Over the years, Joburg has acquired a formidably dangerous cinematic image. Local crime films like Tsotsi, Jerusalema and iNumberNumber are built on scenes of hijacked buildings and explosive violence. International sci-fi such as Dredd, the atrocious Chappie and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter extend this visual mayhem to the future. But as film historian Alexandra…
The Ninevites was a resistance movement who scoured the South African frontier during the late 1900s. Having started the collective under The Ninevites name in 2012, Nkuli Mlangeni would do so because of how fascinated she was in its story, which was shrouded in so much myth. What the Kagiso native found crazy was that…
Seferino serves up a delicious musical cocktail and gives us a taste of his down-tempo sophistication in an exclusively curated, eclectic audio journey for Bubblegum Club. The mix manages to traverse genres as diverse as Reggae, Japanese Progressive Pop-Rock, Ugandan Court Music, Indian Filmi Music, and Nigerian Afrobeat in a really laidback yet surprising way….
On the 28th March, the Nothing Gets Organised group is opening a new project space in the Johannesburg CBD. NGO – NOTHING GETS ORGANISED will highlight a wide program of visual arts against the unassuming background of a converted commercial property wedged in next to car repair shops. The event spotlights a diverse range of…
