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The 14th annual Kingsmead Book Fair returns on Saturday, 23 May 2026, in association with Standard Bank, bringing with it the kind of energy Johannesburg rarely slows down long enough to hold onto anymore. For one day, readers, writers, thinkers and the merely curious gather around stories. Not simply to buy books but to sit…
For much of its existence, the imposing theatre complex that houses the Artscape Theatre Centre stood as a contradiction: architecturally grand yet socially exclusionary, a cultural landmark shaped by the realities of apartheid South Africa. Originally opened in 1971 as the Nico Malan Theatre, the venue was designed as a showcase for elite performance culture…
The death of Maria McCloy does not feel real because she existed with such fullness. Some people occupy rooms. Others occupy cities. McCloy belonged to Johannesburg in a way that made it difficult to separate the woman from the place. Her fingerprints are all over its nightlife, its fashion, its music, its media and the…
The Fairest Cape is tuning up for a historic crescendo. South Africa will host a world-class gathering of global jazz greats, a weekend where the nation’s musical diversity, choreography and genre-bending creativity converge in the valley of wines and culinary culture: Franschhoek. Founded in 1967 by Claude Nobs, the Montreux Jazz Festival has become an…
The language used shapes power, responsibility and outcomes.
When Grade 11 learner Sipho Mthembu arrives at Duna Library, his local facility in Joza, Makhanda, on Monday afternoons, he’s not looking for books to borrow. Like thousands of learners across South Africa’s poorer provinces, he needs something more basic: a quiet place to study with working electricity — luxuries his home doesn’t provide. Yet…
Halfway through my interview with Thandiswa Mazwai, she tells me about a tattoo she has on her chest. It’s a combination of symbols she found in the late Credo Mutwa’s book Indaba, my children. On the first page of the book are over a hundred symbols representing everything from “Animal will eat you” to “Enemies…
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been in love with music. I’ve carried it and moved with it in every facet of my life. Music has always made its presence known to me. Hearing certain songs takes me down memory lane to a specific time in my life — birthday parties to funerals,…