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The Soweto Theatre wall was transformed by artists participating in the Ubuhle Bendalo urban art residency last week. Photo: Mpho Mokgadi
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Ek sê, give graffiti the kasi flavour

The Ubuhle Bendalo urban art residency furthered the subversion of the broken window theory

A glimpse of the Graffiti Gallery in Newtown. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

Mapping the city through graffiti

An inner city graffiti festival aims to make Johannesburg a global graffiti destination

The matter continues on Thursday at the Johannesburg High Court.

Editing Steve: The limits of free expression

‘Over the years Steve Hofmeyr has reinvented himself from the poor man’s Brad Pitt to a singer to a political public commentator’

The matter continues on Thursday at the Johannesburg High Court.

EDITORIAL: Hofmeyr? Seriously?

Hofmeyr isn’t capable of singing a new song; he just recycles his old hits, which are just some old folk songs from a rather nasty tradition.

Krog, Pauw speak out on newspaper’s decision to publish Hofmeyr’s views

The weekly Afrikaans paper was challenged on social media after it published an opinion piece by right-wing popstar Steve Hofmeyr.

Mally Simelane’s daughter was murdered for her sexual orientation

A mother fights queer bias

Her daughter was murdered but she finds peace by helping parents accept their LGBTI children

Graffiti

Graffiti and Herman Mashaba’s bid to erase public art histories

Bylaws in SA’s major metros are killing off an art form that marginalised people could call their own

Football legend Samuel Eto’o spoke to the Mail & Guardian about the criticisms African players face when making big money moves to less stellar clubs.

Editorial: Mayor’s walls of shame

It looks like the mayor felt some pressure to come up with something he could use to show how firm he is, but it is completely irrelevant to most.

“A good graffiti artist

Writing’s on the wall for Jo’burg’s graffiti artists

Mayor Herman Mashaba believes the art form is a deterrent to investment and will review how it is policed.

Former president Nelson Mandela with his grandson Mandla Mandela.
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DA’s use of Madiba’s voice a ‘gross violation of electoral code’ – Mandla Mandela

An election advert using Mandela’s voice has elicited the ire of his grandson who says he shouldn’t be affiliated with the ‘betrayal of our struggle’.

Paint speaks to power

Graffiti has long been used as a form of protest, which a new generation in South Africa is discovering.

Eight of Cape Town’s top street artists on Instagram

From Mak 1 to DALeast, we profile some graffiti artists in Cape Town on Instagram who use this social media tool to showcase their work and process.

Mbokodo women solid as a rock in the cultural world

The contribution by artists , ranging from poets and painters to dancers and designers, to their communities are recognised through these awards.

Fana Hlongwane was ‘not ready’ to appear at the arms deal commission

Did Parliament really sign off on the arms deal?

Expectations will be high as ex-DA MP Raenette Taljaard testifies on whether the House was undermined to ensure there was no probe into the arms deal.

Military police stand next to a mural of an Amazonian tribe member wearing a football jersey during a protest against the 2014 World Cup in São Paulo.

Angry message in São Paolo’s murals

Glamour and squalor coexist uneasily here, but one thing unites rich and poor: everyone’s furious about Fifa World Cup Brazil.

The Xbox One

More than a million Xbox One consoles sold on launch day

Microsoft says that more than a million Xbox One consoles were snapped up within 24 hours in 13 countries after hitting shelves for the first time.

Gallery puts graffiti into orbit

Graffiti artist Mars makes the leap from Jo’burg’s grimy streets to an exhibition space to show off the other side of his urban art.

President Jacob Zuma arrived in Addis Ababa

Zuma names two new universities

Two institutions being built in the Northern Cape and Mpumalanga will start operating next year with no more than 200 students each.

Eusebius McKaiser: Presenter pumps up the power

Eusebius McKaiser was in fine form on his first day as a presenter at a new Gauteng radio station.

Antjie Krog: ‘I feel I’m in a country that has a fractured morality.’

Ethics knot leaves poetry at sea

Antjie Krog has diverged from the popular route of cheer and optimism in South Africa, describing instead a country devoid of common ground.