Arts and culture

“From the streets, to Hanover Park, to Artscape”

There will be one performance only of the play Don’t Miss Your Turning Point at Artscape on Saturday

By

News | 13 February 2020

Barrydale parade highlights climate change

Joyous occasion in beautiful Western Cape town was marked by a serious and frightening theme

By

Photo Essay | 18 December 2019

Concern over unclean conditions at initiation schools

Forum launches initiation season in Nelson Mandela Bay claiming no deaths since 2016

By

Brief | 21 November 2019

Initiation school mired in filth

Illegal dumping is compromising Xhosa traditional practice at a school in Govan Mbeki

By

Brief | 7 November 2019

Art centre pressured to remove painting by murderer

Display of Zwelethu Mthethwa’s work raises debate about freedom of expression versus dignity of family of a murdered sex worker

By

News | 7 October 2019

Artists accuse by-law of stifling cultural life in Cape Town

“Only those with significant financial resources are able to comply fairly easily with the bylaw process”

By

News | 31 July 2019

Township youths build exquisite sculpture

It doesn’t make all the violence stop but it reminds people that there is beauty in the world, says volunteer

By

Photo Essay | 12 July 2019

Facebook post sparks row over human remains in Green Point

Construction project halted

By

News | 4 June 2019

Lubabalo Kondlo is the world draughts champion, but he is struggling to make ends meet

He is on a mission to popularise the game in South Africa

By

Feature | 9 May 2019

Athlone arts hub shuts its doors

Closure follows collapse of Catholic Welfare and Development

By

Brief | 24 April 2019

Cape Town’s iconic murals

The city has beautiful public art depicting the life and ideals of its residents

Text by . Photos by .

Photo Essay | 14 March 2019

Mural tells the story of the Siyangena informal settlement

A wall that could have been a barrier has connected a community

By

News | 5 February 2019

Grade 10 learner sells his paintings to pay for school

Innocent Mukanyima wants to finish school before becoming a professional artist

By

News | 31 January 2019

In photos: Bonteheuwel schools show their athletics skills

Usually in the news because of its gang crime, these photos show a happier, more hopeful side of this neighbourhood

By

Photo Essay | 25 January 2019

Bridgetown man makes robots from scrap

I’ve always been good with my hands, says “Robot Man”

Text by . Photos by .

Photo Essay | 23 November 2018