Saturday, 21 May 2022
Despite all the great art created by organised labour during the struggle, since democracy, there has been a paucity of artistic production from the rank and file. It’s time we emboldened workers to pick up the pen again.
An energetic, infectious, suggestive demand for something everyone needs.
Even the ancient division of the game itself – white versus black – was echoed perversely in South African reality.
Two recent science fiction novels take a critical look at patriarchy by imagining alternate realities that offer a vision of a freer world.
In part one of a series on political songs, Charles Leonard pays tribute to Mannenberg, the best-selling jazz record in South Africa in
Edward ‘Bra Eddie’ Mudau speaks about his Braamfontein based CD and record shop, Just CD’s, a cultural institution in Johannesburg.
The tanks began rolling across the border at 11pm. A few hours later, at 1.50am, radio announcers told the people of Czechoslovakia
Sacred soundscapes and delicately hushed vocals make Gabisile Motuba’s latest offering near impossible to box.
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, known to his readers as VS Naipul, was a master of postcolonial literature – but he was also a bigot.
Nhlanhla Ngqaqu’s ‘Iphupho l’ka Biko’ mixes historic and popular melodies with risk-taking experimental music to nurture community.
New Frame speaks to SA music icon and childhood hero Phuzekhemisi about speaking truth to power and the suppression of powerful ideas.
Wanuri Kahiu’s gorgeous film ‘Rafiki’ has been banned in Kenya, a country that has expressed its hostility for same-sex and LGBTQI