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latest news & developmentsThe Portfolio: Sindiso Nyoni talks brands, values and nostalgia
The bulk of Sindiso Nyoni’s work involves brands. Making the concept translate is a tight balancing act
The Portfolio: Themba Mbuyisa — ‘If you’re going to look at me, I am going to look at you’
Themba Mbuyisa anchors his photo series, ‘When Breadwinners Are Away’, in the absence of migrant labourers, but little to no absence registers on the faces of those left behind
The Portfolio: Ravi Naidoo on starting a conversation about colourism
In creating her photo series, ‘Brown on Brown: The Colourism Project’, Ravi Naidoo realised colourism affects how every Indian person thinks about themselves
The Portfolio: Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose on bringing eBhish’ home to KZN
The artist reflects on the homecoming of his exhibition, and how it interacts with the gallery and its environment
The Portfolio: Celebrating a great year in African writing
Brittle Paper’s 50 Notable African Books is the product of extensive year-round reportage
The Portfolio: If there is a jol there you will go
For photographer Marc Shoul, nothing is sacred in Joburg
The Portfolio: Tshepiso Moropa digs up family treasures
Tshepiso Moropa used her parents’ marriage as inspiration for her latest collage, titled Til Death Do Us Apart
The Portfolio: Boitumelo Motau on capturing a moment
Even in revisiting the space, I can never capture the moment, as if it were sucked into my camera when I pressed the shutter, muses Boitumelo Motau
The Portfolio: ‘Murder in Paris’ director Enver Samuel
Thirty-three years since Dulcie September’s assassination, a new documentary hopes to bring her name back into the public consciousness
The Portfolio: Lindokuhle Ndlovu meets Mr Mbhele
A chance encounter with a stranger had the photographer rethinking the meaning of scars
The Portfolio: John Phalane’s art ‘gives me a sense of being myself’
Emanating from years spent behind the wheel, the artist’s style is part memory, part imagination
The Portfolio: Monageng ‘Vice’ Motshabi
Playwright Monageng ‘Vice’ Motshabi is always looking for something outside a Western “slice of life” kind of theatre
The Portfolio: The piano offers Nomfundo Xaluva place to dream and become
Although it is in many ways a prohibitive instrument, particularly in terms of access, the piano offers both simplicity and richness to this songwriter
The Portfolio: Geoff Dyer
In this extract from But Beautiful, the writer Geoff Dyer reflects on how photographs ‘work on you’
The Portfolio: Siphiwe Mhlambi on Jonas Gwanga, ‘a proper human being’
Siphiwe Mhlambi spent several years photographing his friend Jonas Gwangwa as he performed. Mhlambi spoke to the Mail & Guardian about their relationship