Section · Nº 07 of 10
Culture.
Music, art, literature and ideas — from Joburg gallery openings and kwaito's third wave to the writers and curators defining post-apartheid creative life.
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Gallery Guide
Maboneng's second wind
Ten years after the boom and the bust, Joburg's downtown art scene is rebuilding — slower, quieter, and more interesting.
Contested Ground
Whose Soweto is this?
In ten years, the price of a house in Vilakazi Street has tripled, the coffee shops are full of tourists, and the residents who made the neighbourhood famous can barely afford to stay. A data journalism investigation.
New Visions
The artists building tomorrow's South Africa today
From Zanele Muholi's photographic portraits to a new generation of digital sculptors working in Cape Town and Durban, South African art is no longer explaining itself to the West — it is leading the conversation.