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Kwanele Sosibo is the editor of Friday, the arts and culture section of the Mail and Guardian.
Ahead of the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, Kwanele Sosibo interviews this year’s music and jazz SBYA winners for their reflections on the history and meaning of the awards
Jabu Mncwango supports the National Freedom Party, which is competing in the national elections for the first time after splitting from the Inkatha Freedom Party in 2011
The rerelease of the 1975 album by the jazz guitarist calls attention to this talented musician
A nighttime haunt in the backstreets of Orlando run by a well-known bootlegger should have been a prime zone for nefarious underworld activities. Instead, it nurtured an…
A master of a sparse, propulsive style, Robbie Shakespeare’s bass spoke volumes
A master of feel, Robbie Shakespeare’s bass spoke through the silence
Dimakatso Sedite’s poems emerge from the shattered futures of South Africa’s townships
Jazz is the winner as Herbie Tsoaeli updates his explorations of time in his new album
Original Creative Breed’s new documentary tracks the trajectory of the underground automotive sport
Koleka Putuma’s triumphant adaptation allows audience to see stagecraft influence poetry
The grief of others can ease our pain in these calamitous times
For a man to whom music was a mission, the local industry ultimately proved too narrow
FNB Art Joburg director Mandla Sibeko speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about this year’s Open City, during which unlikely spots are turned into art spaces
A film more about an entire culture than one man’s place in it, Mutant gives new meaning to the phrase ‘bigger than hip-hop’
Khubu Zulu wanted a way to deal with PTSD and landed on an accidental practice
Confined to demarcated spaces, delivery bike rider Paul Mwase has few moments of release. Deliver Me captures this liminality with beauty and empathy
A new book of images and essays about the Afrophobic violence in South Africa attempts to take the narrative forward
Cascading between moods and styles, the nine tracks on NLite’s album offer a lightness of spirit
Steve McQueen’s ‘Lovers Rock’, part of the ‘Small Axe’ anthology, is an ethereal interlude that takes us inside the blues party bubble
Khulekani Mayisa’s new film, Power to the Purple, is an intensely personal collaborative project
