Arts and culture
Cape artists protest against lack of government support
The National Arts Council says R68.4 million has been paid to 512 beneficiaries as part of Covid-19 relief
Brief | 29 March 2021
From sounds to hounds: How an opera singer started a dog-washing business in Khayelitsha
Masakhane Sotayisi doesn’t just clean your dog: he moisturises it too!
By Ashraf Hendricks and Mary-Anne Gontsana
Video | 23 March 2021
Struggling actors feel abandoned by government
Theatre industry devastated by pandemic, but the show must go on, they say
News | 2 March 2021
City of Cape Town ends mobile library service after 60 years
Elderly and disabled clients advised to use community libraries
News | 29 January 2021
Puppets bring together a town divided by apartheid
“Reboot Eden” celebrates ten years of puppetry in Barrydale
Feature | 15 December 2020
Giant puppet’s 8,000 km journey started in Muizenberg
“Little Amal” will walk on stilts across Europe to highlight the plight of young refugees
Feature | 11 November 2020
Covid-19: “We are starving” says singer Vicky Sampson
About 50 musicians and performers picket outside Parliament demanding relief money
News | 16 September 2020
Telling the Covid-19 story with puppets
Ukwanda film teaches children about the pandemic
News | 7 August 2020
Land occupations displace initiation schools
“If they build their shacks on these sites, what will happen to their culture?”
Brief | 31 July 2020