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For the record: Conceptual artist Dada Khanyisa rebuilt a record player for the installation Summer Flowers by Cape Town architect and artist Ilze Wolff, which is on at the 15th Dakar Biennale in Senegal. (Supplied)

Flowers, music, books and how to be an architect in a horrible world

Summer Flowers, representing South Africa at the 15th Dakar Biennale, is an homage to author Bessie Head

  • Des Erasmus
8 min read

Alex La Guma and Third Worldism: A legacy of global activism

The writer grew and evolved in exile — but he never truly left South Africa

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
Women of the struggle: Artist Sue Williamson with works from her series of photo portraits from the ongoing series All Our Mothers. Photo: Courtesy the artist and Goodman Gallery

The long and short of a 50-year artistic career

Sue Williamson’s new show opens in Joburg and a retrospective is coming soon

  • Eyaaz
11 min read
What’s in a name?: William Nicol Drive in Johannesburg, named after an administrator of the Transvaal, was last month renamed Winnie Mandela Drive. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images

Name changes: The long road to a national identity

The change of street and place names rouses the country’s attention unlike anything else and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon

  • Eyaaz
6 min read