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Tellaman is at home in Johannesburg when we speak, patches of flu hanging over him from a weekend he spent largely in bed. Nasty C is recovering from the opposite kind of weekend.

Shows in Johannesburg and Botswana, the usual machinery of being one of South Africa’s most in-demand performers.

They’re in separate places, separate parts of the city but the...


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Food always tastes better when it is shared. Perhaps that is because meals have never really been about food alone.

They are about conversation, memory and community. They are about the people sitting across from you and the stories that somehow find their way onto the table alongside the bread basket and wine glasses.

It is a feeling that becomes immedia...


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For decades, the Durban July has existed as something much bigger than horse racing. It is a place where fashion, entertainment, celebrity culture and aspiration intersect.

It is one of the few events in the country capable of pulling together artists, business leaders, socialites, influencers and everyday racegoers into a single shared experience.

This y...


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My university introduction to the art world positioned the city as the heart of art, although now, the landscape faces strange and disheartening shifts.

In less than a year, the industry has witnessed the closure of a few prominent Johannesburg galleries including Guns & Rain, STEVENSON and Kalashnikovv and the censorship of Gabrielle Goliath’s representation f...


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Two of the biggest movies in the world right now were made by guys in their twenties who started their careers on YouTube.

As of this writing, Backrooms has made $117 million (about R1.9 billion) in just four days since its international release. Sitting right below it at the box office is Obsession, which has taken in $151m since it came out on M...


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