Egoli restaged as part of 40th year celebration of iconic Market Theatre
The Arts
About this page
The arts section is joining up with Ja. Magazine, an online platform that collects, curates and celebrates the work of local creatives, with a handmade twist. Together with Ja. Magazine, The Journalist Arts page will bring you interviews, reviews and profiles from arts and music festivals around the country. We bring you interviews with upcoming legends and community artists while providing history and context. We do this by celebrating the unique power of the talented men and women who have strengthened the creative fabric of our society through the ages.
Unsilencing UFS
Protest art shakes the campus
Moses Tladi Unearthed
Documentary explores journey of 1920s landscape artist
Performing live electronic music: The theatrics of CTEMF
Ja. Magazine writer, Andy Mkosi, reported from SA’s biggest electronic music festival. While paying homage to the pioneers of electronic music, they consider the festival’s representation and talks online spaces and accessiblity when it comes to the offline, live music experience. It’s around four in the afternoon when I’m woken by an 021 number flashing through on my phone. It’s my colleague Philela informing me to start moving towards the Cape Town CBD. I drag myself off the couch and make...
Wordsuntame
Small Eastern Cape band striking a universal chord
Photographers’ book nominated for Design Indaba Award
Three young men travel 24 000 km to capture the country after two decades of democracy
Writing Back to the Industry
The Poetry of Sihle Ntuli
My visual art journey
Photo story: Part Two
And she didn’t die: Lauretta Ngcobo and the political economy of women’s “vulnerability”
Dan Moshenberg reflects on her writings and life history.
Xhosa poet challenges rigidity of language in SALA win
First prize for “A Naked Bone”
Song of the Soil: An exhibition by S’bonelo Tau Luthuli
Following in the footsteps of the great Nesta Nala
Senzo Shabangu’s art highlights struggles of migrants
Some of his work reflects personal experiences
Ghetto Fabulous: Spending a day in a township business shack
Mpho Mathebula’s creativity took him off the streets
Zapiro, Mabulu, and the normalisation of violence against Black Women
“Our pain seen as collateral damage”
Of Life and visually rich collages
Interview with Ugandan-born artist Benon Lutaaya
Cape Town Fringe Festival
Infused with doses of spirituality, drama and scandal
Festival of Spoken Word touches a nerve
“They warmed our hearts, opened our minds and spoke truth to power.”
REVEAL: Collage and Assemblage Art
His work is like a dream
Mephaso for Marikana workers
The more I tell the story, the more free I become
Stellenbosch students demand you Luister
Race still divides deeply
Rosa: A Love Song, A Choir & A Cultural Tradition
Expressing our common humanity & connecting with our roots
Creative City – Where is the community in local arts?
“If we invest in the arts, we are investing in something that can heal us.”
Free Art Space connects people
Participants gather without judgement
Sophia Foster: The Lady is a Vamp
Five decades in entertainment
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