A new restaurant takes a chance by combining classic Italian with contemporary innovation
We take a look at some of the local offerings on the small screen as you prepare for a holiday binge
‘At Fire Hour’ is a mix of reality and reimagined reality of art and culture during apartheid
A new recipe book, ‘Blackouts and Boerewors’, is fire, if you’re inclined towards the complex
Capitalising on the world’s obsession with scammers, this thriller is a glamorous take on con artists
The comedian’s latest Netflix special does address that slap but it delivers very few laughs
The second instalment of ‘Knives Out’ might not be anything new but it is solid entertainment
The luxury French brand has set a precedent with its first show on the continent held in Dakar
It’s close-to-the-bone satire but don’t overanalyse it — relax and enjoy this movie like an old-fashioned American burger
The Spring 2023 Haute Couture reminds us what true couture is all about
It’s still shallow and unrealistic, and the acting is not the best, but the show makes for great vacuous escapism
The restaurant, which encourages regenerative farming, is tucked away in Cape Town’s De Waterkant.
From these two reviews, one thing is clear, you’re either going to love or hate this film.
Imagine a space that is a cave of curiosities, a botanist’s nursery, and library-like cafe with the smell of coffee wafting all around. That’s Our Local @ 117 Kloof.
Behind a pair of iconic pink doors off Cape Town’s Bree Street is a world of warm maple syrup, pancakes and mimosas
Founded by the man behind LIFT Airlines, Gidon Novick, Home Suite Hotel knows a thing or two about curating a fresh experience on an old concept.
Celebrate the African ‘year of nutrition’ by getting stuck into some of the tastiest food the continent can dish up.
The stylish French hatch is available in manual or automatic, and petrol, diesel or electric options and brings a 3D driving experience
Mike Flanagan’s Netflix horror series might make you scream for the wrong reason: its heroes are haunted by self-help bollocks
Hawaii hotel drama ‘The White Lotus’ is a shade warmer than ‘Succession’ in its assault on American privilege — but it carries a riptide of savage wit.
Following in Fela’s footsteps, Femi and Made Kuti continue the family legacy with their new album
‘Amandla’s’ status as a cultural rallying point during apartheid is captured in this Sounds review, republished in Chimurenga’s book ‘Festac 77’
Lensman Sam Msibi’s memoir, The Accidental Frontline Journalist, reveals a life irrevocably bound to South Africa’s history
Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’, part of the ‘Small Axe’ anthology, is an ethereal interlude that takes us inside the blues party bubble
The film interrogates patriarchy, but the baseness of the US means there’s nothing left to send up
The elusive rapper’s recent confounding and reluctant releases are rap as liberation theology
Pieter du Plessis’s post-apocalyptic film throws up some interesting questions, but it also needs to work a little harder
Burna Boy’s fifth studio album, ‘Twice as Tall’, extends beyond the hype to reveal the Afrobeats star’s vulnerability
Taking its cues from the dimming of the hope suggested by rainbowism, ‘A New Country’ attempts to articulate the depths of betrayal South Africans feel
Biodun Olumuyiwa has been writing since the late 1980s, but has only recently published his debut poetry collection
Disclosure, a Netflix documentary examines the world’s transphobic legacy as portrayed in film and television from as early as 1901
Pleiades: Isilimela, the latest poetry collection by Vusi Mchunu — who writes under his clan name, Macingwane — is a deeply personal meditation