List the components of a flawless party night and it will probably read something like this: floor-shaking sound, a stellar line-up on the decks, the perfect venue, big sponsors. On to aesthetics and atmospherics and we might add: the crowd; the colours; the threads; the kicks; the lexicon of intoxications we inhale, imbibe and ingest;…
The media coverage of last weekend’s South African Music Awards has been dominated by Riky Rick and AKA’s petulant responses to not winning any awards. Basically, they feel that they were snubbed. Shame. Unfortunately this has overshadowed how another of the night’s winners- Petite Noir’s La Vie Est Belle/Life is Beautiful (which won in the…
Elle Magazine have set up their #popupoffice at the Bubblegum Club work space. Throughout the week Elle magazine will be running a virtual office from where they will be posting up live content for their online following. Nestled in The Workshop, a buzzing design hub in Newtown Junction, the Bubblegum Club offices will be the…
Motlatsi Khosi (MK): “The People versus the Rainbow Nation” is a striking title that draws one deeply to this trailer. It suggests, to those who recognize its South African meaning, that all is not right for citizens. This title speaks to the growing disillusionment sweeping this country. From service delivery protests, to striking municipal workers…
Motlatsi Khosi (MK): The South African music and art scene has seen a new growth in the quality and success of her local acts. Artists such as Nakhane Toure, Moonchild and Elo are setting the bar high for the next generation of music entrepreneurs. I sat down to talk with Kazim, a young man neck-high…
A chair ignites and something seeps in from beyond the border- it’s all unsettled. A sudden awareness of the force of the floor when it flat-catches your foot reaching for a stair that isn’t there. In preparation for this article, I was sent a video documenting Andrew Aitchison’s ‘Containing Space’, a body of work produced…
Something big is happening in the popular culture today. There is the demand and support for woman in the lead. Though much of Hollywood has been pushing for such content with inclusion of speaking woman-parts in male dominated franchises such as super hero films and series, we are slowly seeing the re-emergence of black woman…
South African Hip Hop Awards Freshmen of the Year, Nasty C just dropped the video for his latest single Hell Naw. The young rapper is credited for both co-directing and co-editing the video which follows Nasty on a day spent at a high school where he negotiates Selfi- Op’s and stages a live performance for…
The South African music industry is a dynamic, ever changing fiefdom and its new ruler is rap. Hip Hop is staking its claim as the music de rigueur and as a mouth piece for the youth as young rappers took home major awards at the MetroFM Music Awards last night. Fifi Cooper won the prestigious Best Female…
While it may be true that over the years certain features of the multilayered feminist project have been incorporated into laws and institutional structures, the emergent new wave expands on feminist ideals via new and varied avenues of protest against heteropatriarchal norms and values. In the South African context specifically, and across the globe more…
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