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Why we should not stop talking about GBV

At the same time, urgent action is needed

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The Friday song (on a Sunday): ‘Death Letter’ by Cassandra Wilson

A tribute to the extraordinary jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson

Joburg has an art attack!

Get creative in September with a host of events

Met vleis, ja, met vleis: the legendary Hantam Vleisfees

Experience the ultimate celebration of Karoo culture, live music, and flame-grilled lamb at the legendary Hantam Vleisfees in Calvinia.

1976: The year we tuned in

1976, a pivotal year marked by the Soweto uprising, the introduction of TV in South Africa, and significant global events.

Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Sara Hallatt

Sara Hallat is director of the META Foundation, a visual arts NPO

Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Lord Peter Hain

Lord Peter Hain, a former UK Labour MP and son of South African anti-apartheid activists, discusses his latest thriller "Smuggler Kingpin" and shares personal insights on books,…

Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Nkuli Mlangeni-Berg

From Stockholm to South Africa, designer Nkuli Mlangeni-Berg, the creative force behind The Ninevites, opens up about the books, music, art, and rituals that ignite her passion…

Hilton Art Fair.

KZN’s creative comeback takes shape at Hilton Arts Festival

Creative confidence may be KZN’s clearest sign of recovery, with artists and cultural institutions driving renewal from the ground up

Reverse Futures exhibition, from left Etel Adnan, Satellites 27 (2020); Yinka Shonibare, Refugee Astronaut X (2024) and Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500 (2023) by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler. Photo Graham De Lacy/Supplied.

JCAF: a glimpse of tomorrow

Fancy a wee dose of smart art? JCAF’s new ‘Reverse Futures’ exhibition is exactly where you need to be

Rumours/2026 at the Standard Bank Art Lab

Beyond photography: Standard Bank Art Lab honours Santu Mofokeng

A new exhibition in Sandton captures the creative range of the celebrated photographer. It’s an archive of memory, emotion and experience

JAG. Image by Currency News

Dada fumbles new JAG board

The fracas around the gallery has reached the courts, with Webber Wentzel seeking to have the appointments of the governing committee set aside

Chernobyl nuclear power plant a few weeks after the disaster. Chernobyl, Ukraine, USSR, May 1986. (Photo by Igor Kostin/Laski Diffusion/Getty Images)

Chernobyl at 40: the lies, the loss and why we can’t let go

The 1986 Chernobyl disaster remains embedded in popular imagination – a seismic event in global history

Sanell Aggenbach, Neo Nature 2021. Supplied

Sanell Aggenbach’s beautiful, unsettling take on a fractured world

‘NeoNature’ at Everard Read Joburg sees Sanell Aggenbach explore truth, AI and a fractured world through botanical artworks

The complaint economy

Jono Hall reflects on bad service, online feedback culture and the strange inflation of modern complaining

Rand Club. Supplied

BEST OF 2025: Greedy politicians killing the Rand Club 

The club has been slapped with an astonishing valuation – and a utility bill of nearly R1m – that threatens to finally destroy the 138-year-old institution

BEST OF 2025: South Africans living the dream in a French château

A South African couple have majestically restored a French château. Here’s why – and what it reveals about our search for slower living

Isla Negra, Pablu Neruda

In search of Neruda: a writer’s pilgrimage to Isla Negra

A lyrical journey through Pablo Neruda’s Isla Negra home, exploring the poet’s curiosities, politics, solitude and Chile’s unforgettable food and drink

Fehmz book cover

Fehmz and the making of a damn good bestseller

Fehmz opens up about her hit cookbook, family roots, hustle, humour and the fearless creativity driving South Africa’s favourite feel-good foodie

When in Rome… do as Currency says

Explore the hidden gems of Rome beyond the usual tourist hotspots and discover unique places to eat, shop, and stay.