Arts Festival
Arts Festival CEO resigns, leaves indelible mark
National Arts Festival chief executive Tony Lankester has resigned after 12 years at the helm of the continent’s biggest arts festival.
East Cape artists win a host of awards at Makhanda fest
The Eastern Cape showcased some of the best home-grown talent at the National Arts Festival this year. The festival saw various EC-born and based ...
Seeing art through different lenses
Festival show is an Afro-fusion dance journey
Getting close to Afro-soul diva
Port Elizabeth-born afro-soul jazz vocalist Asanda Mqiki graced the Standard Bank Jazz and Blues Cafe stage this week.
‘All Who Pass’ recalls pain of District Six removals
Declared a “whites only” area by the apartheid regime in 1966, Cape Town’s District Six is a place synonymous with ...
Pearston provides a teen play full of fire and focus
Teen theatre from an Eastern Cape township totally blew my mind.Stories in stories is the way to enter this stage at ...
Celebrating Xhosa history through song
Documenting traditional African songs for future generations is paramount to preserving oral history, according to ...
WATCH | Festival action and attractions in windy Makhanda
It’s business as usual in a very windy Makhanda as the National Arts Festival enters its second week. Vendors have ...
Honest view of what our teens face
Eight young actors between the ages of 12 and 18 share their thoughts and the struggles of young South African ...
Autistic kid inspires with music talent
In an extraordinary display of live performance, autistic composer, singer and pianist, JR Nkosi, 17, will be taking a ...
Battle of Egazini film for fest
A movie depicting one of the wars between AmaXhosa and white settlers made its Makhanda debut at the weekend.
EL outfit to dance the story of womanhood at Fest
Delving into the joys and struggles of being a woman, East London dance company DaySpring will perform an original ...
Digital works aim to captivate, engage, challenge
The Creativate Digital Arts Festival will be running for the second year at the National Arts Festival (NAF) later this ...
Class acts on streets of festival
Street theatre is on a high at this year’s National Arts Festival as stunt performers took to the upgraded Village ...
Lasting value of literary architect
It’s 100 years since Guy Butler’s birth, a centenary he shares with Nelson Mandela. In Professor Laurence Wright’s ...
When ancestors call someone in Christian home
The longstanding clash between cultural traditions, ancestral veneration and religion were vividly depicted through the ...
LoveChild: her music transcends language
Port Elizabeth-born Vuyiseka Maguga, who goes by the name LoveChild, mesmerised every member of her intimate audience ...
Jazz legend celebrates birthday in fine style
Jazz pianist Andile Yenana ushered in his half-century birthday celebration by sharing his latest compositions at his ...
New Arts Fest director is up for the challenge
Bringing a new and fresh dynamic to the annual National Arts Festival is the aim of newly appointed artistic director Rucera Seethal, who said she was excited to take on ...