Arts and culture

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

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Photo Essay | 12 July 2019

Facebook post sparks row over human remains in Green Point

Construction project halted

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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

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Feature | 9 May 2019

Athlone arts hub shuts its doors

Closure follows collapse of Catholic Welfare and Development

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Brief | 24 April 2019

Cape Town’s iconic murals

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

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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

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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

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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

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Photo Essay | 25 January 2019

Bridgetown man makes robots from scrap

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

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Photo Essay | 23 November 2018

Parents start imaginative project to stop children playing on dumpsite

“Some children developed rashes all over their bodies after playing with the rubbish”

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Brief | 29 October 2018

Dunoon youths get opportunity to become film-makers

Short movie nominated for audience award in international project

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Solutions | 28 September 2018

Nine-year-old circumcised at school by “mistake”

Doctor and health team suspended

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News | 18 September 2018

Guitar duo serenades Cape Town’s commuters

Thabani Dube from Durban and Jose Monteiro Nungidi from DRC met on a train and are now doing what they love for a living

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News | 14 September 2018

Eastern Cape rock art vanishing due to vandals

Rich trove of cave paintings going back perhaps 20,000 years is being erased

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News | 31 August 2018

Puppets bring the dangers of drugs to life

Ukwanda Puppet Collective on school tour

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Feature | 31 August 2018

Cape Town Orchestra’s outreach programme in peril

Orchestra gets silent treatment from Department of Arts and Culture

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News | 30 August 2018