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Rofhiwa Maneta

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Rofhiwa Maneta

Keeping it real: Thor Rixon on a shoot for his latest release ‘Michele’. It is dedicated to his mother

Rixon tackles waste culture, consumerism

Thor Rixon’s discography showcases how the artist deftly walks the tightrope between absurdity and emotional sincerity

It’s personal: The visuals for Yannick Ilunga’s (aka Petite Noir’s) recently released EP, La Maison Noir/The Black House, were shot in Namibia. Photo: Tyrone Bradley

Petite Noir breaks borders

The artist’s new EP and visual album is a pilgrimage of his life as a citizen of everywhere

Identity parade: Jabu Nadia Newman’s Untitled I from the exhibition ‘Mokwena MacQuena MacQuene

Jabu Nadia Newman’s exhibition asks what’s in a name?

An exhibition explores how and why the photographer’s family name shifted from Mokwena to MacQuena in the 1960s

Searching: Before the city’s own brand of kwaito even existed, Durban-based Sandy B was already making a name for himself with the release of Amajovi Jovi. Photo: Sandile Ndlovu

Durban kwaito’s Sugarman

Traces of Sandy B’s legacy, punctuated by a 1994 hit, are imprinted on the genre as we know it today

Coming of age: Drake addresses the complex emotions he has experienced since becoming a father.

My child’s father, the distressed hip-hop head

The angst that comes with parenthood is becoming pervasive in the youthful genre

Afrovision: Muzi Mazibuko’s latest work is distinctly bound to the contours of return – to the continent as well as its musical heritage. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Muzi finds his way home

The Durban-born musician is now making music on his own terms by bringing the electronic genre into an African future

Energy: Itai Hakim’s music is a yearning for his ancestral home. Photo: Nicholas Rawhani

Music in search of the way home

For Itai Hakim, it is about knowing where you come from and also to not lose your way in life

Against all odds: Buhle Ngaba’s ‘The Girl Without Sound’is one of many to show the power of self-publishing in the digital era

SA’s self-publishing rock stars

There’s a new wave of local writers who are abandoning the conventional way of doing things

Expectations of the stern and resolute general are sky high.

Double consciousness

The condition of living both online and in the real world is at the hear of contemporary culture

Respect: Jackie Queens acts on her belief that women house vocalists need to be recognised and not regarded as afterthoughts. Photo: Tyrone Bradley/Red Bull content pool

The house that women built

Women vocalists are getting the credit they deserve from house vocalist Jackie Queens

More than Okay: The good fortunes of George Mnguni are nothing to laugh about.

You didn’t hear wrong

Okay Wasabi’s parodies, sparked by misheard lyrics, put an absurdist spin on local hip-hop culture.