Mail & Guardian
Mail & Guardian
thokozalatest news & developments
Bomme, by Simphiwe Fuwe Molefe, can be viewed at the ‘I Put My Hand On My Chest To Feel My Heartbeat’ exhibition in Joburg. (Photo: Maribe Mokgobu)

Between Two Worlds: A reflection on identity

An exhibition of the work of 16 photographers from Thokoza reveals the many parts that make us who we are

No free lunch: Tshepiso Mazibuko’s photos, which appeared on her prize-winning exhibition titled Ho Tshepa Ntshepedi Ya Bontshepe, explore the challenges facing the generation born after 1994.

The triumph of Tshepiso Mazibuko: The essence of a generation

Thokoza-born photographer wins accolades in France by looking inward and telling the stories of South Africa’s born-frees in the townships

Take that: Siyabonga Mhlanga and Lehlohonolo Sigaba were the first Africans to be invited to the Le Cinéma, Cent Ans de Jeunesse festival for young filmmakers in Lisbon, Portugal.

‘We killed it with our doccie’

Youngsters’ film about Thokoza gets an enthusiastic reception at a festival in Portugal

Vuyo Mabheka (a work from the ‘Popiheis’ project will exhibit at ‘uHambo (Journey)’.

uHambo: 10 years of Soul and Joy

A book and exhibition celebrate a decade-long photographic journey for creatives of Thokoza

At night they walk with me by Sibusiso Bheka

Young South African snapper Sibusiso Bheka graces Amsterdam

Bheka, who started his career at the Of Soul and Joy programme in Thokoza, was chosen for a residency at the prestigious NOOR photo agency in the Netherlands

Building trust: An image from Daleside: Static Dreams, a collaborative photo book by Lindokuhle Sobekwa and Cyprien Clément-Delmas which explores the farming community of Daleside. Sobekwa’s work will show as part of of blood, sweat and data, a show curated by Through the Lens Creative and Studio Nxumalo. It will show at The Zone @ Rosebank as part of FNB Art Joburg.

The Portfolio: Lindokuhle Sobekwa

For this Thokoza-born photographer, intimacy is important, no matter where he is positioned

Jade Palmer examines the gendered expectations of domestic labour and its effect on the interfamilial dynamic in Some time in February.
Video

Working alone, together: presenting the Wits Young Artist Award 2020 winners

Vick Bester, Pebofatso Mokoena and Jade Palmer, this year’s Wits Young Artist Award winners, each engage with with the particularities of the places where they live, inviting us…

ACDP volunteer: ‘We’re not playing God but we want to make a real change’

The believers series: This week we hang out with ACDP volunteer Gladys Modise who takes the message of her party to the people.

Once a no-go area for long periods at a time

Thokoza: Empty shells linger on boulevard of broken dreams

Khumalo Street, straddling Thokoza and its hostels, still bears the far-reaching scars of political violence in the 1990s.

For many in Thokoza, ‘it’s still a shitty life’

The brutal fighting between the ANC and the IFP has ended, but other than that the place in Thokoza where Greg Marinovich was shot hasn’t changed.

Who are these whites behind the rooidoeke?

United Nations secretary general Perez de Cuellar has expressed serious concern about the role of security force members in the Reef violence.