October 30, 2025
Africa: Cast and International Guest Artist Announced for Cape Ballet Africa's Production of Maina Gielgud's Giselle At the Baxter
With the countdown on to the premiere of Maina Gielgud's Giselle at The Baxter, Cape Ballet Africa has announced the principal cast and international guest artist for the… Read more »
October 29, 2025
South Africa: Fading Footprints - - Ancient South African Culture Found Hiding in Plain Sight
There are few books that quietly rearrange the way one sees a landscape. Fading Footprints is one of them. Read more »
October 27, 2025
South Africa: Organisers of Hey Neighbour Festival Under Fire - Refund Promises Fall Flat for Fans
From a star-studded debut to a cancelled comeback, Hey Neighbour festival fans are stuck waiting, and fuming, over delayed refunds. Daily Maverick speaks to consumer law experts… Read more »
October 22, 2025
South Africa: Madness and Civilisation - Memorialising the Lives of Institutionalised Individuals Through Poetry
The 150th anniversary of Fort England Psychiatric Hospital makes it South Africa's oldest psychiatric facility. Rory du Plessis's poetry collection, Automaton(tik), memorialises… Read more »
October 07, 2025
South Africa: Lee-Ann Van Rooi - Laying a Legacy
The Cape Town performer, director and theatre-maker says the ability to be very quiet, to listen and to be awake are superpowers she's always leant into. The rest of it, she makes… Read more »
October 06, 2025
South Africa: From Shyness to the Stage, Wilhelm Van Der Walt Explores Identity Through Powerful Performances
Actor Wilhelm van der Walt is chasing theatre of a certain calibre. Give him a good, honest script, and he might just steal your heart. Read more »
October 03, 2025
Africa: Tiny Bookshop - - a Cosy, Wish-Fulfilment Addition for Your Game Library
Bibliophiles need to make space in their game library for indie release Tiny Bookshop, a cosy management game that celebrates the uplifting power of reading. From developer… Read more »
September 19, 2025
South Africa: A Season to Remember - Keigo Mukawa and the Joburg Philharmonic
This August, something more than the seasonal strong winds whirled through Joburg. The Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, for all its conservatism, maintained its strong track… Read more »
September 07, 2025
South Africa: Gayton Mckenzie's Empty Promises Rally Artists and Western Cape Government
Patriotic Alliance leader and Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie has been accused of 'punishing' the Western Cape with funding cuts. Read more »
September 03, 2025
South Africa: Gayton Mckenzie Causes Chaos in Cultural Sector, Reneging On Promises of Support
There has been nothing but radio silence from the minister following overtures to the iconic Suidoosterfees and the Baxter Theatre. Read more »
August 27, 2025
South Africa: Talitha Luiters' Boks-Wallabies Anthem Performance Sends a Message to Atlantis
When Atlantis' singing sensation Talitha Luiters walked on to the packed Cape Town stadium turf to perform the national anthem before the Springboks' clash with Australia, she… Read more »
August 21, 2025
South Africa: Ladysmith Black Mambazo At 56 Embrace the Harmony of Change
The multi-award-winning and iconic ensemble's collaboration with Nduduzo Makhathini and Mbuso Khoza is yet another reminder of their timelessness. Read more »
August 20, 2025
Africa: Weapons - a Slick, Sinister Fairy Tale for the Modern Age That Goes Beyond Expectations
It may fumble its final moments but Weapons builds on the successes of filmmaker Zach Cregger's previous effort Barbarian, harnessing many of the same techniques to create a more… Read more »
August 11, 2025
South Africa: Urgent Need for Mother-Tongue Education to Revive SA's Indigenous Languages
The future of mother-tongue education in Afrikaans and English is promising, but the same cannot be said for our indigenous languages. Read more »
July 22, 2025
South Africa: How Refugee Comics Empower Displaced Voices Amid Global Crisis of Migration
Comic books and graphic novels written by refugees counter the one-dimensional version found in most visual media. Read more »
July 14, 2025
South Africa: The Otter Trail - Shedding Life's Baggage in a World of Beauty and Wonder
Five days of the Otter Trail provided exceptional natural beauty, opportunity for fun and frolicking and challenges of body, mind and soul. Read more »
July 13, 2025
Congo-Kinshasa: The Smallest Ones - - Fleeing Rebels and the Darkest Corners of Human Experience in the DRC
The Smallest Ones by Popina Khumanda tracks two sisters' escape from rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo and their pursuit of freedom. Read an extract below. Read more »
June 23, 2025
Mozambique: Coal Shadow Hangs Over New World Heritage Plan for SA-Mozambique Coastline
Roughly 25 years after South Africa pegged out the boundaries of its first World Heritage Site around Lake St Lucia, neighbouring Mozambique has put forward plans to protect part… Read more »
June 18, 2025
South Africa: Loaded for Bear - Sihlobo Peels Off the Gloves and Busts SA Agriculture Myths in New Book
This book weeds out many of the myths about the platteland -- myths sprung from the manure spread by self-serving politicians that can find fertile soil in the withered fields of… Read more »
May 03, 2018
South Africa: Celebrating the Life of Ballet Star Johaar Mosaval At 90
Johaar Mosaval was the first black South African to become a senior principal dancer at the Royal Ballet, the highest rank in the profession at one of the world's most prestigious… Read more »
May 21, 2014
South Africa: Gone but Not Forgotten - a Love Letter to Brenda
Brenda Fassie still has us in her thrall but we will never know her. Ten years after her untimely death in 2004, the Queen of African Pop, widely considered the most controversial… Read more »
