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The Klein Karoo's Red Stone Hills: Small potatoes for geologists, high value for photographers
1+ week, 2+ day ago (280+ words) The Red Stone Hills outside Calitzdorp in the Klein Karoo should be on the bucket list of any person wanting to see definitive landscapes of South Africa and the Swartberg Ranges. Glimpsed from the R62, the Red Stone Hills live up…...
After the Bell: What would really make it always "better on the big screen?
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (80+ words) Daily Maverick While allure of the cinema might be flickering its last (although the Spaniards would beg to differ), the key to its blockbuster revival may simply lie in creating spaces that prioritise a little peace, with no distractions and…...
Abdullah Ibrahim, the pianist who turned Manenberg into an anthem of the freedom struggle.
5+ hour, 27+ min ago (1603+ words) He was called Sentso, Adolph, Dollar, then Abdullah. Nelson Mandela called him "our Mozart. Whatever the name, the music behind it never stopped reaching back towards the scarred but sacred hearts of District Six and the Cape Flats. He should…...
Thabo Mbeki tribute concert restores Tiyo Soga to the African Renaissance
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (869+ words) As President Thabo Mbeki marks his eighty-fourth year, Tiyo Soga's hymn returns as a summons to memory, restoring a father of the African Renaissance to the centre of our unfinished national promise and shared inheritance. For more than 150 years, South…...
A curated survey of South African art " June spotlight sale
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (200+ words) Strauss & Co's live-virtual June Spotlight Sale (Tuesday, 23 June 2026) additionally features modernist paintings by Gregoire Boonzaier, Frieda Lock, Cecil Higgs, Ruth Prowse, J. H. Pierneef and J. E. A. Volschenk, offering collectors a broad survey of South African artistic production across generations. DM Brickfield Canvas, 35 Brickfield…...
Orpheus in the Underworld: Cape Town City Ballet's hilarious spoof of a timeless myth
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (1023+ words) With the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra accompanying and a large cast of hardworking dancers, Veronica Paeper's sparkling choreography makes light work of the ancient myth, recasting gods and mortals in a whimsical 1920s alternative reality. If this is what the Underworld…...
Abdullah Ibrahim, SA cultural giant and jazz maestro, dies at 91
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (13+ words) Daily Maverick...
Constellations: The fragile calculus of human emotions
6+ day, 12+ hour ago (1093+ words) Actors Mwenya Kabwe and Mark Elderkind are both fantastic in Nick Payne's multidimensional, yet beautifully simple two-hander about the infinite choices we make in an infinite number of possible parallel dimensions. Among the various descriptors used to market Nick Payne's…...
Killer Queen: Fierce young talent defying the laws of gravity
1+ week, 1+ day ago (847+ words) It's a pulse-quickening new dance show oozing energy and rife with talent. But for those of us over a certain age, Killer Queen should perhaps come with a warning. Something like: "Hold on to your Zimmer frame!' First there are…...
Here's how to take Kirstenbosch to greatness
1+ week, 1+ day ago (719+ words) This series on the gardens has had, within 48 hours, nearly 80, 000 readers, and provoked an unprecedented number of written comments. It's an indication of both deep love and concern for Kirstenbosch and the way ahead. In researching these stories, we received…...