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Gig Guide: SA Fashion Week is upon us, Kayla Praise has released Inhliziyo, Poetry Africa reveals full programme, Origins Centre presents Henrietta Scholtz in Planetary Cognitive Ecologies: Gondwana and Espacio Dios returns with I Am You
Stay updated with South Africa's vibrant arts and culture scene, featuring SA Fashion Week highlights, Poetry Africa's 30th festival programme, new music from Espacio Dios and…
Zizipho Bam
Zizipho Bam is helping redefine the place of poetry in South Africa's cultural landscape. As a poet, cultural producer and communications strategist, she has built a career that…
Kingsmead Book Fair returns with conversations SA needs right now
As the 14th annual Kingsmead Book Fair returns to Johannesburg, the beloved literary gathering once again creates space for difficult conversations, thoughtful reflection and the…
Pilane Bubu and the work of remembering through folklore
Through its KinFolk theme, the Folklore Festival returns to the work of connection, bridging generations, regions and disciplines to reimagine how South Africa remembers,…
Gig Guide: The Moth returns to Johannesburg, Zu’s 20 years in music and the Maison Martell residency arrives in Johannesburg
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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
Fighting corruption through the arts
United by poems, plays and passion, artists tackle corruption head-on at a Joburg performance
The architecture of speech: How to be heard
Southern Africa’s top speaker, Vus’umuzi Phakathi, unpacks the architecture of a powerful speech, mental illness, transformation and becoming visible in white spaces in an…
‘Travel has been my classroom’
From eSwatini to Johannesburg, poets are finding new voices through travel, collaboration and the transformative power of cultural exchange
Modise Sekgothe’s poetry of transformation
In a quiet moment on an otherwise ordinary afternoon, Modise Sekgothe found out he had been selected as only the second poet to win the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for…
Diary: My body My Space, Grieve, That’s How You Survive in Johannesburg and Cape Town, Andile Yenana fundraiser
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Poetry Series: Men of their words
Series explores masculinity and healing through raw, powerful performances
Diary: The Pan African theatre festival, Disney’s Aladdin Jr and two unmissable events in Durban
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‘I’m not someone you can pity’
Louise Westerhout speaks about her challenging art and — the art of dying without fear
Play moves between dreaming and escaping
American play Dreamscape finds parallels in South Africa