04

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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special reports - 19 Oct 2020

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special reports - 16 Oct 2020

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