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Man of The Hour

Man of The Hour

His creative signature is unmistakable. He has fused symbols and geometry with Abstract Expressionism, an interstellar vision of God with a dervish-like mania that echoes the ghost of Jackson Pollock.

This Too Shall Come To Pass

This Too Shall Come To Pass

In an age fatigued by Reason, driven by hysterical conflict and division, the utter collapse of neo-liberal democracy, it is unsurprising that we find the resurgence of an oppressive and exclusionary identity politics – Us versus Them.

Race in the Creative Community

Race in the Creative Community

Beginning Sept. 15, members of the public are invited to an exhibition designed to support and amplify South African artists whose work pushes boundaries and provokes important conversations. Featured artists include Blessing Ngobeni, Patrick Bongoy, Luke Radloff, Nelisiwe Xaba & Mocke Jansen van Veuren, and Ayana V. Jackson.

On the Beauty of DJ Buhle

On the Beauty of DJ Buhle

Doing what is not locked in the fetish of “soulful stuff” which is the domain and constriction that female DJs are wrongly mostly confined to, Buhle defines her sound in a way that its liberatory impulse translates into the workshopping of the soul.

REVIEW – The Parrot Woman

REVIEW – The Parrot Woman

The year is 1990. President F.W. de Klerk announces the beginning of the end of apartheid, the release of Nelson Mandela and other political prisoners, and the end of the South African state of emergency. The African National Congress's armed wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, suspends its armed actions after 29 years. Charles J. Fourie premiers his play The Parrot Woman, at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg.

We Still Insist: Kudzanai & Mogorosi @ Conhill

We Still Insist: Kudzanai & Mogorosi @ Conhill

The Library of Things We Forgot to Remember and What’s Wrong With Groovin’? bring you a wonderful readaptation of Max Roach's We Still Insist avant-garde jazz album and a vocal-instrumental suite on themes related to the Civil Rights Movement.

South Africanism 2.0 and Operation Dudula

South Africanism 2.0 and Operation Dudula

The core of our argument is that the problem is not immigration laws and unemployment but South Africa itself. The issues of legal management of foreign nationals and unemployment are the symptomatic manifestation of the fundamental problem which is South Africa itself.

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