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Style: For more than three decades, Trompies have deliberately maintained their signature township boy attire of takkies and sporties. Photo: Supplied
ALEXANDRA

Kwaito isn’t dead, it’s evolving

Trompies’ story reveals how true legends endure by evolving without losing their cultural centre

  • Lesego Chepape
6 min read
Great soul: A film about Robert Sobukwe is to be screened at Constitution Hill, where he was imprisoned.
CONSTITUTIONAL HILL

Diary: Sobukwe film screening, Kwasuka Sukela a fun event for the whole family and Kwaito makes a komeback

Sobukwe film screened at jail where he was kept In celebration of Pan Africanist Congress founder Robert Sobukwe, who would have been 100 years old on 5 December, the…

  • Charles Leonard
2 min read
BATHU

Bathu unveils Ndofaya: A sneaker that celebrates the spirit of true resilience and authenticity

The iconic brand has joined forces with SA icon Mandla Spikiri Mofokeng, aka The King Don Father

  • Bathu Shoes
2 min read
Pulsating: Nakhane says they wanted ‘Bastard Jargon’, which features Raphael Saadiq, Nile Rodgers and Moonchild Sanelly, to make people move and dance. Photo: Alex de Mora
BASTARD JARGON

Nakhane comes out dancing

The South African artist describes their new offering ‘Bastard Jargon’ as an existential sex album that exchanges sad for upbeat

  • Lesego Chepape
6 min read