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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.
ART

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

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

  • Puleng Segalo
5 min read
Jazz rhythms: Thulile Zama will put on a performance in Durban before embarking on a tour.
CHEF GONTSE MAI

Diary: Javett art and cuisine, Joburg Ballet returns to Roodepoort Theatre, Thulile Zama and friends

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
Work from Noria Mabasa’s exhibition Shaping Dreams at the Nirox Sculpture Park. (Supplied by Lucky Lekalakala)
AFRICAN ART

Sculptor is shaping dreams

The work of 84-year-old artist Noria Mabasa explores traditions, mythology and spirituality

  • Oupa Nkosi
6 min read
Because Katrina Esau is one of very few remaining speakers of the N|uu language, she decided to publish a children’s story in her mother tongue, saying it was a ‘matter of the heart’ for her. Photo: James Oatway/Gallo Images/Sunday Times
BODOUR AL QASIMI

N|uu book waters the seed of the decolonisation project

Katrina Esau’s The Ostrich and the Tortoise aims to preserve N|uu for its next generation of speakers

  • Perfect Hlongwane
6 min read