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Before the move to the South African State Theatre in 2023, Black Labone events were hosted down the road from the theatre at African Beer
Emporium. Photo: Black Labone

Pretoria’s creative renaissance

Black Labone continues the legacy of the city’s iconic arts sessions, blending nostalgia, collaboration and resilience

Graphic: John McCann

Technology is reshaping, not replacing, human value

Automation is freeing people to focus on areas that truly require human intelligence in the form of creativity, innovation, empathy and problem-solving

From tradition to transformation: Redefining creativity in a data-driven world

There was a time when the biggest idea in the room was all you needed. One powerful line, one campaign, one spark that carried a brand for years. But those days are gone. The…

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Mzansi Unicorns: Hope is our biggest export: With Lebo Rasethaba – Podcast episode 6

Mzansi Unicorns is a podcast spotlighting exceptional South Africans making a global impact across culture, business, sport, and social change.

Travelling together: Jesse Clegg and Msaki collaborated on Entropy, which is due to be released in January. Photo: Marty Bleazard

Msaki and Jesse Clegg on friendship, chaos and creation

When two artists stopped planning and started listening, they found music, and meaning, in the natural disorder of life

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

Where we work shapes how we think. It influences our interactions, our focus, our willingness to speak up — even our mood. (Photo by Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images)

What makes some spaces more creative than others

Physical environments shape mental states and design decisions, often dismissed as cosmetic, affect culture, productivity and innovation in the workplace

Mbali Tshabalala has been chosen to take part in the Tyburn Foundation’s new residency initiative

Space to shape and create

New residencies give African artists time to reflect, collaborate and evolve beyond commercial constraints

Showcase: Zanele Kumalo will take part in Design Week South Africa, which will be on in Joburg and Cape Town

Diary: Design Week South Africa kicks off, African Women artists shine in London, look out for the inaugural Hazendal Festival

Your essential dose of art and culture

Young people are asked for their opinions but these seldom translate into action. Photo: Cornell Tukiri/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Embrace the creativity of a child on Youth Day

Focus on not only young people but also children this Youth Day and use this creativity to build success

Flooding in Ethembeni informal settlement, Khayelitsha, on the Cape Flats. Photo: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images

Breaking barriers: Inclusive innovation for a fairer future

Traditional innovation often relies heavily on large-scale investments in infrastructure and trained workers, two factors that are often lacking in economically depressed areas

Creativity is Lionel Messi’s imperceptible feint to the
left; it is Magnus Carlsen’s subtle pawn manoeuvring in
tight endgames. It is laced in Notorious BIG’s lyrics and
Mozart’s wordless symphonies. It is the invisible spirit
that erects our buildings and sews our clothes.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Cannabis, capitalism and the perils of creativity

When the illicit is legalised and researched into mundanity, where’s the magic, asks Luke Feltham

The Gender Parity Index (GPI) in tertiary education tells the story. As of the latest figures, South Africa’s GPI stands at 1.41, meaning that for every man enrolled in higher education, there are 1.41 women. (Flickr/ https://www.microbizmag.co.uk)

How creativity solves burnout

A great way to commemorate Mental Health Month is by generating creative ideas and encouraging those around you to do the same

South Africa has made strides in ensuring access to primary school education for children despite their socio-economic status or geographic location, according to a global study. (Photo by Gallo Images / Sunday Times / Thuli Dlamini)

Why art and creativity is a crucial part of (in)formal education

Arts education is critical, because it has the capacity to liberate learners from economic, social and political forces. What’s needed is funding, training and political will

Today, 21 April, is World Creativity and Innovation Day, a day recognised by the UN to celebrate creation. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

World Creativity Day is a time to celebrate yourself

Although destruction tends to dominate headlines, we engage in thousands of acts of creation every single day

Workers make face masks to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus on the outskirts of Srinagar, India. (Waseem Andrabi/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Rethinking communication and innovation in the time of Covid-19

Physical distancing rules do not have to mean that we work in isolation; on the contrary, the need for communication has never been greater

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‘Adaptation’: New short fiction from Phumlani Pikoli

Phumlani Pikoli’s latest piece is a metafiction based on what could happen if spike jonze and Ira Glass met

Cardboard signs made by rough sleepers in Barcelona inspired five fonts with more to come.

Barcelona’s homeless profit from handwritten fonts

A project to turn the handwritten signs of the city’s rough sleepers into fonts is raising funds for a foundation that cares for the homeless.

‘Creategy’ for a time of recession

When the going gets tough, the tough get -creative, writes Jon Foster-Pedley.