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Sabbatical: A Mother’s Scorn, a Daughter’s Descent, and the Ghosts of a Nation’s Past

Xolani Mthombeni — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 19:24:16 +0000

Diprente, it seems, isn’t content with mere entertainment; they’re excavating the raw nerve of South African society with Sabbatical, a film that grips you by the throat and refuses to let go. Forget your predictable narratives of aspiration; Karabo Lediga’s latest offering is a searing indictment of ambition untethered from morality, a brutal examination of [...]

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A roaring fire in the belly

Xolani Mthombeni — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 15:12:10 +0000

When a generation is in its golden years, it should be a prerequisite for it to impart an incalculable worth of cognisance to all. This will ripple into creating a bridge to learn, embrace and keeping customs. Beyond all considerations, this enables us to predict prospective advancement. The remarkable Ester Mahlangu has over decades, proved [...]

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Kabelo Moraloki – Featured Artist

Consciousness Admin — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 07:52:03 +0000

Kabelo Moraloki was born (b. 1988 June 27) in Gauteng, Pretoria and grew up in Mamelodi. After matriculating at cornerstone college he enrolled at the Tshwane University of Technology for fine and applied arts where he majored in painting and printmaking after the training he then practiced the art in search of his own signature [...]

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Thina Dube – Artist Feature

Wesley Pepper — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 15:42:43 +0000

Using his own skillfully crafted handmade paper, Thina Dube’s work explores the politics of language in South Africa, and the ways in which individual identities are dramatically shaped by what languages they can or cannot speak. In particular he is interested in English as means of control and manipulation in relation to indigenous South African [...]

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Malwande Ngcingi – Artist Profile

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 03 Apr 2016 15:21:17 +0000

My name is Malwande Ngcingi, I was born on the 7th of January 1992 in Eastern Cape and that is where I studied my primary until I was ten years old. In 2003 when I was eleven years old I permanently moved to Gauteng province and this is where I finished off primary years. I [...]

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Moving Contemporary Art World Exhibition

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2015 12:21:13 +0000

Moving Contemporary Arts World (powered by Sbuyanda consulting, Capital Arts and U-Space) hosted a visual art exhibition in Sunnyside, Tshwane on the 26th July 2015. The exhibition featured a group of talented young African artists and their diverse work: from paintings, sculptures and sketches. Unlike regular exhibitions though, MCAW hosted the event in an apartment [...]

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Innocentia Selepe – Artist Profile

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2015 17:12:16 +0000

Facebook: Censhia Mooi’laGee Email: inno.selepe@gmail.com _____________ I am vibrant, innovative and hard working young lady with a specific interest in making abstract two dimensional paintings from recycled materials. My desire to be able to distribute my work is very strong. I believe the platform that the social market gives is most ideal and I would like [...]

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Patrick Rulore – Artist Profile

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 13 Sep 2015 19:15:03 +0000

Artist biography My name is Patrick Rulore born 1995 in Johannesburg. I discovered my talent at the age of 5, making drawing sketches of cartoons and my portraits. Mostly i was encouraged by my uncle whom was a fashion designer at home. I drew and i didn’t stop until i was addicted to a good thing. At primary level [...]

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Hello Ambassador – Project 3 Open City Project

Wesley Pepper — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 07:06:16 +0000

Source: http://www.helloambassador.co.za/ Workshop Summary If we want change we have to make it ourselves. This workshop will explore direct:democracy + citizen:directed design by co-creating through play a cartography of street:art throughout the streets of Newtown. The city:bomb expedition will end in a secret yum:restaurant with a conversation on imagining the future and how we can make [...]

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Stompie Selibe – Artist Profile

Wesley Pepper — Sun, 24 May 2015 19:38:14 +0000

Source: www.candicebermangallery.com Selibe was born in Soweto in 1974 and has participated in art workshops that includes the Creative Arts Therapeutic and Educational Facilitated workshops; National Paper Prayers Campaign, the AIDS awareness through printmaking project; lithography workshop; the Joubert park public art project, workshop to integrating music and visual art learning; Vuka Uyithathe research and development [...]

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