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South African actors John Kani (left, as ‘Creon’) and Winston Ntshona (1941-2018, as ‘Antigone’) perform at the final dress rehearsal of the Market Theatre of Johannesburg/Royal National Theatre revival of Athol Fugard’s ‘The Island’ at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Harvey Theater, Brooklyn, New York, New York, March 31, 2003. Kani and Ntshona co-authored the play with Athol Fugard in 1973. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)
AND CULTURE

Market Theatre needs funding as audiences, donor support decline

Patrons have not returned to theatres in their numbers after the Covid-19 lockdowns were lifted.

  • Kimberley Schoeman
3 min read
Edward Kieswetter, commissioner of the South African Revenue Service. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
ARTS AND CULTURE

Mother-tongue manual aims to ‘demystify tax’ says Kieswetter

The list of 450 terms aims to provide clarity and certainty about SARS’s strategic objective and to encourage compliance

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Artists protesting for the loosening of Covid-19 restrictions outside the State Theatre. (Alet Pretorius/Gallo Images)
ADJUSTED LEVEL THREE

The state of the (performing) arts: Theatres try to find their groove

Theatres are opening (and closing) again in fits and starts, driven by a fierce determination to bounce back

  • Atiyyah Khan
8 min read