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Don’t Miss: Our roundup of this week’s virtual and in-person events

Friday Arts Desk - 22 Oct 2020

From live music by the Reza Khota Quartet in Gugulethu to J.Bo’s live, online event, there’s plenty of culture to keep you entertained

‘Elusive Spring’ reveals South Africa today

Friday Heather Dugmore - 1 Oct 2020

Mike van Graan’s 2012 political thriller comes to life again ― and its themes are more relevant than ever

The Portfolio: Slindile Mthembu

Friday Slindile Mthembu - 6 Aug 2020

Theatre-maker Slindile Mthembu has taken the plunge of reformatting her play, Igama?, for film, so that it can reach a wider audience

The art of the virtual experience

Friday Niren Tolsi - 17 Jul 2020

The live magic may be gone, but the National Arts Festival showcases some exhilarating work

Review: ‘Swan Song’, a brutally vulnerable performance

Friday Sarah Roberson - 3 Jul 2020

Buhle Ngaba’s ‘Swan Song’, showing online at the virtual National Arts Festival, explores the rawness of heartbreak, and of life

A ‘necessity being the mother of invention’ type thing

Friday Danai Gurira - 24 Jan 2020

Danai Gurira on theatre and representation

Lebo M circles his Lion King life

Africa Simon Allison - 12 Jul 2019

As a kid in Soweto, he never dreamed he’d help the world fall in love with life in Africa; as a veteran musician his pride is undiminished

Another New Brighton veteran bids us farewell

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 10 Jul 2019

Very early into making her mark as an actress and theatre maker, Nkonyeni set out for a politically charged career in the arts.

The Naledi Awards – South Africa’s shining star

Article Kelebogile Motswatswa - 24 May 2019

Funding the awards has been a constant battle

SA’s disconnect from Africa limits cultural landscape

Article Mary Corrigall - 16 May 2019

South Africa’s identity issues are reflected in its lack of appreciation for pan-African art

A call for township theatres

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 15 Mar 2019

Practitioners say there is a need to reignite the fire that kept community theatre burning

Actor, humanist, mentor

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 17 Aug 2018

Emotive performances and a willingness to share were his enduring qualities, writes Kwanele Sosibo

A pink dystopia of delusions and frills speaks to SA’s canon of protest theatre

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 10 Jul 2018

Buhle Ngaba and Klara van Wyk kneel at our feet as a crowd of mostly learners is ushered into Graeme College's theatre to watch La Chair de Ma Chair

Mandela centenary celebrated in song and dance

Article Staff Reporter - 22 May 2018

'It’s madness to celebrate Mandela and omit Winnie'

Live Art Network, an introduction

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Feb 2018

"Live Art Network will explore the basic tenets of live art and its conceptual underpinnings".

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Q&A Sessions: ‘My north star is the patient’

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Disrupt the corrupt

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Combatting wildlife crime in Southern Africa activity annual programme statement (APS) No. 04

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