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Rebuild: South African photographer David Goldblatt’s exhibition Fragments of Fietas on at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg honours the resilience of a community fractured and displaced by apartheid.

Fietas and the enduring question of home

David Goldblatt’s Fragments of Fietas captures more than loss — it reveals how memory, belonging, and faith survive even after home is erased

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Generational wealth: An archive of 60 000 negatives in a Swedish bank was published posthumously by the Ernest Cole Family Trust through Aperture in the book The True America in 2023. Photo: Ernest Cole

A legacy in focus: The long shadow of Ernest Cole

Ernest Cole’s lens captured apartheid’s truth and his legacy continues to shape creatives today

  • Eyaaz
8 min read
Bomme, by Simphiwe Fuwe Molefe, can be viewed at the ‘I Put My Hand On My Chest To Feel My Heartbeat’ exhibition in Joburg. (Photo: Maribe Mokgobu)

Between Two Worlds: A reflection on identity

An exhibition of the work of 16 photographers from Thokoza reveals the many parts that make us who we are

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
Hope: Photographs by Ilvy Njiokiktjien capture the lives of the born-free generation.

Diary: Generation of Hope, Balinese Girl, Choreographies of the Impossible

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s ntombi zakwaNala eMtyamde from his show Umkhondo: Going Deeper.

Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s Umkhondo reflects memory and loss through photography

The exhibition invites viewers to reflect on South Africa’s history through deeply personal stories of loss, memory and healing.

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
No free lunch: Tshepiso Mazibuko’s photos, which appeared on her prize-winning exhibition titled Ho Tshepa Ntshepedi Ya Bontshepe, explore the challenges facing the generation born after 1994.

The triumph of Tshepiso Mazibuko: The essence of a generation

Thokoza-born photographer wins accolades in France by looking inward and telling the stories of South Africa’s born-frees in the townships

  • Eyaaz
5 min read