Brownsense.Africa Launches Business to Consumer E-Commerce Platform

Special Correspondent Culture 2020-05-25 05:05:54

The BrownSense Group has taken the hassle and admin of running business online by launching a first of its kind e-commerce and procurement platform that connects entrepreneurs to a dynamic and diverse market of clients on the rest of the continent and the world.

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Thandiswa Mazwai in Concert

Special Correspondent Culture 2020-05-24 11:45:00

The commemoration of Africa Day, this year, comes at a time when the world finds itself at the centre of a deadly pandemic that has made it essential for nations to stand together in the fight to curb the spread of the Corona virus (COVID-19). Through the Play Your Part Africa Live Stream Concert, Brand South Africa and the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture will, through artistic activism, pay tribute to Africans united in their plight against COVID-19 and celebrate Africa’s strength in adversity

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Masekela’s Township Grooves

Special Correspondent Culture 2020-05-19 03:28:33

Culled from various albums released between 1965 and 1974, Township Grooves is testament to the notion that you can take the boy out of the township, but you can never take the township out of the man.

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Asanda Kupa – Relearn, My Soul

Special Correspondent Culture 2020-05-15 08:16:29

The works reflect three stages: destructiveness, messiness, and fulfilment – where each image unfolds and rebuilds across the picture plan and throughout the exhibition.

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State Theatre to Stream Productions Online

Special Correspondent Culture 2020-05-07 09:00:00

“As we navigate the possibilities and opportunities of live recording without audiences, we cannot wait to share with you our envisioned live concerts anchored by seasoned South African artists as well as offerings from Mmapula Setlhako and Hanna Van Tonder. In the same breath, we hope to be able to cover the set works so that we partner with the learners and the Department of Basic Education to bring these to them, in order to mitigate the interrupted learning process.

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Back of The Moon

Special Correspondent Culture 2020-05-06 22:00:00

One evening I watched The Suit which is about the moment when domestic happiness turns into domestic violence. Similar stories happen within my surroundings. It strengthened my belief of being against jealousy, harassment and marital strife, but perhaps the violence lies translated in the collage technique.

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Theatre Will Rise Again

Special Correspondent Culture 2020-04-07 22:00:00

#TheatreWillRiseAgain is a social media campaign initiated by the Market Theatre Foundation for South African artists to share pieces of dramatic monologues and solo performances. The home-recorded videos will offer a walk down memory lane of some of the contemporary works that the Market Theatre has staged over the years.

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Makhathini’s Letters from The Underworld

Special Correspondent Culture 2020-04-02 02:00:00

After experiencing Makhathini's powerful set at NYC Winter Jazzfest in January, Stereogum jazz critic Phil Freeman wrote, “He’s got an album coming out on Blue Note and I can’t wait for people to hear it, because it’s tremendous music. As a player and a composer, he sits right beside McCoy Tyner and Pharoah Sanders, playing a forceful but lyrical style of modal jazz that incorporates African rhythmic concepts

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