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Familiar luxury: Sarah Langa says her ambition is to develop what she describes as "an African home" and, eventually, an African design philosophy. Photo: Supplied
INTERIOR DESIGN

Sarah Langa wants African homes to tell African stories

After more than a decade as a pioneering content creator in fashion, Sarah Langa is now making waves in interior design. She's drawing on local materials, traditional…

  • Lesego Chepape
7 min read
NELSON MANDELA

The red S-Class: How Madiba’s hand-built Mercedes proves that love is still our finest engineering

Step into the Apartheid Museum and discover the powerful story of Nelson Mandela's Signal Red Mercedes-Benz 500SE, a car hand-built by workers as a monument to gratitude and a…

  • Eyaaz Matwadia
6 min read
Rooted in Morocco: Laurence Leenaert and Ayoub Boualam, the husband and wife team behind LRNCE. Photos: Supplied
AFRICAN DESIGN

LRNCE and the politics of making slowly

Named Decorex Designer of the Year, LRNCE embodies a broader movement redefining African design through slowness, imperfection, and deeply collaborative craft practices

  • Lesego Chepape
7 min read
AFRICAN CRAFTSMANSHIP

TSHEPO and The Singleton unite in a partnership of precise craftsmanship

TSHEPO helps people discover their perfect pair of jeans that they will cherish, wear forever, and pass down through generations

  • TSHEPO Jeans
2 min read