October 21, 2025 - CityLife Arts

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African story tellers gather this week in Johannesburg to reframe, reclaim and tell African stories

October 21, 2025

About 150 delegates that include researchers, story tellers and cultural activists are expected to attend the Afrotellers Conference, October 23-25 at Market Square, City Lodge Newtown and Wits. By Edward … Read More

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Relief for artists as National Arts Council agrees to release staggered call results after confrontation with artists: But could latest confrontation have been avoided?

October 21, 2025

BY Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor On Friday, October 17, 2025, I went to a popular jazz music venue in Newtown. Simply passing through to say hi to someone there. But … Read More

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Of Soul & Joy’s 5th Edition Photo Festival showcases young photographic talents from communities around the county

October 21, 2025

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor It was indeed a day of celebrating story telling through the eyes of young photographers from around the country, including villages, townships and even hostels, … Read More

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Braamfontein gets a facelift as public and private partners collaborate to make it a desirable place for visitors and locals

October 21, 2025

Art, lights and water features are part of the game to make the area great again. By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor There is a time in the recent past when … Read More

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Highlights

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

The Queen of the Streets of Johannesburg Maria McCloy given a deserved and dignified send off by a creative sector she helped build

The current exhibition 1976 at 50 at Wits Art Museum adds new knowledge about June 16

Ubugqi beThongo draws inspiration from sustained, intimate engagement with ancient and contemporary local artistic practices

Writers Georges Lory and Daphnée Breytenbach discuss the complexity of translation and the life and times of anti-Apartheid rebel poet Breytenbach Breytenbach

Enduring Signatures…again is on at Sasol Gallery

Mukoni Ratshitanga’s new book on Sally Motlana receives endorsement from heavyweights in society at its launch in Sophiatown

Dudu Xaba: The pathfinder democratizing African storytelling

Day: October 21, 2025

African story tellers gather this week in Johannesburg to reframe, reclaim and tell African stories

Relief for artists as National Arts Council agrees to release staggered call results after confrontation with artists: But could latest confrontation have been avoided?

Of Soul & Joy’s 5th Edition Photo Festival showcases young photographic talents from communities around the county

Braamfontein gets a facelift as public and private partners collaborate to make it a desirable place for visitors and locals