Publication: Mail & Guardian Online

First Reported May 26 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 1 Documents

African fashion, Soweto style

The inaugural Soweto Fashion Week has featured some exciting new talents who have not yet been seen at any other fashion platform.Fashion label Kemisoul, created by Kemiso Kheswa, is using the Soweto Fashion Week platform to showcase to an audience that ... [ Published May 26 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 26 2012 - 2 Documents
African National Congress
African National Congress

Democracy is a fine art

I am one of those who feel that the controversial Brett Murray painting, The Spear, denigrates our president.I am one of those who feel that the controversial Brett ­Murray painting, The Spear , denigrates our president and is out of touch with the cultural ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents
Salif Keita
Salif Keita

Curtain up for Soweto's new theatre

Soweto's new theatre is a striking landmark. (Oupa Nkosi)As you drive east on Bolani Road in the township of Jabulani, the Soweto Theatre rises majestically from the adjacent plain. Three boxes — one yellow, one red and one blue — are distinct from the ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents
Donna Summer
Donna Summer

Defying death: Disco has a life of its own

Dance floor pioneers Robin Gibb and Donna Summer may have died, but the beat goes on and disco remains the foundation of all modern pop.Glitter balls and platform shoes — and that arm in the air: John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever.Towards the end of ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents
University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand

Lifelong dedication to communities' art education

Obituary - Charlotte Schaer (1946 - 2012)Charlotte Schaer saw early childhood development as a right. ( Supplied)The commemoration held at the Curriculum Development Project (CDP) offices in Bertrams, Johannesburg, on Saturday May 19 spoke powerfully ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Ibrahim gives South African house a home

Electro-soul singer and global denizen Zaki Ibrahim has always been a nomad, but it is becoming easier for her to call SA, her father's country, home.Opposites attract: Zaki Ebrahim combined diverse influences on her album Every Opposite. (Oupa Nkosi ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Matthew van der Want: Letting the light shine through

Matthew van der Want, one half of South Africa's finest singer-songwriting duos, is about to make a comeback.When Matthew van der Want suddenly appeared on Twitter in the second half of last year, no one could have guessed that one half of South Africa’s ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Warrick Sony: Surfing the zeitgeist

Warrick Sony's new album deals with the perpetual state of agitation in South Africa and the world.Warrick Sony: ‘I realised that music as an art form can pull together a huge spectrum of feelings’For almost 30 years Warrick Sony has been writing soundtracks ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

The Book of War: Reaping a bloody harvest

For anyone who savours the mystique of our history, this novel will take you there and then some.The attack on Maqoma’s stronghold in the ‘Kroolie Mountains’, northwest of Fort Beaufort in 1851 during the Eighth Frontier War. James Wyle’s Book of War ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
First Reported May 25 2012 - Updated May 25 2012 - 1 Documents

Some like it even hotter

If you can stand the heat, get into some local kitchens that specialise in making searing salsas.This year is the ­centenary of chemist Wilbur ­Scoville’s Organoleptic system according to which ­chillies are assigned their heat rating. A black-and-white ... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Zuma painting defaced to 'prevent civil war'

One of the men accused of defacing the "Spear" artwork said he did it to diffuse a situation that could have turned into a race war.Barend la Grange. (Nickolaus Bauer, M&G)One of the men accused of defacing the contentious spear painting at the Goodman ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

The Soweto Theatre: Making theatre matter again

Soweto has long been a cosmopolitan centre of political and artistic life. The new Soweto Theatre complex is part of an ambitious redevelopment plan. ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Entities: Soweto

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Elton John nicked my song, says SA man [Mail & Guardian Online - May 06 2012]
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Shoe Shop strides its way into inner-city Jozi [Mail & Guardian Online - May 04 2012]

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African fashion, Soweto style [ Published May 26 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Democracy is a fine art [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Defying death: Disco has a life of its own [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Curtain up for Soweto's new theatre [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Lifelong dedication to communities' art education [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Freedom vs dignity in art debate [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Matthew van der Want: Letting the light shine t... [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Ibrahim gives South African house a home [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Warrick Sony: Surfing the zeitgeist [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
The Book of War: Reaping a bloody harvest [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Some like it even hotter [ Published May 25 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
The Soweto Theatre: Making theatre matter again [ Published May 24 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Zuma painting defaced to 'prevent civil war' [ Published May 23 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Two arrested for Zuma art attack [ Published May 22 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Fine art and fragile egos [ Published May 21 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Nation divided over Zuma painting [ Published May 21 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Beware the Amazon book eater [ Published May 19 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Honourable member: The ANC gets cocky [ Published May 18 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
The Wits Art Museum collection: From garage to ... [ Published May 18 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Movie of the week: Wuthering Heights [ Published May 18 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
South African cinema: Bums on seats, at last? [ Published May 18 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
ANC irate over 'spear of the nation' artwork [ Published May 17 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Easy on the eye, easy on the pocket [ Published May 16 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
'Cultural apartheid' at Cannes [ Published May 16 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
A tale of two cities: Is Pretoria Jo'burg's cul... [ Published May 15 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
State of the arts in SA [ Published May 15 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Imraan's words on the move [ Published May 15 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Lesego Rampolokeng: Fragments of obscurity [ Published May 15 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Kwaito star Brown Dash confirmed dead [ Published May 15 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
Mystery of the waves [ Published May 15 2012 by Mail & Guardian Online ]
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