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SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC

Gig Guide: Amahubo Ka Gogo by Brenda Mtambo, Jozi Gold Brewing Company welcomes Sydney Mavundla and King Monado teams up with Kaycherlow NLL on LAEF

Jozi Gold Brewing Co welcomes Sydney Mavundla South Africa’s jazz heritage continues to thrive at Jozi Gold Brewing Company, where the former home of the legendary The Orbit has…

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Comedy-drama: The film, featuring S’thandiwe Kgoroge, is inspired by the Drum Magazine agony aunt column. Photo: Supplied
SOUTH AFRICAN FILM

Gig Guide: Drum’s Dear Sis Dolly to open at Ster-Kinekor and Nu Metro cinemas, Somi releases What Does It Take to Bloom and Rorisang Sechele drops Mama

Get ready for a dose of local entertainment! 'Dear Sis Dolly' brings heart and humour to South African cinemas, while jazz vocalists Rorisang Sechele and Somi release their…

  • Lesego Chepape
3 min read
Buried in trauma: Yahya Abdul-Mateen’s performance exists within a story that has a long and varied history in Man on Fire. Photos: Supplied
2026 TV

Netflix’s ‘Man on Fire’ has no heat

A bloated, cliché-ridden adaptation buries Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s charisma under a meandering plot that never ignites

  • Kibo Ngowi
5 min read
Heir: Rachel McAdams is a real revelation in Sam Raimi’s film Send Help. Bradley Preston plays a smug nepo-baby. Photo: Supplied
CINEMA REVIEW

A gleefully twisted tale of ambition and survival

Rachel McAdams is a revelation in Sam Raimi’s gleefully twisted tale of ambition, survival and very bad corporate decisions

  • Kibo Ngowi
2 min read