A Nigerian Kora player, a South African composer, a Kenyan master of ceremonies and Western Cape Premier Helen Zille were among musicians, VIPs and invited guests
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AuthorCapo Cassidy
Results499Musical feast at Durban’s beachfront festival
Durbanites look set to get a lot more than “what is needed” this weekend, May 26-28, when a star-studded line-up from around the world plays on
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Artists given licence to disrupt (as if they needed it)
2017 looks like the year disruption will come full circle at Grahamstown’s National Arts Festival, from June 29 to July 9. Last year’s call for proposals urged, challenged,
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Back by popular demand: #FeesMustFall
Back by popular demand! The Fall will be showing at Baxter Golden Arrow Studio from June 8 to 24. Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Research Chair of Studies
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Precious drinking water running down the toilet
As water experts gather for seminars to discuss the Cape’s crisis and pop groups record songs to help people manage the time they spend in the
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Education crisis ‘the civil rights struggle of the day’
Respected African elder statesman Jakaya Kikwete told the World Economic Forum’s Africa meetings in Durban that the education crisis in Africa was today’s civil rights struggle, and
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A connection, a picture, a story is worth a million miles
Star Alliance is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a worldwide competition celebrating cultural connections made by travellers in which entrants stand a chance to win a
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Afropunk is coming to Africa (Jozi strikes gold again)
Johannesburg will in December join New York, Atlanta, London and Paris as cities hosting global Afropunk events. The first batch of performers for the inaugural festival
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Think out of the box, put the farm into one
In this age of Eat Local campaigns, one might be a little alarmed to encounter vegetables called rucola, petite-this and mange-that, on a plate in the
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A break from life’s fools, double crossers, wrecking balls …
A motley crew of fools, an evil seductress and many a double crosser mucking about, stabbing each other in the back, wrecking the place. Sound familiar?
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