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Ponahalo Mojapelo / music

Cape Town duo Lo-ghost could not have chosen a better title for their album, ‘Cult Pop’

With a sound that's classically reminiscent of 70s rock band, Queen and equally evocative of 2010s pop rock band, F.U.N, it's difficult to t...

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Sure Thing! // A set of production technologies with Mitchell Gilbert Messina

In approaching Sure Thing! - a solo exhibition by Cape Town-based artist Mitchell Gilbert Messina at blank projects, I’m drawing from Lawre...

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Bob Perfect / music

Muzi Needs to be a Better Person to Create Better Art

When we look back on the 2010’s as a period in South African music history, I believe that Muzi is a name that is going to come up in countl...

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Ponahalo Mojapelo / Wokeness

Being black, poor, queer and mentally ill

October is Mental Health Awareness Month and each year I'm reminded of the terrible state of black youth's mental health. The month has seen...

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Marcia Elizabeth / Pop Archive

Kewpie – A South African Trans Icon before Trans Icons

Kewpie was a hairdresser and celebrated queer figure from District Six. She was born in 1941 and identified as gender fluid according to ava...

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Bob Perfect / Pop Archive

How to Blog Dirty and Influence People – Notes on Durban is Yours

You never know where the decisions you make will take you. Back in 2011, I got a few friends together to start a blog that would focus on th...

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Marcia Elizabeth / Pop Archive

Billy Monk and the Catacombs – Underground Dockside Culture in the Late 1960s

As your body descends into the underground the darkness slowly caresses your cheek. You are met by a crude yet unflinching interior as you t...

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Motlatsi / Pop Archive

Mike Leather’s vintage biker’s boutique: A homage to Joburg’s vibrant 80s punk past

One of my favorite hidden gems in Joburg just so happens to also be a “tribute to South Africa’s punk and alternative scene” past! On Jan s...

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