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Sabotage or Competition? Montreux Franschhoek Lands on Cape Town Jazz Festival Weekend
Two major jazz festivals. One weekend. The Western Cape’s music scene braces for an unusual clash between a global brand and a local institution.
Visionary with a camera: Rashid Lombard’s lasting legacy
Rashid Lombard, legendary photojournalist and jazz aficionado, has died at 74 — leaving behind a legacy of resistance, rhythm and relentless storytelling
A legacy in focus: The long shadow of Ernest Cole
Ernest Cole’s lens captured apartheid’s truth and his legacy continues to shape creatives today
The Rashid Lombard Archive is where it’s happening
With the induction last week of the Rashid Lombard Archive at the University of the Western Cape his photography and stories will soon be accessible to a new generation.
Black Photo Libraries: Peter Magubane on the struggle for documentation
Peter Magubane, whose images set him on a collision course with the apartheid government, pays tribute to his colleagues in this foreword to a new book
George Hallett: Nomad, raconteur and photographer who ‘became the camera’
The renowned South African photographer understood how to look for the tucked-away spaces that were the sources of both light and dark
Why we need a South African jazz photography archive
We need more books about South African jazz, focusing on both the verbal and the visual, to fully capture and appreciate the unique ‘river of culture we’ve been bequeathed’