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Young South African designers are invited to create a signature lighting piece for Nando’s restaurants worldwide and accelerate their careers
ART AND DESIGN

Youth Day deadline set for Nando’s Hot Young Designer 2026 competition

Young South African designers are invited to create a signature lighting piece for Nando’s restaurants worldwide and accelerate their careers

  • Kibo Ngowi
2 min read
Location, location: Josh Duhamel in a scene from the American action-comedy London Calling, which was shot in Cape Town. Photo: Julia Hansson
CAPE TOWN FILM INDUSTRY

From Los Angeles to London, Cape Town keeps calling

Meet Mannequin’s dynamic duo, Delon Bakker and Kyle Ambrose, South Africa’s rising film production company turning Cape Town into Los Angeles — and London

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
7 min read
Serial success: The KwaZulu-Natal-born actress Thuso Mbedu as Aleah in Task, which is set to premiere on HBO on 7 September and on Showmax the following day.
BRAD INGELSBY

Thuso Mbedu’s more than up to this task

HBO series Task brings together action, emotion and moral complexity. The actress talks accents, preparation and why this new role pushed her to the limit

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
5 min read