Ramaphosa leads tributes for James Matthews
/ 8 September 2024

Ramaphosa leads tributes for James Matthews

President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to Cape Town poet and author James Matthews as an impassioned but elegant chronicler of the struggle against apartheid. Matthews, regarded as one of the early Black Consciousness poets, died in Cape Town on Saturday. He was 95. “James Matthews’s voice will ring in our consciousness following his departure […]

Brilliant beauty of the ugly
/ 16 August 2024

Brilliant beauty of the ugly

In 1988, The Ugly Noo Noo catapulted Andrew Buckland into the limelight as a master of physical comedy and creator of a distinctive theatrical form. Among South Africa’s defining live performances, the one-man show is back