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Boemo Diale’s Sitting on a hammock.

Kumalo | Turpin opens its doors with warmth, multiplicity and a refusal of exclusivity

At Johannesburg’s new Kumalo | Turpin gallery, the inaugural exhibition ‘Gender/Genre’ signals a space committed to conversation, care and reimagining who contemporary art spaces…

National Team: Trevor Noah (left), is the captain of the SA National
Team of Comedy, Eugene Khoza (centre) the vice captain and Ntosh
Madlingozi the coach. Photo: Supplied

Gig Guide: Savanna presents Festival of Comedy, Dominica releases Your Presence and Santu Mofokeng at the Standard Bank Art Lab

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A deeper voice: Bubu’s album, Folklore Chapter One, was the seed of the Folklore Festival that has become an ecosystem stretching across disciplines and inviting conversation.

Pilane Bubu and the work of remembering through folklore

Through its KinFolk theme, the Folklore Festival returns to the work of connection, bridging generations, regions and disciplines to reimagine how South Africa remembers,…

Mahindra Fusion Fest 2026 returns to Pretoria this March, transforming the SunBet Arena into an immersive collision of music, fashion and art that celebrates the bold future of South African creativity

Mahindra Fusion Fest Returns: Bigger, bolder and unapologetically South African

Mahindra Fusion Fest 2026 returns to Pretoria this March, transforming the SunBet Arena into an immersive collision of music, fashion and art that celebrates the bold future of…

Sepedi poet and cultural worker Moses Seletisa

Speaking in tongues: The literary revolution rooted in Sepedi and Setswana

The quiet power of Moses Seletisa’s Sepedi poetry and Sabata Mokae’s Setswana novels

Artist Kim Berman stands in front of her image entitled “Atonement”.

Kim Berman’s fire sermon

The artist’s latest exhibition, spanning 40 years, celebrates ‘the victory of memory over forgetting’

AI is not a side issue; it is an economic governance challenge that will determine who captures value, who holds power, and whose interests technology ultimately serves for decades to come. (Science Photo Library/ Sergi Laremenko)

The silent thief: AI exploits creators under the guise of innovation

Africa must not become a data colony feeding algorithms that serve the Global North, while remaining voiceless in shaping the rules

Nyakallo Maleke
makes joy an
art form

Nyakallo Maleke and the gentle radicalism of drawing as care

A tender meditation on care, memory and materiality, this artist’s work invites us to slow down and feel the soul

Igshaan Adams, Gebedswolke (2025). ©
Igshaan Adams.

Structures of the forgotten: An installation of song, soil and spirit

A haunting meditation on land, memory and rain, Dinokana invites us to rebuild from what was lost

Biggie: SoftVxnxs by Goldendean who will be an exhibitor on the One and the Many show in Pretoria in July. Photo: Anthea Pokroy

Diary: One and the Many exhibition at Javette Art Centre,  Simthandile Mtolo Quartet live, Kaleidoscope Festival in the Karoo

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Louie Vega will headline a night of house music at The Forum in Bryanston, Johannesburg.

Diary: Soulaced with Louie Vega, Hamba Ungemi on tour, Mantsopa at Market Theatre

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South African scientists have released the findings of the first HIV cure trial in Africa with promising results showing viral suppression in 20% of women who stopped taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) after 18 months

SA scientists release promising HIV cure trial results

The study found 20% of women who took a drug intervention that included antibodies remained virally suppressed without antiretroviral therapy after 18 months.

A stitch in time: The Bokgabo ba Mašela: Art of Textiles exhibition, which is on at the University of Pretoria Museums until 15 October, includes works using embroidery, quilting and other forms of needlework.

Textiles as testimony: Stitching together stories of struggle, survival and gendered history

Textiles hold memory, meaning and power – challenging erasure, celebrating resilience

Free entry: The Constitution Hill Human Rights Festival is an important reminder that for many in South Africa the battle for rights has not been won.

Arts and acts of freedom

Human rights festival honours the fight for justice with music, films and dialogue, offering free access to all and inspiring change

Sue Williamson’s work Better Lives Nelson Manuel, 2003.

Sue Williamson’s retrospective: Art as witness to history

Her work confronts South Africa’s past, blending art, activism and memory

Paint the town red: About 30 000 people are expected to view the work of more than 120 exhibitors at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair.

Diary: Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Protest theatre classic returns, Ayanda Jiya in Durban

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Anelisa Mangcu. (Photo by Zander Opperman)

Anelisa Mangcu is weaving art into legacy

Her gallery, Under the Aegis, is intended to nurture artists and build the community

Opening: Siviwe James’s exhibition Ubuhle Ngaphaya Kwameva.

Diary: Siviwe James goes solo, Una Rams and Muneyi release ndi a mufuna, Lorin Sookool at Artscape

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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

Jozua Gerrard’s Different Day.

Exhibition shows the convergence of art, craft and design

A new wave of African creatives is working with galleries to blur the distinction between the three disciplines