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Art (after a fashion)

Barok is elevating fabric with its wearable, hand-crafted items, writes Tisha Eetgerink.

The dolly mockers

Tisha Eetgerink explores the brave new world of blow-up dolls and adult plastic.

Feel the heartbeat of South Africa

Alexandra, Gauteng’s "township of rhythm", is ready to jump aboard the tourism train. Efforts are being made to lure visitors into the heart of a place that was once ruled by…

The good of The Soweto Project

She returned to Africa for research on a new book and ended up with a teenage son. Carol Lee, British journalist and author of the newly published book <i>A child called…

Stick-on sideburns and leopard-print vests

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Talking crime: Perception versus statistics

People in South Africa are scared of rampaging crime. Robbery, of course, is only one of many crimes over which South Africans obsess. With constant reports in the media of…

Spray-on success

Organised events are helping graffiti break into the art mainstream, writes Tisha Eetgerink.

South Africans follow an unhealthy Western trend

South Africans are getting heavier as they take after the Western world in diet and lack of exercise. This was one of the conclusions in a report presented by the Medical…

Robbie Williams came, saw and conquered

Robbie Williams ended the South African leg of his world tour with fireworks and a matching bang. Tisha Eetgerink was there.

‘People without a past are people without an identity’

"The educational system in this country should be Africanised," proclaimed Dr Mathole Motshekga this week at a seminar on cultural values within the human rights framework. "Our…

The vision of the vinyl-toy revolution

"Not suitable for children under 17", says the box of the little Blow-Up dolls. Nothing to do with sex, the bright plastic figurines have a bomb-shaped head with a fuse, and…

The art of spray-painting, South African style

Hip hop will be blasting from the speakers and aerosol fumes will thicken the air as the country’s most talented graffiti crews line up for the Write4Gold 2006 graffiti…

Paris is popular in many places

Ever wondered what other people look up on the internet? Search engine Google keeps track of the top queries entered around the world with Google Zeitgeist. According to the…

South Africa’s Zeitgeist, according to Google

Ever wondered what other people look up on the internet? Search engine Google keeps track of the top queries entered around the world with Google Zeitgeist. According to the…