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Directors Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar push creative boundaries with Variations on a Theme
A poetic, genre-blurring film, Variations on a Theme excavates ancestral grief, memory and forgotten histories in a Northern Cape community still waiting for justice
Where ancestors walk
Manyaku Mashilo transforms memory and ancestry into expansive, layered canvases where spiritual landscapes, historical archives and women’s journeys converge
Drawing Change: How David Tshabalala and Sindiso Nyoni Turn Design into social power
From classrooms in Bloemfontein and Bulawayo to global exhibitions, David Tshabalala and Sindiso Nyoni turn creativity into social impact
Fietas and the enduring question of home
David Goldblatt’s Fragments of Fietas captures more than loss — it reveals how memory, belonging, and faith survive even after home is erased
Carlos Amato: Drawing the madness of our times
Political cartoonist Carlos Amato reflects on satire, sensitivity and why South Africa remains one of the last frontiers of free cartooning
Through the jazz lens: Vuyo Giba captures the spirit of South African sound
With her lens tuned to the heartbeat of South African jazz, Vuyo Giba transforms music into memory and sound into story
Jazz in focus: Capturing a sound in image
From rare Ernest Cole prints to iconic portraits of Makeba and Masekela, this show captures the musicians and the energy of live music itself
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
Apartheid’s shadow, an artist’s light: Omar Badsha’s story
Omar Badsha’s journey from quiet observer to defiant artist in apartheid South Africa
Photojournalism: The price of bearing witness
Photographers bring the plight of the voiceless into focus, helping them get aid — often at great personal cost