Motlatsi / art&culture Brahsse is looking for a way forwardThe Cape Town based clothing brand Brahsse’s creator Shakoer Baderoen uses fashion as a means of “looking for a way forward”. Having attende...
Motlatsi / art&culture BBZ London: A lesson on how to Party unapologeticallyYou can’t help but fall in love with BBZ London. The name, an acronym for BOLD BRAZEN ZAMIS, was started by power couple Tia Simon-Campbell ...
Motlatsi / art&culture The JAG under conceptual (re)construction: A review of Ângela Ferreira’s South Facing exhibition.Buildings mark the moments in our history where a people thrived. Ângela Ferreira’s “South Facing” is the exhibition that marks an importan...
Motlatsi / fashion Odette Steele’s Mélange series: Africa’s past, present and future woven through textile.Mélange is the title of Odette Steele’s luxury women's wear textile collection. Mélange is defined as a varied mixture. Her works invokes th...
Motlatsi / Features A glimpse into the narratives that need questioning – The European Film Festival 2017From the 5th to the 14th of May, Joburg, Pretoria, Durban and Cape Town will be host the annual European film festival. Coordinated by the G...
Motlatsi / fashion Ib Kamara’s portraits of Black possibilityI met Ib Kamara on a hot morning. I was still in my post Saturday jol-haze when I introduced myself to the stylist who I had previously only...
Motlatsi / Pop Archive Mike Leather’s vintage biker’s boutique: A homage to Joburg’s vibrant 80s punk pastOne 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...
Motlatsi / art&culture Art as the reflections of our times and the collector the preserver of our history: In discussion with Gallery MOMO creative directorArt is more than just about the business that generates it. Gallery Momo is more than just a conduit for the sale of art but also the creati...
Motlatsi / fashion Ota express: The African renaissance for local businessThere is a continuous need to redefine Africans and their continent. Whether it be such terms as the Afropolitan or ‘the New African’, they ...
Motlatsi / fashion Jewellery that makes a wearable declaration of Art: An interview with the creator of Inkaturah designsWhat’s most striking about the Inkaturah brand is its modern take on natural materials. I would first come into contact with this brand at M...
Motlatsi / fashion Black existence is not just pain it’s the ultimate celebration of life: A review of the Mina Nawe portraiture seriesWhat makes a good portrait? What has made this genre so important that it became its own discipline within the arts? It is a medium that pul...
Motlatsi / art&culture Mongezi Ncaphayi’s journey to the one: Jazz as art and art as an auditory voyage to self-discoveryI just love it when Jazz and print medium collide! One example of such can be found in Mongezi Ncaphayi’s latest body of work whose “distinc...
