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Nobhongo Gxolo

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Nobhongo Gxolo

Nobhongo Gxolo is a Cape Town based writer

Church, protest nobungoma: The Brother Moves On released their new album $/He Who Feeds You… Owns You last month. Photo: Felix Zimmermann

The Brother Moves On: Going back to move forward

The performance ensemble visits poignant moments in Africa’s history. Their music is time travel

‘Black Elijah’ initially represents a feminine destructive energy that then turns to become nurturing. Photos: Tseliso Monaheng & Ndumiso Sibanda

Thandi Ntuli explores the sense of exile in her latest work

A perspective on the nuance of creation by pianist, composer and singer Thandi Ntuli, who through her lineage traversed from exile to integration to produce this work

All tied up: Ropework artist/practitioner Tapiwa Guzha facilitates a ‘crash course in intimacy’ to to help with context establishing, trust-building and safety setting for people who are new to the practice. This course shows the participant that whatever they bring into the vulnerability space will be understood. Photos: Kim M Reynolds Model: Ndumi

Kinky kitchen: Erotic bites excite the appetite

Cultural rehabilitator and bondage practitioner Tapiwe Guzha explores the sensual possibilities offered by food

Nwabisa Mda, Thembe Mahlaba and Bongeka Masango are the trio behind the YouTube channel Pap Culture. (Photo courtesy of Pap Culture)

The day Thembe Mahlaba won an Emmy award

Thembe Mahlaba, one third of Pap Culture, recounts how the channel got into its groove

A wild soda with gooseberries. (Photo: Zayaan Khan)

Indigenous food revivalists are cooking up a spiritual connection

Culinary activists such as Zayaan Khan and Tapiwa Guzha are prompting us to revisit and reclaim familiar, familial and traditional identities

Blended vessel: Spha Mdlalose says being boxed into a genre makes her nervous; she describes her debut album Indlel’eyekhaya as a display of all her influences. (Delwyn Verasamy/ M&G)

Spha Mdlalose finds her way home

The musician’s debut album, ‘Indlel’eyekhaya’, defies genres in its blend of jazz, gospel and R&B

Not gelato or roomys: Realising that there were no truly African ice cream flavours has inspired Tapiwa Guzha to create a brand that represents this continent. Photo: Supplied

A big scoop for African indulgence

Corn bread and roasted plum, bacon and caramel are some of the flavours on his menu

Spiritual milestones: The artworks have been described as having the reclamation of African spirituality and indigenous faith as practised by black women, at its core.

Art and the heirs of redness

Buhlebezwe Siwani’s latest exhibition grew out of a trek and conversations with several women

‘He — Ndumiso Michael Omowale Sibanda — has a number of names’

The man behind the camera

The director and storyteller has been ‘shooting the feels’ and making melanin pop on screen

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

Celebrating Winnie Madikizela-Mandela: Inside mam’ Winnie’s birthday concert

Nobhongo Gxola recounts the celebration of the ‘Mother of the Nation’ official octogenarian status.

Yewande Omotoso

Open Book Festival: Thinkers and writers talk black feminism, queer politics and TRC

Dreadlocks, gender and the state of the nation came under scrutiny at the Open Book Festival.

Food club Third Culture Experiment attended the festival in year one

​Third Culture Experiment’s tripe and ginger beer debuts at SA’s street food festival

Murphy’s law struck when, in year three of the street food fest, Nobhongo Gxolo upped the ante and set up a stall.

The history of Van Riebeek’s slave Krotoa unearthed from the masters’ view

The first nursemaid in Van Riebeeck’s household and one of the first interpreters between the Fort and the Khoikhoi, ousted after her husband died.

M. Lamar

​The Quiet Violence of Dreams – a double exhibition based on the book

Tshepo’s primeval scream; what it means and what it might be in reaction to, seeps its way into the curated pieces in the various exhibition spaces.

Cooking up a Third Culture Experiment

The founder of a Cape Town food club explains how it came into being and chronicles how she prepares her labour of love.

Moshekwa Langa and the mass of a poem

Artist Moshekwa Langa’s own life inspired his latest installation, which speaks to "hidden histories".

That Art Fair: The new kid on the block

The recently launched Cape Town art event, That Art Fair, hopes to nurture and invest in emerging talent.

Return of the African superhero

Illustrator, Moray Rhoda, believes the South African audience is missing out on great local comic books due to the lack of book distributors.

Thandi Ntuli: An Offering you can’t refuse

The singer is humble but she’s not afraid to launch her own album, and encourages female musicians to step out.

Sneakerhead: Ryan Herman.

How true sneakerheads get their kicks

No more tacky takkies: there’s a whole subculture devoted to collecting high-end sports shoes.