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Katlego Mkhwanazi

Katlego Mkhwanazi is the Mail & Guardians arts, culture and entertainment content producer. She started her career in magazines, before joining the Mail & Guardian team in 2014. She is an entertainer at heart.

Fox on songs, Samas and synths

The musician is switching things up, returning to her piano roots for upcoming songs.

Clay art cracks NY scene

Andile Dyalvane’s Camagu is his first solo exhibition in the United States.

Children’s comprehension and vocabulary improves when parents read to them.

Children’s book fair wants young minds to be turned on by reading

The aim of the event is to encourage young people as well as illustrators and authors.

The Original Swimming Party.

Anticolonial misfits Original Swimming Party are in a class of their own

Original Swimming Party are driving a message home that is rooted in current issues

‘Up

The tales behind Johannesburg’s skyscrapers

‘Up Up’ looks through the lens of history at grand city centre architecture and tells the stories of those who’ve lived and worked in the buildings.

Tshwane listeners air their views on local music

Seven SABC radio listeners from Tshwane tell us what they think about the SABC’s initiative to play 90% local music on its stations.

Going to Maputo: Switzerland’s Pablo Nouvelle is one of the acts to see at the sixth Azgo Festival in Maputo

‘Let’s go’ to Maputo’s Azgo festival

The event presents a line-up of musicians from the continent, international artists and diasporic Africans.

Johnny Miller used a drone to take the aerial photographs that highlight the close proximity of poverty and wealth in places like Vukuzenzele and Sweet Home Farm in the Western Cape.

A bird’s-eye view of the truth

Cape Town-based photographer Johnny Miller seeks to give a fresh look at the country’s known disproportions.

What do the kids have to say?

The M&G interviewed children between the ages of 10 and 17 to find out how music, TV and social media shapes their approach to relationships and sex.

Film festival in South Africa lays bare a changing and multifaceted Europe

The Europe Film Festival will be hosted by Cinema Nouveau theatres across the country from May 6 to 15, and includes many award-winning films of note.

Stevenson Gallery curates SEX in the city

The SEX exhibition attempts to unpack sex through a timeline of events that took place in South Africa in the past decade.

Malick Sidibé: Remembering the ‘Eye of Bamako’

Katlego Mkhwanazi celebrates the work of a Malian photographer who documented the country’s stylish youth.

Final curtain for NAF’s Ismail Mahomed

The National Arts Festival has sets the stage for women to let their voices be heard.

The ANC has denied that the handing out of houses this week was an election stunt.

Life inside a women’s hostel

Angela Buckland’s photographs draw attention to a desperate situation that has become entrenched.

Sweet rosé is often people’s first introduction to wine.

Rosé in the pink on local wine market

The local wine market has increased in volume, thanks to the entry of new rosé brands.

Rebecca Malope: Still smiling after all these years as the gospel queen.
Video

The gospel according to Rebecca Malope

From a violent and harsh childhood to icon of music, the superstar has outdone her peers.

Paint speaks to power

Graffiti has long been used as a form of protest, which a new generation in South Africa is discovering.

Video

Comic Kronicles toon in to SA hip-hop

The Phaa Toonz brand has positioned itself as a platform that offers a humorous overview of the local hip-hop scene.

‘Mahadi-Lobola’ has opened the door to more TV content that will challenge what is regarded as sacrosanct.
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Both the sacred and profane are fair game on reality TV

‘Mahadi-Lobola’ is great entertainment but it raises serious questions about sensitive issues that touch on the cornerstones of our culture.

Success at the first attempt: “Happiness is a Four-Letter Word” director Thabang Moleya.
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Happiness is … A South African flick that makes money

Filmmaker Thabang Moleya talks about the success of his debut film and the joys of filming in Jo’burg.