Young, Gifted and Black: A Portrait of South Africa Today
Meet the “Ama2000s” refashioning the landscape of art, fashion and music in their own image.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Meet the “Ama2000s” refashioning the landscape of art, fashion and music in their own image.
Written by: Miss Rosen
On the romance of being — After being called to train as a traditional Nguni healer, the South African artist opened up a conversation between the spiritual, the ancestral and the erotic that led to the creation of an album like no other.
Written by: Niloufar Haidari
Sarah Stacke’s photos aims to give a different perspective of a South African neighbourhood known primarily as a community plagued by gang violence.
Written by: Isaac Muk
From street sweepers to hostel residents, Sabelo Mlangeni reflects on the importance of photographing people whose stories would otherwise have gone untold.
Written by: Zoe Whitfield
Meet the drummies — Photographer Alice Mann reflects on capturing the compelling blend of energy, camaraderie, and discipline it takes to succeed in a highly-competitive sport.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Revisiting the past — After experiencing violent crime himself in his hometown of South Africa, the late photographer David Goldblatt set out to understand what leads criminals to that pivotal moment.
Written by: Bea Tridimas
Moving pictures — A new release from some of the country’s most exciting musicians challenges the notion that the fight for freedom is a battle of the past.
Written by: Hugh Morris
Static dreams — Photographers Cyprien Clément-Delmas and Lindokuhle Sobekwa remember documenting a deeply conservative community living in the suburb of Daleside, south of Johannesburg – a place marred by hardship and addiction.
Written by: Miss Rosen
Township blues — South Africa is one of the world’s most unequal countries - and the inequalities have only grown starker during Covid-19. In 'the everyday waiting' photographer Jabulani Dhlamini sheds light on the situation in one of the country’s poorest neighbourhoods.
Written by: Eva Clifford
From LA to Lagos — We talk to London DJ duo Coldcut about their new project, which features a cast of rising (and already established) musical talent from around the world.
Written by: Jeremy Allen
#SayHerName — The pandemic has wrecked the livelihoods of sex workers around the world. But in Cape Town – where racism, gender-based violence and police brutality are already rife – the struggles are even more acute.
Written by: Daisy Schofield
Freedom or Death — Gideon Mendel made his name as one of South Africa’s leading ‘struggle photographers’, unflinchingly documenting the most brutal years of apartheid. Now, over 25 years later, he is revisiting the forgotten parts of his archive and unpacking the trauma he witnessed in his formative years.
Written by: Gideon Mendel