A Sowetan Photographer We are people who are moved by imagery. We see photographs and write down the stories told by the visuals. This is us writing down a story on the photographs Banele Mhlanga (@nizi.jpg) takes. However, this story that we are sharing with you is one narrated by Banele himself. We are just […]Read More
A look into the lives of children in Soweto Children are the epitome of being carefree. Worry does not know them and joy resides within them. Sowetan Creative Director and photographer @ituthegod took photographs of children whose soles kiss the ground of Soweto daily. We are so touched by them that we do not have […]Read More
3 weeks of what the lens captures Yay! Another 3 weeks of photography. It must be a ‘crown birthday’ for photography during March and April 2021 because it is 21 days of photography in 2021. The talent in our photography that is being celebrated in the #21DayPhotoChallengeSA. The name speaks for itself. The challenge is an […]Read More
An exchange of letters: a conversation between Nonhlanhla and Crochet Couture ZA We spoke to Nonhlanhla Blessing Ndlovu about Crochet Couture ZA, her sustainable creative expression. However, we felt writing this feature in an essay format would not allow you to feel connected to the creator of Crochet Couture. Therefore, we thought it was best, […]Read More
Vogue Nights Jozi, the conversation Having had the honour to talk to Tutu Zondo last week we thought it would be unfair to tell you about such a liberating moment that will see many more years and leave it there. Vogue Nights Jozi is not a moment in passing. It is not part of small […]Read More
The works of the Goya of the township Francisco Goya was one of the most influential and important Spanish painters whose art has left legacies for generations to come. Dumile Feni was the Goya of the Township. His work was not important, it is because his legacy lives on through the documentation of his expression. […]Read More
From a drawing to embroidery What begins as pencil on paper in a sketchbook ends as wool in a choir with needle framed and hung on walls in bedrooms and comfort spaces. We are multifaceted S’miso Skosana’s hands bring to life faces in between the worlds of abstract, portraiture and figurative art. The subjects of […]Read More
Like a clock, his life comes full circle in Meyer’s art When we walked into the Circa Gallery this morning, the first painting that depicted Nelson Mandela’s life is one of him playing with two other children on grassland in what we imagine is the soil of the Eastern Cape. And like the hands of […]Read More
In conversation with Letlhogonolo Masipa We spoke to Letlhogonolo Masipa, a Film and TV student born in Limpopo on his films and what his creative work means to him. Letlhogonolo describes himself as a black outer-national contemporary South African creative. His films are his tool of narration that recites the stories, told and untold, of […]Read More
Mary Sibande’s Sophie Mary Sibande’s work tells the tales of our mothers who spend the days of their lives being selfless and all loving beings. When I first read about her work, I was sitting at the back of my visual art class in my matric year and felt seen; I felt seen through the […]Read More