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Cultural mix: Superstar mixes MetroBeatz RSA’s Tsonga and Xigaza influences with Lowfeye’s inspired sound. Photo: Supplied
A BELMOND HOTEL

Gig Guide: MetroBeatz RSA drops Superstar, AMURA and ANTHM one-night-only dining experience and Disney On Ice returns to South Africa

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  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Performance: Expect a mix of township storytelling, struggle songs and emotional gut-punches that linger. Photo: Supplied
DADA MASILO

Gig Guide: Lehlohonolo Shale presents Call of the Revolution’s Children, Dada Masilo’s Hamlet at the Market Theatre and Welcome to Wrexham is back on Disney+

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  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
San Master Tracker Xui finds signs of the ghost elephants in a stretch of wetlands. (Credit: Ariel Leon Isacovitch)
ANGOLA

‘Ghost Elephants’ explores nature, myth and memory

A haunting journey into Angola’s wild highlands, ‘Ghost Elephants’ follows Steve Boyes and KhoiSan master trackers as they search for a mythical elephant

  • Lesego Chepape
4 min read
Golf fans: The SaxyTwins Photo: Supplied
DISNEY

Diary: SaxbyTwins drop announced as part of the LIV Golf Afterplay line-up and January belongs to Disney+ with shows like Wonder man and FX’s The Beauty premiering

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  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read
Social media sensation: The documentary Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within tells the story of Masaka Kids Africana, a bustling home for more than 30 orphaned children. Picture: Supplied
AFRICA

Top binge entertainment picks

From transformative books to binge-worthy series, these South African titles will keep you entertained this holiday season

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
5 min read
Homecoming: Comedian Tumi Morake will perform in Cape Town next month.
COMEDY

Diary: Tumi Morake at the Cape Town Funny Festival, Disney+ Quiz Nights return, Joya Mooi releases Open Hearts

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  • Lesego Chepape
  • Kibo Ngowi
2 min read
Memories: PJ Morton of Maroon 5, who recently put out an autobiography titled Saturday Night, Sunday Morning, performs at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in Louisiana in May. Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images
DISNEY

PJ Morton: Listening to his authentic artist’s voice

Singer-songwriter and Maroon 5 band member PJ Morton has just published his autobiography. This is an edited extract

  • PJ Morton
8 min read
Critique: Musician Tumi Mogorosi (above) and poet Lesego Rampolokeng will be in MoRa at the Pan African Theatre Festival.
ALADDIN JR

Diary: The Pan African theatre festival, Disney’s Aladdin Jr and two unmissable events in Durban

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  • Charles Leonard
2 min read
Reel food: Scenes from the TV series The Bear, in which Jeremy Allen White plays Carmy, a struggling chef. Photos: Disney+
COSTUME DESIGN

When dress-up is Bear-able

The Michelin-trained chef Gregory Czarnecki stars in an event themed around the hit television series The Bear

  • Charles Leonard
8 min read
Abbott Elementary is a mockumentary about teachers working in an undersfunded school in West Philadelphia, in the US.
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY

Series a salute to teachers

An enjoyable watch that highlights the challenges of educating children in lower-income areas

  • Ipeleng Letoaba
3 min read
Not entirely dread-ful: Jonah Hauer-King and Halle Bailey as Eric and Ariel in the remake of Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’. Photo: Giles Keyte/Disney Enterprises
DISNEY

One Movie, One Take: ‘The Little Mermaid’

It’s a good attempt at reimagining the Disney classic, with solid performances, but it’s a tad pedestrian

  • Bongeka Gumede
4 min read
Partners is a 1993 copper statue by Blaine Gibson depicting Walt Disney holding the hand of the most popular character he created, Mickey Mouse. Now, the mouse’s time with the company might be coming to an end. (Photo by AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
DISNEY

The divine Disney irony of Mickey Mouse

The studio has built an empire on raiding religion and myth, but now risks having its own god taken from it

  • Luke Feltham
4 min read
MultiChoice’s Showmax has been struggling to compete with Netflix because of its technology interface, but a new deal is set to change that. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AMAZON PRIME

Showmax can now compete with Netflix thanks to new deal

MultiChoice’s Showmax has been struggling to compete with Netflix because of its technology interface, but a new deal is set to change that

  • Anathi Madubela
5 min read
True blue: Avatar 2: The Way of Water explores many of the same themes as the first movie, such as conservation of the environment, greed and spirituality.
AVATAR

One Film Two Takes: Avatar 2: The Way of Water

You’ll either find this sequel timeless or a waste of time

  • Kimberley Schoeman
  • Bongeka Gumede
5 min read
Since premiering in June 1994, the legacy of Disney’s The Lion King has left a remarkable legacy that has spawned sequels, global theatre productions and multiple renditions.
AFRICA
Video

The many versions of ‘The Lion King’

The different renditions of the Lion King don’t dilute the story, but none are better than the original.

  • Kimberley Schoeman
11 min read