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Pearl Thusi is an ever-evolving creative force stepping into a powerful musical rebirth where her sound becomes a picture and her story finds new voice. Photo: Supplied
AFRICAN STORYTELLING

Pearl Thusi: A daughter’s offering

A cinematic Afrosoul offering, Sodwa captures Pearl Thusi’s journey into music through nostalgia, collaboration and deep emotional clarity

  • Lesego Chepape
7 min read
Breathing space: Mona Monyane plays the lead character Lesego in the film Sabbatical, which explores themes such as the price of success and family pressures
BOKANI DYER

When the hustle breaks you: Karabo Lediga’s quietly radical Sabbatical

A layered, indie-styled character study, the film is a meditation on failure, family and fragile identity

  • Kibo Ngowi
7 min read
Visibility: James Ngcobo says the Market Theatre is celebrating the ‘tenacious young actors and people who are writing stories that speak to the now’. Photo: Paul Botes
JAMES NGCOBO

Q&A Sessions: ‘I will be an actor until my last breath’ — James Ngcobo

Veteran actor James Ngcobo, who is also a director, recently scooped his fourth South African Film and Television Awards accolade for his role as a corrupt leader on Netflix’s…

  • Ntombizodwa Makhoba
6 min read
Directed by Kagiso Lediga and Tebogo Malope in the first original African series commissioned by US streaming giant Netflix. (Netflix)
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Video

Queen Sono moers the dudes

The spy drama with its kick-ass heroine Queen Sono shows the continent in a new light

  • Kwanele Sosibo
  • Zaza
8 min read
Queen Sono (Netflix)
AFRICA
Audio

What Queen Sono sounds like

Together with songs to look out for in the series, Zaza Hlalethwa asked the cast for songs that encapsulated their experience on the set of the Netflix original series Queen Sono.

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
2 min read