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Bonang
lifestyle

Pearl joins Bonang in jab at minister: ‘Take money for flag, invest in women’

Nathi Mthethwa is once again being criticised over plans to invest R30m into a national orchestra. Image via Twitter @nathimthethwa.png
Lifestyle

SA slams Art Department’s R30m national orchestra: ‘We can’t afford it’

Deborah Fraser
Celeb News

‘Take flag money’: Ike Khumalo hijacks Fraser memorial with R10m plea

Bonang
Celeb News

Pearl joins Bonang in jab at minister: ‘Take money for flag, invest in women’

Nathi Mthethwa is once again being criticised over plans to invest R30m into a national orchestra. Image via Twitter @nathimthethwa.png
Lifestyle

SA slams Art Department’s R30m national orchestra: ‘We can’t afford it’

Deborah Fraser
Celeb News

‘Take flag money’: Ike Khumalo hijacks Fraser memorial with R10m plea

Open Book Festival
Books

In-person Open Book Festival offers smorgasbord of literary discussions

By Jenna Solomon21-03-2022 11:15

Open Book Festival: In an exciting first since 2019, the much-loved literary festival will once again host an in-person programme.

Nathi Mthethwa has been criticised for sharing a pic of a gallows museum during the funeral of Riky Rick
Celeb News

‘Read the room’: Minister slammed for ‘petty’ tweet amid Riky Rick funeral

By Megan van den Heever02-03-2022 11:16

Tweeps have slammed the timing of minister Nathi Mthethwa’s post of a gallows museum in the wake of the suicide of Riky Rick.

NGO demands government apologise to Lalela Mswane
Entertainment

NGO demands minister apologise to Lalela Mswane: ‘It’s not too late’

By Megan van den Heever13-12-2021 15:32

NGO Citizens For Integrity are demanding that government apologise for threatening and humiliating Lalela Mswane…

Damon Galgut
Books

Damon Galgut: Meet SA’s Booker-winning star of modern African literature

By AFP08-12-2021 18:34

‘Not one mini-tweet from the Department of Arts and Culture’: Booker Prize winner Damon Galgut chats about ‘The Promise’, African writing and the lack of government recognition…

SAZF slams governments stance on Miss SA
Lifestyle

‘Outrageous’: SAZF slams government’s ‘self-sabotage’ stance on Miss SA

By Megan van den Heever15-11-2021 20:17

The South African Zionist Federation have accused the local government of trying to ‘self-sabotage’ the Miss SA Organisation.

Miss SA Lalela Mswane attracts backlash for trip to Miss Universe in Israel
Lifestyle

‘Lalela is not listening’: Tweeps react to Miss SA in Israel saga

By Megan van den Heever15-11-2021 09:15

‘Picking a piece of metal crown over human rights. Disgusting!’ one angry tweep said of the Miss Universe in Israel backlash…

library
News

Libraries go without new books for up to three years

By Lyse Comins11-05-2021 08:58

KwaZulu-Natal libraries have apparently not been restocked with new books in recent years according to the Democratic Alliance.

Athol Fugard theatre
Entertainment

Demise of South Africa’s Fugard Theatre points to systemic failures

By The Conversation20-03-2021 16:00

Cape Town’s famous Fugard Theatre has closed its doors for good. Two leading South African arts personalities examine what went wrong.

DJ Tira
News

Artists call on Mthethwa to adapt criteria for arts and culture relief fund

By Nokwanda Ncwane10-05-2020 16:00

Many say the requirements need to change to benefit more artists who are struggling to make ends’ meet during the pandemic.

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