August 12
South Africa: Tributes Pour in for Zanele Mbokazi-Nkambule - 'She Nurtured the Growth of Gospel Music in South Africa'
Durban-based radio personality and Crown Gospel Music Awards pioneer Zanele Mbokazi-Nkambule succumbed to cancer at the age of 52 on Monday. Read more »
August 07
South Africa: Connie Chiume - More Than an Actress, She Was a 'Brilliant and Courageous Cultural Activist'
'She was a Struggle icon in the industry committed to helping every artist to succeed. This industry needs more of her kind, with a commitment to shake government and business to… Read more »
South Africa: Lurking Xenophobia - Miss South Africa Saga Is a Blot On Our Country's Constitutional DNA
The calls for Chidimma Adetshina to be disqualified sprout from a toxic pond of xenophobia. Read more »
August 05
South Africa: Funding the Focus As Cape Town's Beloved Zip Zap Circus Prepares to Move
New "Zip Zap Arena" will offer a venue for circus arts and also for other art forms like drama, ballet, dance and opera. It will have retractable seating, making the venue suitable… Read more »
July 30
South Africa: Joburg Artist Returns Home From the Amazon With an Urgent Appeal
London-based South African artist Peter Mammes' new show in Johannesburg, The Last Hope, opening on August 1, is a call to action to rethink humanity's approach to how and why we… Read more »
July 21
South Africa: Music Icon Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse Wants Gayton Mckenzie to Ditch the 'Skop En Donder' Attitude and Help Artists
The past 30 years have been a 'disaster' for South African artists, says legendary musician Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse, who has some advice - and criticism - and a wish list for new… Read more »
July 17
South Africa: Subpoenas Served On SA Music Industry Executives in Ongoing Royalties Legal Row
A seemingly straightforward dispute over a royalties claim by a former independent record label owner has turned into a sprawling, precedent-setting legal spat between the… Read more »
July 07
South Africa: Peter Randall - - the Pioneering, Down-to-Earth Activist Behind Ravan Press
Peter Randall was an innovative publisher who promoted revolutionary authors and academics. Read more »
June 20
South Africa: The National Arts Festival - Still Pure Gold After 50 Brilliant Years
The National Arts Festival has thrived during a tumultuous half-century, even surviving the arrest of a play's entire cast. This year, its golden anniversary, it honours the past… Read more »
South Africa: National Arts Festival's Eclectic 2024 Programme Draws From the Past in Looking Towards the Future
The programme reflects on the past, but it also showcases African creativity today with new collaborations with artists from other countries. Read more »
South Africa: National Arts Festival Will Mirror the Nation's Soul Over 10 Days of Music, Theatre and So Much More
Makhanda's National Arts Festival isn't merely a showcase for South Africa's talent, it also serves as a mirror of the nation's soul. Read more »
June 13
South Africa: National Arts Festival Battles to Get Much-Needed Lottery Funding
The decision not to fund the country's longest-running arts festival was communicated a month before its start date. Read more »
June 12
Africa: Multichoice Acquisition - Canal+ Has Big Plans for Africa
Why the filming of revenge thriller Huntington in Cape Town helped encourage French company Canal+'s bid for MultiChoice. Read more »
June 04
South Africa: The Second Coming - Comedians Rush to Respond to South Africa's New Political Reality
For the past 30 years, South Africa's political reality hasn't reflected the level of nuance and messiness that comes out through its comedy. We had a Ruling Party, with two… Read more »
June 03
South Africa: A Disturbing Journey Into the Human Psyche and Trophy Hunting
Photographer and artist Roger Ballen's latest exhibition The End of the Game is an immensely disturbing and provocative examination of the subjugation and commodification of wild… Read more »
May 20
South Africa: Comic Con Cape Town 2024 - a Big Level Up From Previous One
A look back at the pros and cons of Comic Con Cape Town 2024, the Mother City's second Comic Con pop culture celebration. Read more »
May 01
South Africa: Amadeus - Rivalry Revisited As the Paradoxical Personality of Mozart Strikes a Major Key
Prodigy, musical genius, man-child, egomaniac, wise-ass. Mozart, the late-18th-century Austrian composer whose life was snuffed out in poverty at the age of 35, was also an enigma. Read more »
April 29
South Africa: 'Bob Marley - One Love' Opens the Door to a Wider Audience for His Vision and Music
After successful biopics about Freddy Mercury, Elton John, Billie Holiday and Elvis, to name a few, a film about the life of Bob Marley was sure to come. 'Bob Marley: One Love' hit… Read more »
April 28
South Africa: Studio Ghibli's 'The Boy and the Heron' Is an Antiquated Portal to the Past
'The Boy and the Heron' is iconic filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's first new animated fantasy adventure in a decade. It's also this year's Academy Award winner for Best Animated Feature… Read more »
April 22
South Africa: The Walls Tell Their Stories - Street Art Brings Noordgesig's History to Colourful, Vibrant Life
In this corner of Soweto, to which people were forcibly moved from places like Sophiatown and Vrededorp, street art tells the story of a rich history and a strong community… Read more »
April 04
South Africa: Unravelling Fast Fashion - The Ugly Reality of Environmental and Worker Exploitation Behind the Glam
Fast fashion comes at a cost - incurred mostly in the Global South - of enormously negative environmental and social impacts being embedded throughout its life cycle. Read more »
March 11
South Africa: 'Die Vegetariër' Is an Exquisite and Deeply Discomforting Piece of Theatre
In what may be the most affecting, brutal theatrical work you'll ever see, director Jaco Bouwer and writer Willem Anker have brought to the stage Korean author Han Kang's bleakly… Read more »
March 05
Eswatini: Eswatini Court Postpones Extradition Case Against Two AKA Murder Suspects
The four Ndimande brothers are among a group of seven suspects arrested in connection with the murder of award-winning South African hip-hop artist Kiernan 'AKA' Forbes and his… Read more »
February 28
South Africa: Six Arrested, Including Alleged 'Mastermind', for Murder of Rapper Aka - Police Minister Cele
The six suspects were due to appear in court on Thursday. The award-winning rapper and his former manager were gunned down on Florida Road, Durban, in February 2023. Read more »
February 20
Africa: Maria's Keepers - One Woman's Escape From the Jehovah's Witnesses Church in South Africa
Sam Human's new book 'Maria's Keepers' tells the story of Maria, a former Jehovah's Witness in South Africa, and reveals gender victimisation, sexual abuse and cover-ups within the… Read more »