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Charles Leonard

Charles Leonard is a journalist, editor, broadcaster, DJ and record collector. For more than 30 years, he has edited and written for a variety of South African publications and broadcasters, including the Mail & Guardian, Business Day, SABC, Vrye Weekblad and the Sunday Times, as well as Channel Four News in the UK.

Artist Frieda Toranzo Jaeger’s work Rage is a Machine in Times of Senselessness, which appeared on this year’s Venice Biennale

Artists’ blitzkrieg: Criminalised, cancelled, fired, censored

Right-wing German journalists have been snitching on pro-Palestine artists, academics and curators for ‘anti-Semitism’

Buon appetito!: Enrico Persegani, the chef at new Sandton restaurant Sinn

Fusion food without the confusion

A new restaurant takes a chance by combining classic Italian with contemporary innovation

‘Electronic, less housey’: Nthato Mokgata, aka Spoek Mathambo. (Florian Spring)

Labours of love: A movie, music, a novel – oh, and a baby

Multi-talented filmmakers Carla Fonseca Mokgata and Nthato Mokgata are making history with their romantic comedy

Stand ups and downs: Comedian Alice Viskat, founder of comedy club Evil Comedy, says the first time she flopped was liberating. Her show Fuck, Marry, Kill is on in Cape Town on 19 December.

Alice Viskat: How I learned to love the bomb

The comedian brings risqué tales from her colourful life to the stand-up stage

Issues: Botswanan artist and photographer Thero Makepe’s work Insurance, 2024 will be at his exhibition It’s Not Going to Get Better.

Diary: The realities in Botswana, A Month of Love and Fresh Met operas on South African big screens

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Great soul: A film about Robert Sobukwe is to be screened at Constitution Hill, where he was imprisoned.

Diary: Sobukwe film screening, Kwasuka Sukela a fun event for the whole family and Kwaito makes a komeback

Sobukwe film screened at jail where he was kept In celebration of Pan Africanist Congress founder Robert Sobukwe, who would have been 100 years old on 5 December, the…

For the record: Conceptual artist Dada Khanyisa rebuilt a record player for the installation Summer Flowers by Cape Town architect and artist Ilze Wolff, which is on at the 15th Dakar Biennale in Senegal. (Supplied)

Flowers, music, books and how to be an architect in a horrible world

Summer Flowers, representing South Africa at the 15th Dakar Biennale, is an homage to author Bessie Head

On the count of three: The Kyle Shepherd Trio on stage (left to right), Shepherd, Shane Cooper and Jonno Sweetman. (Supplied)

The Kyle Shepherd Trio: A jazz dance sweetly played

Kyle Shepherd Trio’s new album is packed with originals, covers, homages – and a guilty pleasure

After-school activities: Author of the Spud series John van de Ruit has brought out a new book in the series called The Reunion.

Superfan or groupie? John van de Ruit on passion, humour and the phenomenon of Spud

Author John van de Ruit is back with a new book in the popular series

In black and white: Zander Blom tells of the colour in his work

The artist’s new Joburg exhibition has drips and smears – it can scare you – but it can also make you feel light

In the spirit of things: Products on the first Cape Fine Brandy online auction being held by Strauss & Co

A brandy idiot gets hammered at auction

Strauss & Co is selling a selection of rare, aged Cape fine brandies from South Africa’s top distillers

Support group: Michelle Rosewall and Rondean Hughes will perform at the Flatfoot Access Festival.

Diary: A feast of dance, musical blessings from the avant-garde, WGRUV Dance Company opens in Gauteng

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Sale of goods to do good for Palestinian journalists

SA-born artist Candice Breitz has designed a collection of T-shirts, sweatshirts and a tote bag titled Never Again Means Never Again

No joke: Comedian Trevor Noah says his children’s book Into the Uncut Grass is about the power of the imagination to solve problems. Photo: Amy Sussman/Getty Images
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Trevor Noah: Writing this book wasn’t child’s play

The comedian speaks to us about his recently released book Into the Uncut Grass — ostensibly for children

Critique: Musician Tumi Mogorosi (above) and poet Lesego Rampolokeng will be in MoRa at the Pan African Theatre Festival.

Diary: The Pan African theatre festival, Disney’s Aladdin Jr and two unmissable events in Durban

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On the face of it: South African photographer Pieter Hugo’s pictures Tiananmen Square, Beijing, 2015 (Pieter Hugo)

Pieter Hugo’s tragic beauty pushes the button of mortality

The photographer’s ambitious new exhibition What the Light Falls On is a free-ranging meditation on life

DJ Mbali Nkosi. (Photo supplied)

Mbali Nkosi is proud to DJ at Johannesburg Pride

The popular DJ is ready to dazzle the crowd at the 35th annual Pride party in Jo’burg

The art of music: A performance of Gabi Motuba’s latest album The Sabbath at the Johannesburg Art Gallery earlier this year. Photo: Wandile Hlosokuhle Ndlovu

Profound new album by Gabi Motuba seeks the truth

The Sabbath crosses musical boundaries, and with its beauty seeks to confront the ugliness of daily living, says its creator

Einstein Fix: An Electronic Symphony, is an outstanding musical portrait of Einstein Mupalu, a cellphone and laptop repairer in Cape Town. (Photo supplied)

Einstein Fix is a paradoxical podcast that’s a symphony of exuberance

A new podcast tells the story of an enterprising asylum seeker with joy and anguish

Mdou Moctar of Mdou Moctar performs at Circolo Magnolia of Segrate on August 22, 2024 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Sergione Infuso/Corbis via Getty Images)

Long live rock – as long as it is African

Three new African rock albums show how the genre has been given a new lease on life on the continent