District Six

Summer Flowers, representing South Africa at the 15th Dakar Biennale, is an homage to author Bessie Head

The writer grew and evolved in exile — but he never truly left South Africa

Sue Williamson’s new show opens in Joburg and a retrospective is coming soon

The change of street and place names rouses the country’s attention unlike anything else and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon

Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past

June is Pride Month and we’re looking beyond the rainbow-themed campaigns and logo changes, to turn our attention to the movement’s icons.

If you had the opportunity to explore South Africa, to really see it, be confused by it, fall in love with the good, bad and the ugly, where would you start? Think of the last…

Through a combination of architectural photographs and autobiographical stories, a new book constructs memories of this historic neighbourhood

The South African activist and man of letters, who died on 29 April 2021, used language as a weapon to defend the marginalised and reflect upon the people, places and culture…

The coronavirus pandemic dealt the District Six Museum a heavy blow, forcing it to close its doors. But the fighting spirit of its patrons has opened them again.

Lesiba Mabitsela’s multidisciplinary project interrogates the influence of modernity through examining the intersections between fashion and architecture

The renowned South African photographer understood how to look for the tucked-away spaces that were the sources of both light and dark

A key figure in the return of more than 1 000 claimants to Cape Town’s inner city, Shahied Ajam was working on a multi-billion rand land restitution project

Plans include reintroducing Hanover Street and property rights for returning victims of removals

​Yusuf Daniels, a former auctioneer, describes himself as someone who became an author by mistake