Ayanda Mabulu’s Struggle

Kulani Nkuna Culture 2015-11-23 12:58:26

“Although I am a proud to be from that area, it was not an easy place to grow up in because of the political instability in the eighties. The townships were burning and our big brothers used to set government officials’ cars on fire. On some weekends we enjoyed hearing the sound of drums and trumpets from a funeral of a sell out policeman.

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Intellectual Tsotsi

Kulani Nkuna Culture 2015-11-12 03:00:00

Ngobeni has always been one to interact with his surroundings whether it was when he was living on the streets, or fending for himself in the wilderness as a child. His has been a journey that responded to the immediate environment and he continues to do that in his work. The politically inclined artwork combines his current mental dispensation while harking back to his struggles that still haunt him through his dreams. His face is always etched with a permanent smile, and this sunny disposition, despite all the hardship, prompted Mabandu to call upon Stanley Crouch to aptly describe the path that Ngobeni has travelled.

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Pornography Of Power

Kulani Nkuna Culture 2015-09-19 20:00:00

Things should have changed, starting from Nelson Mandela all the way to the current people occupying positions of power. We are living in dire conditions with horrors happening to our people in the township on a daily basis. I can’t help but talk about these things.

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To Every Choking Knee, It’s A Demobilizing Kneel!

Rithuli Orleyn Culture -0001-11-30 00:00:00

“We believe that in (occupied Azania) South Africa, the invasive force and the invaded group live in unhealthy tension — and as such are a ticking time bomb ready to explode.

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My Pen Is Inside Feminism!

Lavittude Ramphomane Culture -0001-11-30 00:00:00

Since we agree that anti-blackness subsumes the entire Black race without taking cognisance of, inter alia, gender and class, how does Black feminism still privilege the discourse and gestures predicated on gender consciousness and not on Black consciousness?

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At A glance: South Africa’s COVID-19 Child Support Grant Top-up

Funzani Mthembu Culture -0001-11-30 00:00:00

For ease of reference, let me start at the end by quoting from the President’s speech: “This means that child support grant beneficiaries will receive an extra R300 in May, and from June to October they will receive an additional R500 each month.”

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The Land Is Not Ours

Siyabonga Hadebe Culture -0001-11-30 00:00:00

The main argument is therefore that it is inaccurate to study colonialism as a historical phenomenon but it is a continuous affair that still defines the character of its former colonies. The presence of former colonial powers in the daily economic life of the so-called independent countries is something that continues to elude researchers, commentators and political activists alike.

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Exiled At Home

Lehlohonolo Peega Culture -0001-11-30 00:00:00

In this performance, Miss Ntuli invites us into the deep corridors of her inner self, to witness a personal story of love, displacement, otherness and internal yearning. Like many a sublime artist, the art itself cuts tenfold, dwarfing this narration.

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