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Legendary Beninese musician Angélique Kidjo will be among the headliners of the 27th Standard Bank Joy of Jazz music festival. Photo: File

Standard Bank Joy of Jazz reveals 2026 line-up as festival leans into legacy

From Angélique Kidjo to Thandiswa Mazwai, this year’s Joy of Jazz programme connects legacy acts with emerging voices across four curated stages

Take flight: The Wonderboom Airshow on Friday, promises stunts,
formation flying, and tactical manoeuvres. Photo: Supplied

Diary: Wonderboom Airshow; Music and Lifestyle Expo; Mandisi Dyantyis in Cape Town

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Singularity South Africa Summit 2025: Everything you need to know, Two days of exponential ideas, global thinkers and a robotic upgrade await at Sandton Convention Centre

The countdown has begun for the Singularity South Africa Summit 2025, taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre on 22 and 23 October. Presented in collaboration with Old…

Wall to wall: FNB Art Joburg will be on at the Sandton Convention Centre from 5 to 7 September

Diary: FNB Joburg Art Fair, Hendrick Monyeki and Open Book Festival

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Dynamic: FNB Art Joburg managing director Mandla Sibeko.

Diary: FNB Art Joburg returns for its 18th year, Lu Dlamini to perform at the Centre for Jazz and Popular Music and Kaleidoscope Festival returns this August

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Meetings Africa 2025: boosting South Africa’s tourism economy

The countdown to Meetings Africa 2025 has begun! With less than a month to go, excitement is building. Today, the Johannesburg Stock Exchange was busy with the Meetings Africa…

The RAF will not compensate people who deliberately get themselves injured by vehicles

The RAF does not compensate someone who intentionally causes a motor vehicle accident, even if this results in serious injuries

Celiwe Ross, Director, Group Strategy, Sustainability, People and Public Affairs at Old Mutual.

Singularity Summit 2024 gears up with bold plans

Final plans revealed for Singularity Summit in collaboration with Old Mutual on 21 & 22 October 2024

Chill: Marlene Dumas’s painting Existential Doubt was sold by Aspire Art in March this year for R4 million.

Art market: SA outlook is sunny

But clouds are gathering for international auction houses as concerns grow about a global slump

MultiChoice accepts Localisation Certificate at 12th Proudly South African Localisation Dinner

The certificate underscores its steadfast dedication to supporting and amplifying local content, talent and industries

SA inaugural design week: Reimagine everything

It’s time for the local design industry to take back its agency and reclaim its narratives, rather than letting others interpret them

Memorial Service of late rapper AKA, Kiernan Forbes, held at the Sandton Convention Centre. Photo: Supplied

Friends and fans join family in giving emotional farewell to slain rapper Kiernan ‘AKA’ Forbes

Not fair that he’s gone so soon, says TV personality of musician who was murdered outside a Durban restaurant

Tourism Minister Mmamaloko Kubayi-Ngubane rings the bell to open the trading floor at Meetings Africa as South African Tourism board interim chair Ravi Nadasen looks on. (SA Tourism)

Tourism can push Africa onto a new path – minister

The continent is fast becoming a dynamic sought-after tourist destination