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Aphiwe Sithole is building a new language for African luxury
Founded by Aphiwe Sithole, Cape Town's SITHOLE Luxury House is redefining African luxury on global runways with narrative-driven, limited-edition eyewear.
When survival becomes the business plan: how a 21-year-old designer is building a future beyond unemployment
The story of youth unemployment in South Africa is often told through percentages, economic forecasts and reports about a shrinking job market. But behind the figures are young…
Nine Yards is reimagining slow living in Joburg
A lush, all-in-one Rosebank precinct where food, art, fashion and green space come together to turn everyday city life into a slow, walkable experience
Contra.Joburg creates space for art that finds you
The city’s most radical art festival returns to disrupt, inspire and reconnect the city through the raw power of studio-born creativity
Diary: Tutu Puoane to tour in South Africa, Cold Chinese Food set to release new album in July and The Capitec handmadeAFRICA at Decorex
Your essential dose of art and culture
Diary: Lauren Hendricks is all jazzed up, Kwesta’s new Joy, Capitec handmadeAFRICA returns
Your essential dose of art and culture
Diary: Design Week South Africa kicks off, African Women artists shine in London, look out for the inaugural Hazendal Festival
Your essential dose of art and culture
From tea lady to MD – the power of self-belief
Bernie Molepo started her own fabric and wallpaper sourcing company
Objects of Desire: Little luxuries
H&M taps Rich Mnisi, while candles provide a ‘scents’ of place
Objects of Desire: Local legends
Uniquely South African designers who break the mould
SA inaugural design week: Reimagine everything
It’s time for the local design industry to take back its agency and reclaim its narratives, rather than letting others interpret them
Objects of Desire: Rebel against ‘quiet luxury’
Quiet luxury is actually kind of loud
Objects of Desire: Fierce and Fabulous
Fierce designs that are fabulously unique
Objects of Desire: African ateliers
Some of the continent’s finest goods made for the world, in Africa
Objects of Desire: Prep in your step
Is prep back in full swing?