6+ hour, 12+ min ago  (1581+ words) One of South Africa's most fascinating and contested figures There are documentaries that inform. There are documentaries that entertain. Then there are documentaries that leave you wrestling with yourself long after the credits have rolled. The Trials of Winnie Mandela,…...

4+ hour, 51+ min ago  (1339+ words) A personal reflection on the late jazz giant, whose brilliance, contradictions and lifelong search for identity shaped both his music and legacy The first time I met Abdullah Ibrahim, he growled at me. It was sometime around 2003. A rainy Cape…...

5+ hour, 14+ min ago  (1294+ words) Set between Soweto and Lesotho, Wisani and the Bafokeng Brothers explores love, loyalty, family and survival against a dangerous backdrop A gift the "new normal" Covid-19 left society was the convenience of remote working and virtual interviews. Attending this year's…...

4+ hour, 57+ min ago  (1207+ words) South Africa's history is delicately woven with stories of struggle that led to sovereignty and the heroes that steered us there, not without sacrifice. These names are etched into the history books and lexicon of South Africa." Think: black consciousness…...

14+ hour, 24+ min ago  (683+ words) Ahead of his Cape Town performance, Nduduzo Makhathini discusses myth-making, musical responsibility and the evolving language of jazz. South African pianist and composer Nduduzo Makhathini will perform music from his new album, The Myth We Choose, in Cape Town this…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (339+ words) South Africa's foremost jazz icon, whose music carried the spirit of Cape Town's struggle to the world, dies in Germany South Africa has lost the man Nelson Mandela once called "our Mozart". Pianist and composer Abdullah Ibrahim, the towering figure…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (670+ words) Based on Sue Nyathi's novel, Netflix's "The Polygamist" turns a familiar story of love, betrayal and power into one of the most talked-about South African dramas of the year The weekend belonged to The Polygamist. The new Netflix series, based…...

4+ day, 22+ hour ago  (1276+ words) SA had some iconic nightlife scenes years back. Subcultures were built around a dancefloor. That world now feels like it belongs to another era There was a time when a night out was not planned in a Whats App group....

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (319+ words) There are new players in the field of news, and they are no longer operating at the margins. Across South Africa, audiences are not only changing where they get their news, but whom they trust to tell it. On blogs,…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (1697+ words) Opened just three days after the Soweto Uprising, the Market Theatre became a sanctuary for artists, a training ground for generations of theatre-makers and a powerful witness to South Africa's evolving story Three days after schoolchildren took to the streets…...