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What remains when there is NO EASTER SUNDAY FOR QUEERS

Mwenya Kabwe, who directs the piece, slides between calling the writing a play or poetry. The poetry, means, as Kabwe says, ‘There was no way to stage it traditionally. There is al...

By Nondumiso Msimanga

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Culture / 22/08/19

The Bavino Sermons

In an interview with Brenda Sisane of KayaFM on The Art of Sunday, Rampolokeng said he writes poetry in order to find himself and “it’s not up to the poet to provide answers, but it is [theirs] to question”.

By Koketso Potsane

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Daniel “Kgomo” MOROLONG | Hugh Masekela

By Percy Mabandu

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Patrick Bongoy reinvents the wheel in Matter

Matter draws out the history of rubber as a precious natural resource and its relationship to the colonial past of the DRC and its afterlives. The works reflect on the violent expl...

By Culture Reporter

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Culture / 20/08/19

The Vavasati Festival and the politics of representation

With this year being its seventh in the same venue, Vavasati will showcase a broad spectrum of established artists, and little-known works by new and mid-career artists from South Africa, Namibia, and Germany.

By Dr Akhona Ndzuta

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Signs You Might Be A Fatphobic Dick-Head

By Wanelisa Xaba

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Biko Had No Special ‘Relationship’ With Johan Rupert

The most recent of these obnoxious and false misconceptions about Biko is the statement made by journalist and author, Pieter Du Toit in his book, ‘The Stellenbosch Mafia’, that Jo...

By Thandolwethu Sipuye

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Culture / 16/08/19

Ukugrumba

Ukugrumba, which means to “dig up” in isiXhosa, is a body of work motivated by my family’s trauma as a result of activism in South Africa's struggle against apartheid, liberation and reconciliation effects within present...

By Culture Reporter