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For the next generation: Derived from the isiXhosa word for “seed”, iMbewu gathers together works produced between 2016 and 2026, alongside three new sculptures. Photos: Supplied

Mthatha-born artist’s exhibition opens in New York this Friday

Mthatha-born ceramic artist Zizipho Poswa is set to open her major survey exhibition, iMbewu (The Seed), at Southern Guild New York. The exhibition traces a decade of her…

AI-driven: New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani provides one of the clearest examples of how digital mobilisation and targeted online engagement can outweigh traditional displays of political strength. Photo: Supplied

AI and the battle for SA’s 2026 elections

This does not necessarily mean that physical campaigning will disappear. Politics remains fundamentally human. Voters still value personal interaction, community engagement and…

While Pride Month is commemorated at different times across South Africa, the month of June carries particular significance as the original Pride Month in the Northern Hemisphere. File Photo

Queer Pride in (South) Africa – from Stonewall to ‘stonewalling’

While Pride Month is commemorated at different times across South Africa, the month of June carries particular significance as the original Pride Month in the Northern…

City of lights: More than 30 000 LED lights lit the streets of London in celebration of Ramadan. Photo: Aziz Foundation

Eid Mubarak in a world on fire, at war

This year’s Eid is not naïve. It does not pretend the world is at peace. It does not ignore the children buried under rubble, the families displaced, the cities reduced to ash

Millions scattered across Johannesburg, London, Sydney, Toronto, New York and beyond have not abandoned their homeland; instead, they have sustained it

The Diaspora Dividend: Zimbabwe’s Unofficial State of Survival

Millions scattered across Johannesburg, London, Sydney, Toronto, New York and beyond have not abandoned their homeland; instead, they have sustained it

Scenes from Alice Childress’s 1955 classic play Trouble in Mind. Photo: Supplied

Designing Her Destiny: SA set designer takes New York by stage

From a rural Limpopo village to the home of Broadway, Shilongane Nkoana’s journey is a story of grit, ambition, and the artistry behind world-class stage design

Contemporary of the youth: New York mayor Zoran Mamdani has proved popular with Gen Z.

When Gen Z turned politics into the feed

Mamdani’s insistence that New York is built by immigrants and now led by one taps a rich American tradition while provoking familiar anxieties

Flight Centre’s year in travel 2024: where you went and where you’re headed next…

Your ticket to insider travel scoops, data bites, and expert predictions for the year ahead

Previously unseen: In 1964 Cole travelled to Frenchdale, a remote settlement in the Northern Cape, to document the lives of these internally displaced political exiles

A reshoot of Ernest Cole

Three decades after his death the apartheid-era maverick photographer is still revealing himself

Best tours for over 50s: Your next adventure awaits

Flight Centre brings you loads of tours suitable for over 50s which let you see the world with likeminded travellers in a similar age bracket

Christy’s auction house in New York City.

Michelangelo scribble sells for $200 000 at New York auction

Though unsigned by Michelangelo, Christie’s said that research confirmed the great Italian artist was responsible for the small drawing

‘Uncontrollable Calm’ appears as part of  of Tavares Strachan’s exhibition ‘The Return’, which is on at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg until 7 October. Photos: All images courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery

Strachan: ‘An alien operating in the art world’

Exhibition tells of celestial bodies and space travel, of visibility and invisibility

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (centre) issues a proclamation celebrating South Africa’s Freedom Day.

New York city celebrates South Africa’s Freedom Day 

‘On Freedom Day we commemorate our journey to freedom and democracy’

Johannesburg’s inner city. Cities in Africa can benefit from genuinely affordable financing. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy, M&G

Joburg has lost its seat among the world’s iconic capitals

As heartbreaking as it is to admit, our beloved city is travelling down a path of no return

Bound: Black men arrested for being in white area illegally. Photo: Ernest Cole

Brash photographer Ernest Cole revisited

House of Bondage: The book that shocked the world