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Mapping power, memory and belonging through collage
Friday
/ 15 August 2025

Mapping power, memory and belonging through collage

Collages crafted by 2025 FNB Art Prize winner Thato Toeba confront colonial legacies and celebrate African intimacy and connection

By Lesego Chepape
Diary:  Kamyar Bineshtarigh’s Group Show to open at  Southern Guild this August, Don Toliver part of 2025 DStv Delicious line up and Apples releases Magic
Friday
/ 15 August 2025

Diary:  Kamyar Bineshtarigh’s Group Show to open at  Southern Guild this August, Don Toliver part of 2025 DStv Delicious line up and Apples releases Magic

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
The garden that eats Frantz Fanon
Friday
/ 14 August 2025

The garden that eats Frantz Fanon

Artist Nolan Oswald Dennis’s installation turns theory into soil, questioning who gets to decide what’s important — and why

By Thembeka Heidi Sincuba
The art of the hustle
Friday
/ 13 August 2025

The art of the hustle

From fintech workshops to live podcasts, HEATSKRS CON blends creativity and commerce, giving youth the tools to thrive in Africa’s creative economy

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Three stays that prove the Joburg CBD still has style
Friday
/ 13 August 2025

Three stays that prove the Joburg CBD still has style

Whether for business or leisure, getting accommodation in the Joburg city centre is not as crazy as it sounds, writes Richard Goller

By Richard Goller
Contra.Joburg creates space for art that finds you
Friday
/ 9 August 2025

Contra.Joburg creates space for art that finds you

The city’s most radical art festival returns to disrupt, inspire and reconnect the city through the raw power of studio-born creativity

By Lesego Chepape
Local threads, global dreams
Friday
/ 8 August 2025

Local threads, global dreams

A city kid reflects on Free State Fashion Week’s blend of bold ambition and rooted creativity in a landscape stitched with culture and courage

By S’bo Gyre
The architecture of speech: How to be heard
Friday
/ 8 August 2025

The architecture of speech: How to be heard

Southern Africa’s top speaker, Vus’umuzi Phakathi, unpacks the architecture of a powerful speech, mental illness, transformation and becoming visible in white spaces in an interview with Dshamilja Roshani

By Dshamilja Roshani
Diary: FNB Art Joburg returns for its 18th year, Lu Dlamini to perform at the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music and Kaleidoscope Festival returns this August
Friday
/ 8 August 2025

Diary: FNB Art Joburg returns for its 18th year, Lu Dlamini to perform at the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music and Kaleidoscope Festival returns this August

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
A lens, pen and a cause
Friday
/ 7 August 2025

A lens, pen and a cause

Three new books spotlight Indian South Africans who helped shape the nation — through resistance, reflection and reinvention in unexpected places

By Marlan Padayachee
In Akin Omotoso’s Marked, crime becomes the only cure
Friday
/ 6 August 2025

In Akin Omotoso’s Marked, crime becomes the only cure

Akin Omotoso’s Marked blends heart-pounding heist thrills with heartbreaking social critique in a story about motherhood, survival and a failing healthcare system

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Opera’s comedy slipstream: A barber worth buzzing about
Friday
/ 5 August 2025

Opera’s comedy slipstream: A barber worth buzzing about

With razor-sharp timing, gymnastic vocals and uproarious performances, this production of The Barber of Seville is a riot of theatrical delight

By Keith Bain
‘Travel has been my classroom’
Friday
/ 2 August 2025

‘Travel has been my classroom’

From eSwatini to Johannesburg, poets are finding new voices through travel, collaboration and the transformative power of cultural exchange

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
10 Hours, 8 Tracks, 1 Lifetime: Apiwe Bubu’s 20-year journey to his debut album
Friday
/ 1 August 2025

10 Hours, 8 Tracks, 1 Lifetime: Apiwe Bubu’s 20-year journey to his debut album

Apiwe Bubu’s debut album is the culmination of a decades-long journey across continents, studios and genres — finally coming home to piano

By Kibo Ngowi
Walter Oltmann and the alchemy of wire
Friday
/ 1 August 2025

Walter Oltmann and the alchemy of wire

What does it mean to truly take your time? Artist shows us through a devotion to detail that transforms everyday materials into meditations on life, loss and transformation

By Thembeka Heidi Sincuba
Diary: Wynton Marsalis will headline Dinaledi stage at the Joy of Jazz, Symphony of Bansuri to premiere at the Artscape Opera House and Basadi in Music Awards return in August
Friday
/ 1 August 2025

Diary: Wynton Marsalis will headline Dinaledi stage at the Joy of Jazz, Symphony of Bansuri to premiere at the Artscape Opera House and Basadi in Music Awards return in August

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Rooted and rising: Retang Phaahla on winning the Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman award
Friday
/ 31 July 2025

Rooted and rising: Retang Phaahla on winning the Veuve Clicquot Bold Woman award

A tea visionary based in heritage, she brews boldness, legacy and innovation into every cup — and the future of African enterprise

By Lesego Chepape
AI didn’t kill writing — we did
Friday
/ 30 July 2025

AI didn’t kill writing — we did

How AI writing tools, especially ChatGPT, are changing the rhythm, tone and even punctuation of our prose, one em dash at a time

By Sabelo Mkhabela
If Meryl met Herbert: A rom-com fan reads about an architect
Friday
/ 29 July 2025

If Meryl met Herbert: A rom-com fan reads about an architect

Colonial architecture might not be your thing — but Sir Herbert Baker’s globe-trotting, empire-defining life just might surprise you

By Rodney Ghobril
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
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