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The death of a public museum in South Africa and the emergence of a privately owned museum

Poet and literary scholar Nelson Ratau makes literary history by launching two books on one day at Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study

New contemporary South African play Graduation of K-C to open season for Irish-South African Festival

High drama at National Lotteries Commission offices as artists occupy offices and call for audience with management

Berlin born artist Moena Weiss’ passion for creating portraits of queer women in Cape Town

Wits students bring Legendary photographer Ernest’s Cole’s archive into the present through an exhibition

The night Johannesburg literati congratulated young writer Thobile Phudi, winner of the 2026 Achmat Dangor Literary Prize 

Nandi Madida and Zakes Bantwini’s son Shaka causes international art waves as he exhibits in The Netherlands

Sunday, November 15, 2026

Month: July 2025

Inner city Johannesburg communities get a cup of coffee and receive scarfs from 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day
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Inner city Johannesburg communities get a cup of coffee and receive scarfs from 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day

July 23, 2025

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor The first thing that one noticed immediately at the fenced Port Plein Park, in the Johannesburg CBD was swarms of people that were filing in. … Read More

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Live events equipment supplies company DWR visits SARA on Mandela Day and lauds the institution for its training programme
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Live events equipment supplies company DWR visits SARA on Mandela Day and lauds the institution for its training programme

July 23, 2025

BY CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor Mandela Day, July 18, is celebrated every year in South Africa, and not only to mark the day when the father of Democratic South Africa, Nelson Mandela … Read More

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Regional Judging Completed Across South Africa for the 2025 Sasol New Signatures Visual Arts Competition
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Regional Judging Completed Across South Africa for the 2025 Sasol New Signatures Visual Arts Competition

July 23, 2025

By CityLife Arts Writer The regional judging phase of the 2025 Sasol New Signatures Visual Arts Competition has concluded, marking a pivotal milestone in South Africa’s most prestigious art competition for emerging … Read More

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Time to visit the iconic exhibition Between the cracks: Paul Weinberg at Wits Art Museum
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Time to visit the iconic exhibition Between the cracks: Paul Weinberg at Wits Art Museum

July 4, 2025

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor We went in big numbers. The fact that the weather behaved was an added bonus. Some came using e-haling services, others drove and did not … Read More

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The day the mystical Zambezi Riverdeity Nyami-Nyami‘visited’ Johannesburg, leaving audiences in awe
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The day the mystical Zambezi Riverdeity Nyami-Nyami‘visited’ Johannesburg, leaving audiences in awe

July 3, 2025

During the performance at the opening of this exhibition, the two artists interweave the musical performance with a religious processions sprinkling and offering water as if to appease the angry … Read More

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God’s Work a new South African film ventilating the complexities of the homeless
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God’s Work a new South African film ventilating the complexities of the homeless

July 3, 2025

This is a portrait of resilience, a meditation on memory, and an unflinching gaze into the unseen lives of those discarded by the World. By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS EditorThis is a … Read More

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Feya Faku as I knew him – a tribute to the great South African jazz trumpeter
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Feya Faku as I knew him – a tribute to the great South African jazz trumpeter

July 3, 2025

Darius Brubeck, University of KwaZulu-Natal Lex Futshane, the South African bass player in the 1992 student band NU Jazz Connection, was the first to tell me that the great South … Read More

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