Review – A Tom Waits visual feast
Few creative geniuses address the human condition with its hangovers as alluringly as that postmodern cowboy we know as Tom Waits.
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Percy Mabandu
Dashiki Dialogues: The caste system is alive and well
You’ve got to wonder if President Jacob Zuma and his circle are treated like Harijans by the Guptas too.
The 10 best . . . in the ANC archive
The ANC recently received its digitised archives from MultiChoice and the Dutch government. Percy Mabandu highlights some of the items loaded on to the archive’s website
Dashiki Dialogues: The flip side of unwanted pregnancy
A strange man asked me what the rights of fathers were in the mess that unwanted pregnancies can be.
Dashiki Dialogues: Born-frees and our dangerous myths
I know a woman who likes to dismiss young people’s opinions as “useless tendencies of the born-frees”. I used to find her unacceptably bossy and unable to benefit from youthful wisdom.
Dashiki Dialogues: A déjà vu political dialogue in Venezuela
This week’s media reports of post-election violence in Venezuela put issues of media credibility on the dinner table in my circles.
The Interview: Jonathan Liebmann, one of Joburg’s most exciting landowners
Percy Mabandu meets a young entrepreneur bringing the sparkle back to the City of Gold
Dashiki Dialogues: Chris Hani and the meaning of our peace
When they murdered Chris Hani, the right wing performed its boldest attempt at killing our collective dreams of peace and prosperity.
The serious artist revealed
To come to terms with the power of Ayanda Mabulu’s art, one has to confront the controversial painter-poet’s work in the sacrosanct space of a gallery hall – like many art enthusiasts in Cape Town have been doing at the Commune.1 gallery, where the 32-year-old is currently exhibiting.
Quotable from the Cape Town jazz fest
A selection of quotes from the Cape Town International Jazz Festival press conferences.
How to … survive the Cape Town jazz fest
The Cape Town International Jazz Festival involves about 40 acts performing on five different stages in two days. You will get confused. But there’s hope.
Dludlu & co. in first for Jazz Fest
This weekend music lovers will get to witness history in the making as a South African jazz guitarist leads his international band in a live DVD recording at the Cape Town International Jazz festival.
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