Please let us be gentle with each other in 2022
Editor’s Note Let us start at beginning. Welcome to 2022 as this is CITYLIFE/ARTS’ first edition for 2022. We once more promise to give you the reader, the best of arts … Read More
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Jazz guitar maestro Selaelo Selota teams up with Ami Faku and Howie Combrink to launch One Country Concert at Ditsong Pioneer Museum in Silverton
By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor Jazz guitar maestro Selaelo Selota is not only innovative in producing great sounds that over the years has impressed many a listener as well as … Read More
GOGO MAHLODI AND ARTIST PULENG MONGALE HOST SOCIETEA AT NATIVE REBELS ON WOMEN”s DAY
By CityLIfe Arts Writer This Women’s Day at Native Rebels in Soweto join Sangoma Gogo Mahlodi and artist, Puleng Mongale for good food, good music and an equally delectable conversation … Read More
Beyoncé has helped usher in a renaissance for African artists
James Chikomborero Paradza, University of Pretoria Beyoncé has released her seventh solo studio album, titled Renaissance (2022). The album, an event in global popular culture, is the first of a … Read More
Stage legend Mncedisi Shabangu almost failed auditions at acting school, John Kani reveals at memorial service
By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor When the recently diseased playwright and stage maestro Mncedisi Baldwin Shabangu appeared before internationally renowned South African actor John Kani and the late legendary … Read More
Mzansi Philharmonic Orchestra on charm offensive to win support of dissenting regional orchestras
By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor The dissenting voices among regional orchestras over the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture’s decision to fund and launch a central national orchestra called Mzansi … Read More
New lucrative global art prize for emerging artists announced
Emerging artists from the African continent aged 18 years and above are also eligible and stand to win grand prize of £10,000 (R201 411) By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor With global … Read More
Umthwalo an exhibition by von MASH is influenced by African mysticism
By CityLIfe Arts Writer Umthwalo (own your crown) is mixed media solo art exhibition by von MASH that opens at Artivist in Braamfontein on 4 August at 6pm, and closes … Read More