The Baxter Theater hosted the second annual Hip Hop Kas’lam Spaza awards on 14 August to celebrate this unique hip hop genre. Hip Hop Kas’lam provides a platform for young rappers to perform in their indigenous languages and the vernacular.
Nwabisa Pondoyi
News | 17 September 2013
An obsession with spinach makes a good baker -- that at least applies to 25-year-old Lufefe Nomjana.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 11 September 2013
According to the Albinism Society of South Africa one in 4000 people is born with albinism. Living with albinism is an ongoing challenge against prejudice.
Nwabisa Pondoyi
Brief | 11 September 2013
Ikapa Dance Theatre is a non-profit arts organisation established in 2007 by Theo Ndindwa, Tanya Arshamian and founding member Mbulelo Ngubombini. The organisation focuses on identifying and developing talent among children from the townships around Cape Town.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 10 September 2013
An old container once used as a library could be brought back to life in Gugulethu. 100 books have already been donated.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 10 September 2013
Spaza music is an expression of black, urban, hip-hop music. It originated among the youth in townships around South Africa.
Pharie Sefali
News | 4 September 2013
“The Arch soup kitchen was my second home. I feel sad that this is my last time to eat here. The loving, warm, dedicated staff, a guaranteed meal even when it is raining, makes the Arch unique from all other soup kitchens in Cape Town,” said Richard Thomas, a homeless man.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 3 September 2013
On Monday 19 August 2013, Open Shuhada Street hosted a talk with Yehuda Shaul from Breaking the Silence about their latest book -- Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers’ Testimonies from the Occupied Territories: 2000 – 2010.
Jonathan Dockney
News | 22 August 2013
The Spier Arts Academy offers a three year, full-time apprenticeship focusing on mosaic art and includes tuition in drawing, art history and business skills - enabling apprentices to jumpstart their creative careers and run their own successful enterprises.
Rachel Kelly
Brief | 20 August 2013