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Dancing with the machine: autoplay and the future of AI-driven art
Friday
/ 27 March 2025

Dancing with the machine: autoplay and the future of AI-driven art

Louise Coetzer flirted with the enemy to create experimental dance-opera autoplay. But her message is one of resistance

By Keith Bain
Sydney Mavundla: When every day is Sunday
Friday
/ 26 March 2025

Sydney Mavundla: When every day is Sunday

Jazz musician Sydney Mavundla reflects on the legacy and evolution of the genre and respecting tradition while embracing the future

By Lesego Chepape
Gyakie: When the music chooses the artist
Friday
/ 25 March 2025

Gyakie: When the music chooses the artist

Gyakie blends Afrobeats, R&B and soul to create a sound that’s all her own

By Busi Lethole
Arts & Culture Trust Nyoloha Scholarship Programme applications close 30 March
Friday
/ 24 March 2025

Arts & Culture Trust Nyoloha Scholarship Programme applications close 30 March

Press release: The ACT Nyoloha Scholarship offers up to R300 000 for young South African artists

By Arts & Culture Trust
Acting up for fair pay bears fruit
Friday
/ 21 March 2025

Acting up for fair pay bears fruit

SA actors get a reprieve from the Competition Commission to ensure fair pay and practice

By Aarti Bhana
Diary: Javett art and cuisine, Joburg Ballet returns to Roodepoort Theatre, Thulile Zama and friends
Friday
/ 21 March 2025

Diary: Javett art and cuisine, Joburg Ballet returns to Roodepoort Theatre, Thulile Zama and friends

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Jazz in the key of freedom
Friday
/ 20 March 2025

Jazz in the key of freedom

Kesivan Naidoo blends local jazz with global influences to mark 30 years of democracy

By Kibo Ngowi
The Land Rover Defender: A living legend of Africa
Friday
/ 19 March 2025

The Land Rover Defender: A living legend of Africa

The Land Rover Defender links a powerful legacy of exploration, resilience and family memories across generations

By Lesego Chepape
A sprint for opportunities
Friday
/ 19 March 2025

A sprint for opportunities

In the new local Netflix series GO!, the race isn’t just on the track – it’s for a better life

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
Defying gravity: Jerome Barnes’ story of dance, determination and destiny
Friday
/ 17 March 2025

Defying gravity: Jerome Barnes’ story of dance, determination and destiny

Ballet gave runner-turned-dancer Jerome Barnes purpose, strength and the power to defy limits

By Keith Bain
A legacy in focus: The long shadow of Ernest Cole
Friday
/ 14 March 2025

A legacy in focus: The long shadow of Ernest Cole

Ernest Cole’s lens captured apartheid’s truth and his legacy continues to shape creatives today

By Laurence Hamburger
Diary: Edgar Muzah and Friends, Nybosse’s Debut Single NgiHappy Ngawe, Bongi Mvuyana performs in Cape Town and Joburg
Friday
/ 14 March 2025

Diary: Edgar Muzah and Friends, Nybosse’s Debut Single NgiHappy Ngawe, Bongi Mvuyana performs in Cape Town and Joburg

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape and Kibo Ngowi
Arts and acts of freedom
Friday
/ 13 March 2025

Arts and acts of freedom

Human rights festival honours the fight for justice with music, films and dialogue, offering free access to all and inspiring change

By Lesego Chepape
Weaving culture into fashion
Friday
/ 13 March 2025

Weaving culture into fashion

The craftsmanship, heritage and innovation of MaXhosa’s designs is redefining African luxury couture

By Lesego Chepape
Space to shape and create
Friday
/ 12 March 2025

Space to shape and create

New residencies give African artists time to reflect, collaborate and evolve beyond commercial constraints

By Kibo Ngowi
Ernest Cole: Lost and Found — A profound portrait of the artist in exile
Friday
/ 11 March 2025

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found — A profound portrait of the artist in exile

Ernest Cole’s untold story comes home — with a revealing documentary premiering at the Joburg Film Festival this week

By Laurence Hamburger
The final curtain: Remembering Athol Fugard’s theatre of conscience
Friday
/ 10 March 2025

The final curtain: Remembering Athol Fugard’s theatre of conscience

South Africa has lost a moral giant as the playwright who challenged injustice through art dies at 92

By Kibo Ngowi
Khaya Dlanga: Writing his way to inner peace
Friday
/ 7 March 2025

Khaya Dlanga: Writing his way to inner peace

Writer confronts family, grief and recovery in his most vulnerable, honest book yet

By Kibo Ngowi
Diary: Usha Seejarim at Southern Guild, Zoë Modiga empowers her voice, Onset Music Group releases Voicenote
Friday
/ 7 March 2025

Diary: Usha Seejarim at Southern Guild, Zoë Modiga empowers her voice, Onset Music Group releases Voicenote

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Apartheid’s shadow, an artist’s light: Omar Badsha’s story
Friday
/ 6 March 2025

Apartheid’s shadow, an artist’s light: Omar Badsha’s story

Omar Badsha’s journey from quiet observer to defiant artist in apartheid South Africa

By Daniel Magaziner
In My Element: The art of recovering from grief
Friday
/ 6 March 2025

In My Element: The art of recovering from grief

Phumele Kunene tells a story of loss and memory through her photography

By Lesego Chepape
Whodunit novel is a case of murder, she repeated
Friday
/ 6 March 2025

Whodunit novel is a case of murder, she repeated

Another case, another body, another billionaire — JD Robb’s formula still works

By Rodney Ghobril
Tuiskoms: Finding healing in humour
Friday
/ 5 March 2025

Tuiskoms: Finding healing in humour

Series captures the complexity of grief, family and rediscovery through love

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
The sea takes, the stage remembers
Friday
/ 4 March 2025

The sea takes, the stage remembers

Production is a poetic, immersive elegy which turns loss at sea into theatre’s most powerful tide

By Sean O Toole
When art breaks the frame
Friday
/ 28 February 2025

When art breaks the frame

What happens when artists challenge beauty, publishing and politics? A fair like no other

By Kibo Ngowi
Sue Williamson’s retrospective: Art as witness to history
Friday
/ 28 February 2025

Sue Williamson’s retrospective: Art as witness to history

Her work confronts South Africa’s past, blending art, activism and memory

By Zada Hanmer
Diary: My body My Space, Grieve, That’s How You Survive in Johannesburg and Cape Town,  Andile Yenana fundraiser
Friday
/ 28 February 2025

Diary: My body My Space, Grieve, That’s How You Survive in Johannesburg and Cape Town,  Andile Yenana fundraiser

Your essential dose of art and culture

By Lesego Chepape
Falls and a bathtub with a view
Friday
/ 27 February 2025

Falls and a bathtub with a view

A trip to Zimbabwe and Zambia, where nature meets luxury – but it does not come cheap

By Lesego Chepape
The art of identity and migration
Friday
/ 27 February 2025

The art of identity and migration

Artist explores the way that personal history challenges the concepts of home and belonging

By Kibo Ngowi
Four films are low on romance and responsibility
Friday
/ 27 February 2025

Four films are low on romance and responsibility

A new film franchise explores modern love but fumbles the chemistry and connection

By Rolland Simpi Motaung
A story of love, loss and resilience
Friday
/ 26 February 2025

A story of love, loss and resilience

A powerful reflection on women who wait – out of devotion, duty and often unrewarded hope

By Lesego Chepape
Bongeziwe Mabandla: Same song, same soul, new rhythm
Friday
/ 21 February 2025

Bongeziwe Mabandla: Same song, same soul, new rhythm

Bongeziwe Mabandla reimagines his album amaXesha with dance-driven remixes, bridging folk roots and electronic innovation

By Lesego Chepape
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