Award-winning filmmaker Tebogo Malope’s highly anticipated historical feature film, Studying Under the Barrel of a Gun, is finally here. This is a powerful cinematic tribute to the courageous student resistance movement that emerged during the June 12th 1986, apartheid military occupation of the University of the North (Turfloop). Inspired by real historical events, the film […]
Netflix, in collaboration with the Gauteng Film Commission and the KwaZulu-Natal Tourism and Film Authority, today named 14 young South Africans who will spend the next year working inside the country’s most prolific film and television production and post-production companies as part of the ScreenCraft Pathways training programme. The streaming entertainment service also announced the programme […]
South Africa’s biggest night in comedy took over Gold Reef City, The Lyric Theatre, on Saturday, 2nd May, as the country’s finest comedic talent gathered for the 13th Annual Savanna Comics’ Choice Comedy Awards. This year’s show embraced the theme A Family Affair. Celebrating comedy for what it truly is: a wonderfully chaotic, brilliantly dysfunctional family […]
Savanna Serves South Africa’s Festival of Comedy (#SavannaSAFC), a platform that treats stand-up like a sports event – same energy, same pride, same DNA… with punchlines that make it truly RSA. In its first year, South Africa’s Festival of Comedy, served by Savanna, will take the shape of a live comedy tour with a full […]
Returning to Kimberley at Flamingo Casino, Vafa Naraghi’s Becoming South African traces his journey from growing up as a Persian boy in Mahikeng at the tail end of apartheid to becoming a multilingual performer who has lived and worked across South Africa. Through sharp wit and heartfelt storytelling, Vafa unpacks the absurdities, contradictions, and quiet […]
Msaki and Jesse Clegg, two of South Africa’s most respected and internationally recognised artists, invite audiences deeper into their shared creative universe with the release of the Entropy short film, a striking visual companion to their collaborative EP that reimagines the project as a cohesive, cinematic experience. Developed as a series of interconnected visual chapters, the film […]
In 2026, art is moving differently. The lines between disciplines are loosening, the distance between experimental practice and popular culture is narrowing, and artists are finding new ways to move between the archive, the stage, and the global screen. It is within this shifting cultural moment that the National Arts Festival (NAF), custodians of the Standard Bank Young […]
What began as a focused convening for creators has evolved into one of the continent’s most influential culture-led platforms. CR8TOR WEEK AFRICA (CWA) 2026, held from 24–29 March in Johannesburg, marked a defining moment for Africa’s creative economy—signalling a shift from inspiration to infrastructure, and from participation to power. Across a tightly curated week, creators, cultural […]
Filmmaker and Director Keith Benza has been nominated for Best Music Video at the Metro FM Music Awards 2026 for his work on Mamma by Zee Nxumalo, marking a major milestone in a year that has also seen the filmmaker return to the big screen at the Joburg Film Festival as a cinematographer. The nomination […]
Montreux Jazz Festival Franschhoek has completed the programme for its historic inaugural edition with the announcement of internationally acclaimed artists Matt Hansen and Tigran Hamasyan Manifeste, alongside exciting young South African ensemble Caleb Dlamini & Friends. Adding to the excitement, organisers have also confirmed that Grammy-winning vocalist Lalah Hathaway will join Robert Glasper and special guest Bilal for a rare live collaboration when the […]
