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Poet-activist: Vusi Mahlasela came of age in a community defined by oppression and extraordinary creative resilience. Photo: Gallo Record Company

Vusi Mahlasela has never stopped singing for change

South Africa’s most beloved troubadour on new music, staying rooted in Mamelodi and why peace is worth singing about

Tenderness: At its core, Born To This reflects on devotion and resilience. Photo: Supplied

Diary: Verra Lake arrives with confidence on Born To This,  Xowié returns with ALLO Deluxe and The Africa Rising Music Conference returns to Constitution Hill

Your essential dose of art and culture

Fun: YouthX Day at Constitution Hill promises a stacked line-up. Photo: Supplied

Diary: YouthX Festival, Routes of Sound at Spier Wine Farm, , Grave Injustice Exhibition

Your essential dose of art and culture

Foretaste: Mikhaela Faye’s recent EP comes ahead of a new album.

Diary: Mikhaela Faye’s Gaslighter,  Basha Uhuru Freedom Fest, The Hyena’s Tuckshop at Market Theatre

Your essential dose of art and culture

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

Off the wall: Art installer Bafana Zembe and his team at Nazo Arts and Projects are responsible for hanging exhibitions in galleries. (Photo supplied)

Bafana Zembe has no hang-ups about his job

Behind every work on a gallery wall is someone like the unsung art installer

Tasneem Motara. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Governance battles hit Gauteng’s economy

Hit by the pandemic, unrest and load-shedding, the province’s economy has suffered a chronic decline

Invaluable artworks and artefacts at risk in the Johannesburg museums

The City of Johannesburg has been marching on the spot for years about fixing its museum infrastructure, it can no longer pretend not to see the costly damage wrought over time

With the lockdown limiting physical interactions, the writer looks back at AfroPunk 2019,  the last music festival that she attended. (Ryan Purcell)
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Why we gotta let the people groove

Our arts writer reflects on attending Afropunk with a new appreciation for human encounters, courtesy of the national lockdown

Dada Khanyisa gets ready for their first solo exhibition at home in Johannesburg. (Paul Botes)
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Nakanjani, Dada Khanyisa’s got a good feeling

Artist Dada Khanyisa on responding to the opportunities that their practice offers them, by all means necessary

Family tradition: Fanny Mokoena started in the industry helping her sister run a shebeen while still at school. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

​Rise of the shebeen queens

African women, denied access to the labour market, turned to a traditional skill to provide for their families

‘Ba Babedi, ba Bararo’ from Manyano (Mmabatho Montsho)

​The divinity in the everyday

A debut exhibition focuses on women bowed down by the weight of life but united by their faith