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Ukubekezela: Mapping a fractured terrain
Friday
/ 24 June 2025

Ukubekezela: Mapping a fractured terrain

Senzeni Marasela’s ‘Waiting and Remembering’ uses her alter ego, Theodorah, and textiles to explore themes of loss, memory and black South African womanhood

By Thembeka Heidi Sincuba
Holding the powerful to account: War crimes and the new global reckoning
Friday
/ 24 June 2025

Holding the powerful to account: War crimes and the new global reckoning

From Nuremberg to The Hague and Rwanda to Gaza, author traces the relentless pursuit of justice for humanity’s darkest crimes

By Ahmet Sait Akcay
Between bows and hymns: Zawadi’s Ngimuhle and the sound of ancestral play
Friday
/ 20 June 2025

Between bows and hymns: Zawadi’s Ngimuhle and the sound of ancestral play

Through voice and vision, Zawadi channels her foremothers to reimagine tradition with soul, instinct and sonic power

By Nombuso Mathibela
Blue Notes for Bra Louis: The final beat of a jazz revolutionary
Friday
/ 20 June 2025

Blue Notes for Bra Louis: The final beat of a jazz revolutionary

An elder joins the ancestral band. We remember Louis Moholo-Moholo’s voice, rhythms, and roaring soul

By Atiyyah Khan
Diary: Mikhaela Faye’s Gaslighter,  Basha Uhuru Freedom Fest, The Hyena’s Tuckshop at Market Theatre
Friday
/ 20 June 2025

Diary: Mikhaela Faye’s Gaslighter,  Basha Uhuru Freedom Fest, The Hyena’s Tuckshop at Market Theatre

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Nomzamo Mbatha and a dress worthy of a gallery
Friday
/ 19 June 2025

Nomzamo Mbatha and a dress worthy of a gallery

Fusing tradition and couture, Gert-Johan Coetzee’s dress for Nomzamo Mbatha redefines African royalty

By Lesego Chepape
Stories that shift us: Mandisa Zitha on what makes a great documentary
Friday
/ 19 June 2025

Stories that shift us: Mandisa Zitha on what makes a great documentary

As Encounters celebrates its 27th year, director Mandisa Zitha spotlights must-see films and the magic of documentary cinema

By Kibo Ngowi
Power, blood and spirits: Inside season 3 of Kings of Jo’Burg
Friday
/ 19 June 2025

Power, blood and spirits: Inside season 3 of Kings of Jo’Burg

An electrifying saga of supernatural warfare, family loyalty and the high cost of power in the Joburg underworld

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Making Knowledge African: Suren Pillay and the struggle to decolonise the university
Friday
/ 19 June 2025

Making Knowledge African: Suren Pillay and the struggle to decolonise the university

A timely call to rethink how African history and knowledge can reclaim space in global narratives

By Ahmet Sait Akcay
Lumanyano Mzi: From Cape Town to the world
Friday
/ 13 June 2025

Lumanyano Mzi: From Cape Town to the world

Cape Town prodigy Lumanyano Mzi returns home to share the musical flair that carried him to global stages

By Kibo Ngowi
Umzulu Phaqa: Singing stories, shifting culture and making music her own way
Friday
/ 12 June 2025

Umzulu Phaqa: Singing stories, shifting culture and making music her own way

A genre-blending storyteller, Phaqa is redefining Zulu identity through culture-rich and fearless sound

By Lesego Chepape
Gavin Evans on fathers, faith and fearless reporting in South Africa
Friday
/ 12 June 2025

Gavin Evans on fathers, faith and fearless reporting in South Africa

Memoir is a gripping account of journalistic bravery, father-son reckonings and resilience

By Kibo Ngowi
Diary: 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Fête de la Musique returns to Victoria Yards and Thandiswa Mazwai brings Belede and Sankofa to The Lyric Theatre
Friday
/ 12 June 2025

Diary: 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Fête de la Musique returns to Victoria Yards and Thandiswa Mazwai brings Belede and Sankofa to The Lyric Theatre

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Held hostage by grief: What Straw gets right (and wrong)
Friday
/ 11 June 2025

Held hostage by grief: What Straw gets right (and wrong)

Tyler Perry’s latest drama is both moving and maddening, shedding light on bereavement, motherhood and marginalisation

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Standard Bank’s Art Lab turns Sandton Mall into cultural playground
Friday
/ 10 June 2025

Standard Bank’s Art Lab turns Sandton Mall into cultural playground

An experimental creative space in the heart of Sandton, Standard Bank’s new Art Lab redefines how everyday audiences experience and engage with art

By Lesego Chepape
Do the rite thing: Reflections on the transition to manhood
Friday
/ 9 June 2025

Do the rite thing: Reflections on the transition to manhood

Jeffrey Rakabe ponders transformation, trauma and tradition in a debut that challenges what it means to grow up

By Rodney Ghobril
Noxolo Dlamini returns to the stage as Sarafina
Friday
/ 6 June 2025

Noxolo Dlamini returns to the stage as Sarafina

Dlamini brings new life to a role born from resistance and South Africa’s historic youth uprising

By Busi Lethole
Structures of the forgotten: An installation of song, soil and spirit
Friday
/ 5 June 2025

Structures of the forgotten: An installation of song, soil and spirit

A haunting meditation on land, memory and rain, Dinokana invites us to rebuild from what was lost

By Kibo Ngowi
Diary: The Black Circus of the Republic of Bantu, Rowlene’s Moments After and Altman’s take on Stevie Wonder
Friday
/ 5 June 2025

Diary: The Black Circus of the Republic of Bantu, Rowlene’s Moments After and Altman’s take on Stevie Wonder

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
‘Kivuli & Nuru’: Wild and wet in Africa
Friday
/ 4 June 2025

‘Kivuli & Nuru’: Wild and wet in Africa

Our deep shadows and sensualities are brought into the light by this bold sonic celebration of desire

By Lesego Chepape
Bitter Winter: the show will go on but what of the people in it?
Friday
/ 3 June 2025

Bitter Winter: the show will go on but what of the people in it?

An old actor, a young upstart, and a kettle on the fritz — Bitter Winter turns the ordinary into something unforgettable

By Keith Bain
Jazz in focus: Capturing a sound in image
Friday
/ 31 May 2025

Jazz in focus: Capturing a sound in image

From rare Ernest Cole prints to iconic portraits of Makeba and Masekela, this show captures the musicians and the energy of live music itself

By Kibo Ngowi
Simphiwe Dana reflects on two decades of music
Friday
/ 30 May 2025

Simphiwe Dana reflects on two decades of music

The musician talks about her long career, her legacy and the spirit guiding what could be her final album

By Lesego Chepape
Relish Deluxe: Where Jozi goes to eat after dark
Friday
/ 29 May 2025

Relish Deluxe: Where Jozi goes to eat after dark

Relish Deluxe blends tradition and modernity in a city that never sleeps – or stops eating well

By Hasina Kathrada
Finding story and soul at the Kingsmead Book Fair
Friday
/ 29 May 2025

Finding story and soul at the Kingsmead Book Fair

A first encounter with Kingsmead Book Fair, where community and unexpected joy come together in celebration of South African literature

By Lesego Chepape
Writing against the grain: Adekeye Adebajo’s Africa
Friday
/ 29 May 2025

Writing against the grain: Adekeye Adebajo’s Africa

Informed, provocative, and hopeful — Adebajo’s work resists reduction, embracing Africa’s plurality and persistent spirit

By Ahmet Sait Akcay
Diary: Big Day Out with Oskido, RedFest2025 returns, UKZN’s tribute to Demi Fernandez
Friday
/ 29 May 2025

Diary: Big Day Out with Oskido, RedFest2025 returns, UKZN’s tribute to Demi Fernandez

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, literary icon and cultural revolutionary, dies at 87
Friday
/ 29 May 2025

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, literary icon and cultural revolutionary, dies at 87

His pen exposed injustice, honoured heritage and helped free the African imagination from colonial constraint

By Kibo Ngowi
Tsotsi star Presley Chweneyagae dies at 40
Friday
/ 27 May 2025

Tsotsi star Presley Chweneyagae dies at 40

Award-winning actor’s death comes exactly 20 years after the release of the film that made him a global name

By Lesego Chepape
Aida Reimagined: A galactic opera for the ages
Friday
/ 26 May 2025

Aida Reimagined: A galactic opera for the ages

Set in 3025, Cape Town Opera’s Aida reinvents itself for a new generation but the voices and the music remain timeless

By Keith Bain
Built to Last: Memory, imagination, and the architecture of Mariam Issoufou
Friday
/ 23 May 2025

Built to Last: Memory, imagination, and the architecture of Mariam Issoufou

Her designs resist imitation. Her buildings whisper resilience. Mariam Issoufou is giving tradition a powerful, modern voice

By Kibo Ngowi
Come home to Mama’s
Friday
/ 22 May 2025

Come home to Mama’s

From screen to plate … this restaurant brings Italy to the heart of Johannesburg

By Lesego Chepape
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