Arts and culture
Mamela Nyamza: dancing in Singapore, Cairo and Berlin
Mamela Nyamza started dancing at the age of eight at Zama dance school in Gugulethu in the late 1980s. Today she is a highly acclaimed choreographer and performer.
Pharie Sefali
News | 8 April 2014
Artists and publicists making media synergy
Artists are by nature creative, but many struggle to take their talent to the public. A good publicist might be a wise investment.
Dumisani Dabadini
News | 7 April 2014
Taking art to Gugulethu’s streets
Art came to the streets of Gugulethu at the weekend when the Open Streets Organisation and Maboneng Township Art Experience hosted a march.
Dumisani Dabadini
News | 3 April 2014
Cape Town Jazz Festival workshop in Gugulethu
As the city prepares for the annual Cape Town Jazz Festival on 28 and 29 March, Gugulethu was treated to a preview of what to expect at the event.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 28 March 2014
Evicted Soko African Market traders struggling to get back in business
Two years after eviction from Soko African Market next to Greenmarket Square, former traders say their businesses have collapsed and they are struggling to survive.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 27 March 2014
Postcards with a social edge
Seven women from Makhaza, Khayelitsha, are making a living out of their photography. They take pictures with iPhones, upload them on social networks, and sell the images as postcards.
Dumisani Dabadini
News | 27 March 2014
Theatrical fairy tales come true in Khayelitsha
A variety of theatre troupes showcased their talents in the streets of Khayelitsha with the first instalment of a new festival. It was a promising start on limited means.
Dumisani Dabadini
News | 25 March 2014
Hear me alone: an extract from Thando Mgqolozana’s current novel
Thando Mgqolozana’s literary novel, an otherworldly retelling of the Nativity story, makes a deep, unforgettable impression.
Thando Mgqolozana
News | 24 March 2014
Can you afford to go to a “˜free concert’?
Zethu Gqola went to the Freshlyground performance on Sunday 16 March at De Waal Park. The concert was free, but the experience left her sad and wondering, how free is free?
Zethu Gqola
News | 20 March 2014