Two major jazz festivals. One weekend. The Western Cape’s music scene braces for an unusual clash between a global brand and a local institution.

Rashid Lombard, legendary photojournalist and jazz aficionado, has died at 74 — leaving behind a legacy of resistance, rhythm and relentless storytelling

Ernest Cole’s lens captured apartheid’s truth and his legacy continues to shape creatives today

With the induction last week of the Rashid Lombard Archive at the University of the Western Cape his photography and stories will soon be accessible to a new generation.

Peter Magubane, whose images set him on a collision course with the apartheid government, pays tribute to his colleagues in this foreword to a new book

The renowned South African photographer understood how to look for the tucked-away spaces that were the sources of both light and dark

We need more books about South African jazz, focusing on both the verbal and the visual, to fully capture and appreciate the unique ‘river of culture we’ve been bequeathed’