Johannesburg’s Linder Auditorium came alive with the sound and passion of music on Saturday, August 22, when the two 2016 SAMRO Overseas Scholarships winners were chosen.
Following a tense final round of live performances, saxophonist Linda Sikhakhane (jazz music, left) and marimba player Dylan Tabisher (Western art music, right) were announced as the winners of the two R200 000 scholarships. Continue reading
Dubbed as the Indian equivalent to One Direction, boy band heartthrobs, SANAM, are heading to the Centre Court at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg on August 28 to perform in a must-see concert. Continue reading
Jozi Unsigned, in association with Concerts SA, hosts the legendary Blondie Makhene, live at Iketleng for the August edition of the Sunday Soiree on Sunday, August 28. Continue reading
Andile Yenana
Andile Yenana will be performing at the Rainbow Restaurant at 23 Stanfield, Pinetown on Sunday, August 28.
The renowned pianist is now stranger to the venue and for this gig will be joined by Ildo Nandja (bass), Leon Scharnick (saxophone), Sandile Cele (violin) and Bucco Xaba (drums). Continue reading
Athol Fugard’s latest play, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, is running at the Fugard Theatre in Cape Town until September 24.
Presented by Eric Abraham the play is inspired by the life of a farm worker called Nukain Mabuza, a self-taught artist living in segregated pre-liberation South Africa. Continue reading
Pamela Nichols is the chairperson of the judges for the Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.
THE following fiction manuscripts – No Word Like Home by Saul Musker, Selling Lip-Service by Tammy Baikie and The Last Stop by Thabiso Mofokeng- have been short-listed for the 2015/2016 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award.
The winner, who will receive R35 000, and have their book revealed in print, will be announced in October. Continue reading
Epitaphs and Dreams.
ANTI-APARTHEID activist and academic, Patrick FitzGerald, has launched a new collection of poetry, titled Epitaphs and Dreams: Poems to Remember the Struggle. Continue reading
John Matisonn, Author of God, Spies and Lies. Photo: Supplied
JOHN Matisonn, author of God, Spies and Lies, will be joining the line-up of the Midlands Literary Festival, which takes place at Yellowwood in Howick this weekend, writes Estelle Sinkins. Continue reading
Nkosinathi Sithole will be speaking about his debut novel Hunger Eats A Man at the Midlands Literary Festival. Photo: Supplied
THE annual Midlands Literary Festival will be taking place at Yellowwood in Howick on August 27 and 28, writes Estelle Sinkins. Continue reading
Opening at artSPACE durban, 3 Millar Road, Durban, at 6 pm on August 25 – and running until Thursday, September 1 – is Karla Nixon’s Masters Fine Art exhibition, Once More. Continue reading
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