Summer Flowers, representing South Africa at the 15th Dakar Biennale, is an homage to author Bessie Head
The writer grew and evolved in exile — but he never truly left South Africa
Sue Williamson’s new show opens in Joburg and a retrospective is coming soon
The change of street and place names rouses the country’s attention unlike anything else and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon
Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past
June is Pride Month and we’re looking beyond the rainbow-themed campaigns and logo changes, to turn our attention to the movement’s icons.
If you had the opportunity to explore South Africa, to really see it, be confused by it, fall in love with the good, bad and the ugly, where would you start? Think of the last…
Through a combination of architectural photographs and autobiographical stories, a new book constructs memories of this historic neighbourhood
The South African activist and man of letters, who died on 29 April 2021, used language as a weapon to defend the marginalised and reflect upon the people, places and culture…
Lesiba Mabitsela’s multidisciplinary project interrogates the influence of modernity through examining the intersections between fashion and architecture
The renowned South African photographer understood how to look for the tucked-away spaces that were the sources of both light and dark
A key figure in the return of more than 1 000 claimants to Cape Town’s inner city, Shahied Ajam was working on a multi-billion rand land restitution project
Plans include reintroducing Hanover Street and property rights for returning victims of removals
Yusuf Daniels, a former auctioneer, describes himself as someone who became an author by mistake
After becoming the ‘whites-only’ neighbourhood of Zonnebloem, another symbol of those forcefully removed from there is being reclaimed
In March, her department missed a deadline to deliver a plan of action on the cost, scale, and modality of a District Six restitution programme
It would be remiss to underplay the seriousness of one complaint of noise pollution against the azaan
Cape Town’s gay men won’t abandon Islam, despite the censure they sometimes face
‘People are generally so fucken switched off’ – how Lategan puts readers into his characters’ shoes
Small-scale farmers who were given back their land now sell acorns to survive, a doccie shows
