Ponahalo Mojapelo

Ponahalo Mojapelo / Features

We can all tear a page out of Francis Buseko’s book

Francis Buseko took a chance on themselves six years ago when they left their home country of Zambia to pursue a career in modelling in Sout...

Ponahalo Mojapelo / music

Joya Mooi has ‘Been Here’ and the growth in her latest music is proof of this

“The Ease of Others” is the new album of Amsterdam-born breath of fresh air and musician, Joya Mooi. No stranger to Bubblegum Club, Joya has...

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...

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...

Ponahalo Mojapelo / art&culture

The Joburg Film Festival Film Club is rebranding the movie watching experience

The Joburg Film Festival takes place in the month of November and offers an array of local, continental and international films in the form ...

Ponahalo Mojapelo / art&culture

‘2manysiblings’ – the ascendency of a Kenyan brother-sister duo in the fashion and art world

The rise of Velma Rossa and Oliver Asike (or Papa Petit) is Africa’s quintessential internet success story of the fashion and art world. The...

Ponahalo Mojapelo / Wokeness

It’s time we all talk about ‘Gurls Talk’ – The mental wellness and women empowerment platform taking the world by storm

TW: Mental illness; drug abuse Gurls Talk is an online platform that advocates for mental health, women’s equality and gives a voice to...

Ponahalo Mojapelo / Features

A woman so astronomically gifted, her name is Deniece Marz

If this isn’t a name you’ve seen before on, at least, a dozen lineups for some of the most prestigious music events in South Africa, then yo...

Ponahalo Mojapelo / music

Zara Julius on her global experience in vinyl selecting

Zara Julius is a graduate of social anthropology, religious studies and photography. She’s gone on to become a multidisciplinary artist who ...

Ponahalo Mojapelo / music

‘The Rave Princess’ of the future: River Moon on her rise to becoming the electro music superstar of the galaxy

The universe, in its entirety and all its glory, truly gained star when all-round saint, River Moon first decided to post her plush music re...

Ponahalo Mojapelo / Wokeness

A re-imagined self-care journey with Nwabisa

In light of recent atrocities in our country, we may have forgotten or not even known that September is self-care awareness month: a time to...

Ponahalo Mojapelo / Wokeness

Xenophobia is an orchestrated, politically-driven ploy against African unity

Africans can never be foreigners in Africa – this is an obvious fact. Without getting too preachy and riled up about how borders between Afr...