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latest news & developmentsBerita’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
City Lodge bows out of Newtown
Once seen as part of Newtown’s revival, City Lodge’s closure points to deeper concerns about Johannesburg CBD’s viability for investors, visitors and hotel operators
Diary: Lusanda Ndita crowned, history through fashion, SA Clay Awards at Rust-en-Vrede
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Farewell to Azania’s everyman literary icon Don Mattera
The poet, writer, artist and activist, who made rubbish of race, left his mark on all aspects of our lives
Waste pickers reclaim their power
Reclaimers have not been deemed essential workers amid the Covid-19 lockdown, threatening their already precarious livelihoods. But they will not let each other starve
Old Mutual establishes creative incubator in Newtown
Spaces like these provide valuable support for young people wanting to pursue creative careers. However, brand promoting is a big part of it
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Trailblazing in the community
Façade reveals Jozi’s entrails
Happy Dhlame’s gritty exhibition weighs up the human cost of gentrification in the city
Get a taste of Fordsburg’s history
Sweetmeats, samoosas, laffa, tikka chicken, jalebi, and a mango lassi. Zaza Hlalethwa eats her way through Fordsburg to get a taste of its history.
‘We’re going to change the Jo’burg skyline’
A new mixed-income housing plan in Jo’burg includes refurbishing ‘hijacked’ buildings
Acclaimed trumpeter Bruce Cassidy promises to take fans on a ‘musical journey’
The musician will be accompanied on stage by a 15-piece string, woodwind, brass, and jazz rhythm group for his November 9 performance at the Bassline.
M&G’s Litfest takes flight, honouring Sol Plaatje on his 140th anniversary
Alongside panels discussing hot topics, shortlisted poets from the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award and Anthology will receive their awards.
Review: Jo’burg restaurant ‘Town’ serves some yummy dim sum
The portions may be on the small side, but the food bar is fast becoming the go-to spot in Jo’burg’s cultural heartland, writes Milisuthando Bongela.
Thembiso Twala, the prince of Newtown
Prince has grown with Jo’burg’s urban art scene and had earned his royal moniker by the time the millennium hit.
Putting the ‘new’ back in historic Newtown
The once-bustling cultural heart of Johannesburg is being revamped with a host of new developments.