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Senamile Zungu
Senamile Zungu, 29, is helping South Africans navigate some of the country's most complex conversations. Through media, research and cultural commentary, she is creating spaces…
The shirt that unbuttoned freedom
At the opening of Presidential Shirt's new flagship store, actor John Kani and former Constitutional Court judge Albie Sachs reflect on how Nelson Mandela's iconic Madiba shirt…
Mandy Johnston burns art to rekindle lost traditions
The Joburg-born artist’s latest exhibition uses burning steel wool sculptures and ash paintings to explore ritual, transformation and the transitions that shape our lives
Too many questions, just enough truth: Justice as a lifelong pursuit
The thread that held the conversation together was clear from the beginning: justice. Not the abstract kind confined to courtrooms and legal textbooks but justice as a lived…
Berita’s ‘Echoes of The Soul’: A meditation on migrant workers
Berita’s Workers’ Day performance becomes a powerful meditation on migration, memory and xenophobia in a nation built through labour, movement and forgotten solidarities
Zawadi Yamungu: The African Dramaturg
Blending jazz, folk and indigenous instrumentation, Zawadi crafts a sound that reconnects audiences to heritage while confronting the politics of the present
South Africa’s dangerous drift away from sovereignty and nationhood
Transnational commitments are celebrated, while attachment to the nation‑state is treated with suspicion
Inside ‘Mgidi Moms’: Where tradition, love and celebration meet
From initiation to homecoming, Mzansi Magic’s bold new reality show explores family, identity and Xhosa heritage
Zee Nxumalo isn’t chasing depth — she’s living it
At 23, the singer-songwriter is shaping South African music on her own terms, blending beats, introspection and a fearless sense of self
‘Cape Fever’: When fiction fills the gaps of history
Through Soraya’s journey, Cape Fever explores identity, resilience and the hidden histories of Cape Malays in post-war South Africa
Ndumiso Zondi’s three must-reads
Many commit to reading books every year and are not sure where to start. Here are three books poet Ndumiso Zondi suggest
Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Theft: A story of servitude, survival and the search for home
Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah returns with Theft, a moving portrait of loss, longing, and the elusive idea of home.
Typos & change: Jonathan Schultz and the alchemy of identity
In his latest body of work, Johnathan Schultz trades spectacle for soul, reimagining gold as a vessel for memory, resilience and identity
Campbell Meas is done waiting
A candid look at Campbell Meas’s journey navigating creativity, identity and the challenges of breaking into the arts industry
Do the rite thing: Reflections on the transition to manhood
Jeffrey Rakabe ponders transformation, trauma and tradition in a debut that challenges what it means to grow up