Bulelwa Mthombothi
Ground Zero //0 (or to die) by Gavin Matthys
Ground Zero //0 (or to die) was staged at Wits University Theatre, but not inside the building, rather it found its home for the next...
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Nikho Mageza
- Sep 19, 2022
- 2 min
The Bedroom Tour Experience
uMkosi omkhulu uyeza reverberates as I leave the bewitching space of The Bedrooms Tour Experience. “I wanted to create a space where my...
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Aaliyah Tshabalala
- Dec 22, 2021
- 5 min
A Bunch of Clichés
by: Aaliyah Tshabalala “Don’t worry. You’re young. You have time”. I understand these words are said with the intention of removing all...
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Zanele Mukhari
- Dec 6, 2021
- 2 min
Restricted Level 3 Worthy Reads
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson A novel about an ambitious 17-year-old black girl who falls prey to an older man, Grown appears to be loosely...
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Bulelwa Mthombothi
- Dec 3, 2021
- 6 min
Kamu Duclass is Ready
Kamu Duclass is an artist I am certain you will soon know very well. He has worked hard to cultivate a sound he feels will not merely set...
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Bulelwa Mthombothi
- Sep 17, 2021
- 4 min
Review of The Coin by Hannah van Tonder
By Bulelwa Mthombothi Staged at the State Theatre’s Sibusiso Kwinana theatre, this run of The Coin; written and directed by Hannah van...
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Zanele Mukhari
- Sep 13, 2021
- 2 min
Grown a novel by Tiffany D. Jackson
Reviewed by Zanele Mukhari “There’s blood everywhere. No, not blood. Beet juice. Or maybe cranberry. Thinned barbecue sauce. But no, not...
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Bulelwa Mthombothi
- Jun 11, 2021
- 4 min
3rty : On a Mission to Heal
By: Bulelwa Mthombothi Chicago born Mick Jenkins routinely speaks of the ‘healing component’ – which in his case water, giver of life;...
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Zanele Mukhari
- Jun 4, 2021
- 2 min
The Vanishing Half a novel by Brit Bennett
Reviewed by Zanele Mukhari The novel starts off in a small town called Mallard. A fictional town unlike any other, Mallard is inhabited...
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Bulelwa Mthombothi
- May 21, 2021
- 3 min
KWAITO IN SLAGHUIS by Paul Noko and Hannah van Tonder
Review by Bulelwa Mthombothi Kwaito in Slaghuis, a theatre play written by Paul Noko and directed by Hannah van Tonder was staged at the...
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Bulelwa Mthombothi
- May 7, 2021
- 4 min
Falling Inside to Grow
By: Bulelwa Mthombothi Soon after releasing his new EP, titled Falling Inside, I had the honour of asking Jarry Pitboi a few questions...
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Zanele Mukhari
- Apr 1, 2021
- 2 min
Get a Life, Chloe Brown a novel by Talia Hibbert
Reviewed by Zanele Mukhari Once upon a time, Chloe Brown died. Nearly. That is the opening line to this unputdownable rom-com and if that...
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Bulelwa Mthombothi
- Mar 9, 2021
- 2 min
Review: Crack; Cocaine, Corruption and Conspiracy.
The scourge of crack cocaine in lower income communities in America is truth we all know about, if not from rap lyrics, it’s from movie...
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Bulelwa Mthombothi
- Feb 15, 2021
- 3 min
Heaux Tales – A Review
Album Released: 8 January 2021 Artist: Jazmine Sullivan The last time we heard from Jazmine Sullivan was with 2015’s Fearless, she has...
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Zanele Mukhari
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor
By: Zanele Mukhari Who Fears Death is set in post-apocalyptic Sudan, in the Seven Rivers Kingdom where an ethnic genocide plagues one...
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Bulelwa Mthombothi
- Dec 17, 2020
- 3 min
METSI
By: Bulelwa Mthombothi Metsi, a play written and directed by Hannah van Tonder is currently streaming on YouTube, via The State Theatre’s...
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Zanele Mukhari
- Dec 17, 2020
- 3 min
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
By: Zanele Mukhari The Nickel Boys is one of Colson Whitehead’s latest novels and takes us on a fictitious journey that was inspired by a...
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Bulelwa Mthombothi
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
LALIBOI x VOLUME XAM
By: Bulelwa Mthombothi XAM By Laliboi x Volume XAM is a collaborative EP by Sipho Nkondlwane – who goes by the stage name Laliboi – and...
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Palesa Buyeye
- Dec 17, 2020
- 5 min
A Conversation with Taraji P Henson
By: Palesa Buyeye 2020 so far has been a year of tests, feelings of failure, doubts and questions about the future, our existence and...
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Zanele Mukhari
- Dec 17, 2020
- 2 min
Girl, Woman, Other a novel by Bernadine Evaristo
By: Zanele Mukhari During the month of August South Africa commemorates Women’s month to pay homage to the thousands of women who marched...
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