Fashions by local designers were on display at the Khayelitsha Fashion Show, Chillers Place, Madayi Crescent, Khayelitsha.
Photos by Masixole Feni.
News | 8 October 2015
Mhlanguli George, a young Nyanga-based theatre producer and director, has created Theatre in the Backyard, which aims to offer a very different theatre experience from the mainstream.
Christopher Clark
News | 6 October 2015
Mpho Mathebula rents a small space in a fruit and vegetable shop in Khayelitsha to sell his paintings and beadwork.
Pharie Sefali
News | 25 September 2015
Mbulelo Nkwali and Zolani Seyisi had one idea when they founded Suppermix in 2008 in King William’s Town’s Ndevana settlement: to take young people off the streets. Today the film and drama company performs at weddings, church events, and the Buffalo City carnival.
Siphesihle Matyila
News | 25 September 2015
âWhen I finish school, I want to be in a ballet skirt and do ballet for a big crowd,â says six-year-old Anathi Dakuse from Imizamo Yethu.
Tariro Washinyira
News | 23 September 2015
Masixole Dunjana aka Dida Dunjana is a name most hadnât heard of until he was announced as part of the Rocking the Daisies 2015 lineup, set to perform on the Bridges for Music stage. The 20-year-old DJ now faces the challenge of learning to calm his nerves ahead of what he calls his âbiggest performance to dateâ. The time has come for him to step out of his comfort zone and take his music beyond his small bedroom in Gugulethu.
Zethu Gqola
News | 22 September 2015
A group of 11 dancers from the Zama Dance School in Gugulethu had a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in a workshop with members of the critically-acclaimed Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre on Saturday.
Barbara Maregele
News | 21 September 2015
At dawn on Saturday 12 September more than 15,000 homing pigeons were released from Hanover in the Northern Cape, kicking off the largest single pigeon race in South African history. The birds burst into the air and began circling to orientate themselves. Within ten minutes they had vanished, setting off on the 600 km journey home.
Kimon de Greef
Feature | 14 September 2015
Following the creation in 2013 of a mural about abuse of women, Makhaza residents have suggested other murals should be built focusing on rape.
Pharie Sefali
News | 14 September 2015
The Open Streets concept, which originated in Colombia, is coming to Bellville. Open Streets Co-founder and Director Marcela Guerrero Casas explains why her organisation has chosen Bellville.
Marcela Guerrero Casas
News | 11 September 2015
This year for the first time the celebrated Rocking the Daisies festival will showcase DJs from Khayelitsha, Langa and Gugulethu on a new stage, adding colour to what has seemed in the past to be a mostly âwhiteâ lineup.
Zethu Gqola
News | 8 September 2015
Andile Thetha turned his love for hip hop into a way to spread peace in a community plagued by crime, unemployment and drugs.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 24 August 2015
Gays and lesbians in the townships donât have to travel to town and other suburbs for entertainment. The vibe and the chillaz are brought to them in a full bucket by Bambeke NgeNtanjana Entertainment in their own Kasi (township).
Pharie Sefali
News | 20 August 2015
From the German cut to the razor cut and from dreadlocks to braids, men and women in Cape Townâs townships have plenty of imagination when it comes to trending hairstyles.
Photos by Masixole FeniText by Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 14 August 2015
Ideological positions that analyse conflict in South Africa in terms of race are not in the interests of disadvantaged people, argues Jeff Rudin in this review of a new book by Gerhard Mare.â¨
Jeff Rudin
News | 6 August 2015
Philippi resident Cleopatra Qukula used hand gestures and sounds as she recalled one her âmost traumatisingâ experiences â more than 50 years ago â when she was hospitalised for three months to recover from a dog bite.
Barbara Maregele
News | 4 August 2015