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Taking back the Soweto night with Nomsa Mazwai and Rapsody
Friday
/ 26 July 2025

Taking back the Soweto night with Nomsa Mazwai and Rapsody

A winter night walk through the township with Rapsody and Nomsa Mazwai reveals the power of protest, purpose and collective joy

By Kibo Ngowi
Success is spelt Sarkodie
Friday
/ 25 July 2025

Success is spelt Sarkodie

The Ghanaian musician is label-free, legacy-focused and making global moves that are on his own terms

By Kibo Ngowi
Nomisupasta and Rapsody: The collab that took 13 years
Friday
/ 25 July 2025

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.

By Kibo Ngowi
Diary: Tutu Puoane to tour in South Africa, Cold Chinese Food set to release new album in July and The Capitec handmadeAFRICA at Decorex
Friday
/ 25 July 2025

Diary: Tutu Puoane to tour in South Africa, Cold Chinese Food set to release new album in July and The Capitec handmadeAFRICA at Decorex

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
The arts of Senzeni Marasela and life of Theodorah
Friday
/ 24 July 2025

The arts of Senzeni Marasela and life of Theodorah

Why Theodorah remains an evolving figure in artist Senzeni Marasela’s practice

By Lesego Chepape
Giants: A story of faith, family and football
Friday
/ 24 July 2025

Giants: A story of faith, family and football

Giants is a stunning portrait of players, families and the emotional cost of chasing greatness on and off the field

By S’bo Gyre
The spiritual hustle of Young Stunna
Friday
/ 23 July 2025

The spiritual hustle of Young Stunna

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

By Lesego Chepape
Clay Formes and the resurgence of African sculptural traditions
Friday
/ 22 July 2025

Clay Formes and the resurgence of African sculptural traditions

Olivia Barrell’s gallery and book reclaim clay’s place in art history, grounded in care and curation

By Thembeka Heidi Sincuba
Shaka iLembe: Inside the writer’s war room
Friday
/ 18 July 2025

Shaka iLembe: Inside the writer’s war room

The film returns with cinematic ambition, cultural depth and storytelling that honours memory as much as history

By Kulani Nkuna
Diary: Aldo Brincat at the Market Theatre, NYO Jazz releases new album and Kabza De Small set to release Kabza Chant 2.0
Friday
/ 18 July 2025

Diary: Aldo Brincat at the Market Theatre, NYO Jazz releases new album and Kabza De Small set to release Kabza Chant 2.0

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Mashika tracks spiritual sounds
Friday
/ 17 July 2025

Mashika tracks spiritual sounds

Zethu Mashika crafts soundtracks that stir the soul, and it all began with one lucky night

By Busi Lethole
Francis Nyamnjoh’s novel a new grace for the old order
Friday
/ 17 July 2025

Francis Nyamnjoh’s novel a new grace for the old order

Echoes of Grace is a coming-of-age tale where faith, ancestry, and mentorship shape a young girl’s path to purpose

By Ahmet Sait Akcay
Haidar Eid on writing about Gaza: ‘Resistance means existence’
Friday
/ 17 July 2025

Haidar Eid on writing about Gaza: ‘Resistance means existence’

Haidar Eid’s ‘Banging on the Walls of the Tank’ weaves grief with political insight of Israel’s war

By Aarti Bhana
The art of holding space: Relebogile Mabotja on love, loss and Untied
Friday
/ 16 July 2025

The art of holding space: Relebogile Mabotja on love, loss and Untied

Relebogile Mabotja holds space for loss and healing in her deeply empathetic series Untied

By Lesego Chepape
The world through Calvin Ratladi’s eyes
Friday
/ 15 July 2025

The world through Calvin Ratladi’s eyes

The playwright sees beyond the script, conjuring ghosts of land, legacy and loss in ‘Breakfast with Mugabe’

By Keith Bain
China: The future woven into the present
Friday
/ 13 July 2025

China: The future woven into the present

A trip to China shows that futuristic technology is being quietly incorporated into everyday life

By Aarti Bhana
Nyakallo Maleke and the gentle radicalism of drawing as care
Friday
/ 11 July 2025

Nyakallo Maleke and the gentle radicalism of drawing as care

A tender meditation on care, memory and materiality, this artist’s work invites us to slow down and feel the soul

By Lesego Chepape
Jonathon Rees: Finding stillness in a note
Friday
/ 11 July 2025

Jonathon Rees: Finding stillness in a note

Photographer’s images are a soulful visual tribute to South African jazz

By Lesego Chepape
Diary: Mandisi Dyantyis goes symphonic with the Cape Town Philharmonic, Lumanyano Mzi debuts Ithemba Elitsha at The Basement, Riaad Moosa brings What’s the Point? to Durban.
Friday
/ 11 July 2025

Diary: Mandisi Dyantyis goes symphonic with the Cape Town Philharmonic, Lumanyano Mzi debuts Ithemba Elitsha at The Basement, Riaad Moosa brings What’s the Point? to Durban.

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Kibo Ngowi
Else Berg: Restitution of a modernist voice silenced by the Holocaust
Friday
/ 10 July 2025

Else Berg: Restitution of a modernist voice silenced by the Holocaust

A painting finds a new home honouring the artist’s modernist legacy and tragic fate

By Bongo Mei
Scoring faith: Musa Mhlongo on composing for Genesis
Friday
/ 8 July 2025

Scoring faith: Musa Mhlongo on composing for Genesis

The composer of Mzansi Magic’s Genesis talks faith, sound and storytelling in South Africa’s latest gospel-infused telenovela

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Don’t read this in the second bedroom
Friday
/ 7 July 2025

Don’t read this in the second bedroom

The Gambling Animal offers a sharp, unsettling look at human irrationality, risk-taking and the ecological consequences of gambling with our future

By Rodney Ghobril
DJ Doowap is lighting up global dance floors with bacardi music
Friday
/ 4 July 2025

DJ Doowap is lighting up global dance floors with bacardi music

From Pretoria’s streets to global stages, DJ Doowap is remixing culture, sound and style with unstoppable bacardi energy

By Lesego Chepape
Campbell Meas is done waiting
Friday
/ 4 July 2025

Campbell Meas is done waiting

A candid look at Campbell Meas’s journey navigating creativity, identity and the challenges of breaking into the arts industry

By Busi Lethole
Diary:  Comedy Jam at The Houghton Hotel in August,  Vuma Levin returns with new album Allegories, Black Coffee at Hey Neighbour
Friday
/ 4 July 2025

Diary:  Comedy Jam at The Houghton Hotel in August,  Vuma Levin returns with new album Allegories, Black Coffee at Hey Neighbour

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Siyazila: Siyababa Atelier and the sacred syntax of style
Friday
/ 1 July 2025

Siyazila: Siyababa Atelier and the sacred syntax of style

Mtshali’s latest collection renders death not as absence, but presence — grief draped in beauty, ritual and defiance

By Thembeka Heidi Sincuba
Between the lines: What South African stories reveal about men’s mental health
Friday
/ 1 July 2025

Between the lines: What South African stories reveal about men’s mental health

What happens when men can’t ask for help? These South African books offer raw, revealing answers

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Faces and Phases of Resilience’ gives a frank account of SA past and present
Thought Leader
/ 1 July 2025

Faces and Phases of Resilience’ gives a frank account of SA past and present

Author Tinyiko Maluleke makes a valid case about our country during the dark apartheid years, and of the difficulties of misgovernance we continue to face

By Jo-Mangaliso Mdhlela
Sbusiso Jaca’s Tuneroyalty and the fight for independent artistry
Friday
/ 30 June 2025

Sbusiso Jaca’s Tuneroyalty and the fight for independent artistry

Homegrown tech is giving artists the power to own, protect and profit from their work

By Lesego Chepape
The ‘weight of heavy logs’: Masculinity and memory in Matabeleland
Friday
/ 27 June 2025

The ‘weight of heavy logs’: Masculinity and memory in Matabeleland

Filmmaker Nyasha Kadandara opens up about Matabeleland and the emotional journey behind her feature-length debut

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Acts of resistance: The Market Theatre’s enduring power 49 years on
Friday
/ 27 June 2025

Acts of resistance: The Market Theatre’s enduring power 49 years on

A stage where South Africa’s truth and imagination have lived for 49 fearless years

By Lesego Chepape
Alexander Appolis on space, race and the pastoral imagination
Friday
/ 27 June 2025

Alexander Appolis on space, race and the pastoral imagination

Artist uses nature and cryptic visions in his paintings to highlight South Africa’s racial and spatial history

By Zanele S. Maduma
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