# The Nelson Mandela University says its Isisusa Jazz Fest Concert 2025 was a multilingual celebration of music and heritage. More than 140 performers filled the stage at the Feather Market Centre in a programme designed to echo the country’s diverse voices. This year’s theme, Mqhayi Meets Mandela, explored how isiXhosa poet S.E.K. Mqhayi helped […]
# Three decades after “Hie’ kommie Bokke!” resounded during the Springboks’ historic Rugby World Cup victory over the All Blacks at Ellis Park in 1995, the Federation of Afrikaans Cultural Associations presented Leon Schuster with an honorary award for his lifetime contribution to Afrikaans music, films and radio. Schuster is currently experiencing health challenges, therefore […]
# Drie dekades nadat “Hie’ kommie Bokke!” in 1995 tydens die Springbokke se historiese Rugbywêreldbeker-oorwinning oor die All Blacks op Ellispark opgeklink het, het die Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurvereniginge ’n eretoekenning aan Leon Schuster oorhandig vir sy lewensbydrae tot Afrikaanse musiek, rolprente en radiowerk. Omdat hy tans gesondheidsuitdagings beleef, het die FAK hom by sy […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Emmy-bekroonde animeerder, Lesego Vorster, inspireer ’n nuwe era storievertellers. Hy het die Hidden Hand Studios gestig en met die ondersteuning van die Nasionale Video- en Filmstigting, die Franse Instituut van Suid-Afrika ‘n Emmy verower vir Karakterontwerp vir die Kizazi Moto episode van You Give Me Heart. Hy gee nou opleiding by Tshimologong […]
# South Africa’s Emmy Award-winning animator Lesego Vorster is inspiring a new wave of storytellers. He founded the Hidden Hand Studios. With support from the National Video and Film Foundation, the French Institute of South Africa, Vorster’s Kizazi Moto episode You Give Me Heart earned him an Emmy for Character Design. Now an educator at […]
# Die 2025 Siyabakhumbula-toekennings word nadoods toegeken aan ʼn merkwaardige groep gevierde Suid-Afrikaners wat die land se kulturele, sport en sosiale landskap verander het. Die digter en skrywer Don Mattera, viermalige wêreld-bokskampioen Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala, jazz-sanger Gloria Bosman, en die filmvervaardiger Junald Ahmed is onder dié wat vanjaar vereer word. Vanjaar se toekennings wat die […]
# The 2025 Siyabakhumbula Awards will posthumously recognise a remarkable group of icons whose contributions shaped South Africa’s cultural, sporting, and social landscape. This honourees include poet and writer, Don Mattera, four-time world boxing champion, Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala, Jazz singer Gloria Bosman, and filmmaker Junald Ahmed. The awards, now in their 15th year, honour those who made remarkable contributions during their lifetimes and have […]
# Die Cape Cultural Collective ondersteun deur Kunstekaap, bied sy eerste Sunset Poetry and Jazz Sessions-reeks aan, Where Words Meet the Groove. Die geleentheid sluit 90 minute se onvergeetlike optredes in, onder andere dié deur sielvolle sangers Thami Baba, Babalwa Mentjies en Mel Voegt, en woordkunstenaars Eugenia Zantoto, Winslow Schalkwyk en Zizipho Bam. Die Mamela-orkes […]
