Creator
Award-winning filmmaker, writer, and cartoonist Jono Hall started his professional career as a multi-hyphenate “radio DJ-drummer for a quasi-famous rock band-magazine editor-pop-up restauranteur-taxidermist”. Though this isn’t a real career, it has given him a deep well of dinner-party conversation. His recent short film, Awake, has won a multitude of awards across the world and his first Netflix series will debut early next year.
Choosing between ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini is starting to feel like a moral stance, but that’s missing the real issue with AI…
Jono Hall reflects on bad service, online feedback culture and the strange inflation of modern complaining
Why social media is obsessed with revisiting 2016, and what looking back reveals about time, memory and the stories we tell about ourselves
A reflective drive up the Sani Pass to Lesotho reveals why travel, humility and slowing down matter more than bravado or Instagram moments
The carousel of gloom, mizzle, apocalyptic storms and weird temperatures has turned Jono Hall into an unashamed weather-talker
Therapy has gone mainstream and so have the horror stories. Why so many are seeking help, firing therapists and sharing surprisingly wild experiences
A routine errand turns epic as Rosebank Mall’s parking lot becomes a lesson in patience, purgatory and the absurdity of modern urban life
Joburg is the city that just keeps on carrying on, despite odds that are definitely not in its favour
Jono Hall reflects on the infamous Gupta brothers, their flight from the country – and that Nando’s ad
As the northern hemisphere selfies its way through summer, Jono Hall considers how even the seasons are now something we consume through our phones
In a land where nothing works quite the way it should, Jono Hall finds surprising comfort in the chaos
Eurovision is an exercise in high camp and gimmickry. But its sincerity makes it hard not to fall for it
Optimism isn’t as passive as people assume. If you make a habit of looking for four-leaf clovers, chances are you’ll find them
What a storage unit in Brakpan taught Jono Hall about choice
Cellphones, smart watches and Google have taken the fun out of getting lost. But it’s still the best way to make new discoveries.
Ageing internet users will do anything for validation. Social media platforms will constantly find ways to slurp up that desperation for hearts and clicks.
If there are two ways to celebrate a birthday, Jono Hall doesn’t know which deserves the bigger cheers
What can we learn from Siya Kolisi and Temba Bavuma? Hint: it’s got nothing to do with lineouts or run rates
South Africa was not made for northern hemisphere Christmas gumph. Luckily, it’s found its own brand of festive cheer
Jono Hall laments the death of a favourite neighbourhood drinks spot – asking what it means about Joburg and Joburgers
