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  The University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Centre for Creative Arts (CCA) will host this year’s Durban International Film Festival which will be held on the 22nd of July  to the 1st of  August 2021. The festival will screen over 130 selected films, most of them premiere screenings in this region; host seminars and workshops and include screenings of student films. Guest: Ismail...

A sculpture that commemorates the role and sacrifices that the South African health workers are making to help South Africa get through the Covid-19 pandemic has been donated and installed at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in Johannesburg, where it was unveiled next week Wednesday. Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital’s art curator at the hospital Bongi Dhlomo-Mautloa Says...

South African contemporary artists Ayanda Mabulu and Turiya Magadlela recently made waves at the Art in Paris recent auction. The auction was an exhibition of an impressive collection of 232 artworks by 142 artists from 26 countries on the continent. Mabulu’s (South Africa 1981-), Nontsundu, 2018  was sold for  €23 035 and Magadlela’s (South Africa 1978-), Walking Spirit...

Guest: Lindile Ndzaba - founder and director.  

She has graced the cover of forbes magazine as one of 30 young people under 30. Guest: Cleo Anastasia Johnson - Founder and curator of Nuecleo

Flux Trends is launching a new edition of our popular Tribes series that looks at new tribes that were spawned during the pandemic, with special attention given to post-pandemic youth tribes. Guest: Dion Chang – Founder of Flux Trends

The state Theatre has partnered with Ster Kinekor to exhibit some on the plays you would ordinarily see on the stage. As we know, the theatre industry has been among the hardest hit avenues of art during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. In March, the historic Fugard Theatre in Cape Town announced its permanent closure. How is Ster Kinekor and The State Theatre hoping this partnership will work to th...

Vuse Inspired Live is a platform for artists to showcase their talents. The series will showcase on 2 June from 7pm to 9pm on Vuseinspiredlive.com and will run for the month of June every Wednesday, except on 16 June. Guest: Kwazi Ngubane. PR & Communications Manager at One-eyed Jack

A new property called YouthX has been launched by a Bank in SA. in short, YouthX is aimed at connecting the youth to like-minded people Guest: Sho Madjozi-Musician - Sho Madjozi is their Changemaker /young in Arts & Entertainment

Guest: Kenzhero - Co organizer and member of Rebirth Of COOL

What you can expect to see at Design Joburg is established and emerging designers and architects spearheading collaborative spaces and uniquely curated installations. Design Joburg is said to be the perfect mix of a longstanding favourite local exhibition that highlights the best in the industry paired with the new innovators and emerging talent of South Africa. Guest: Donald Nxumalo - interior de...

Afrikan Passion Designs is an Environmentally conscious handmade leather accessories using upcycled materials Guest: Nombuso Nomzamo Khanyile BSc Biochemistry Honours student Co-founder of Afrikan Passion Designs.

Guest: Amogelang Maledi – Project Manager and Curator of the Un Infecting Public Festival

In commemorating Africa Month , mark Africa Month, the KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission (KZNFC) will hold a roundtable discussion on the state of film on the continent post-Covid-19. This discussion will take place on Monday, 31 May 2021 from 2pm to 4pm and 6pm to 8pm (SAS). It will be screened live on the KZN Film Commission YouTube channel. Guest: Chipo Zoe, she is the Curator and Organiser of the...

Cava Sneakers is a fashionable footwear range launched by husband and wife Lebogang and Naledi Mokubela during South Africa's hard lockdown Naledi Mokubela is the co founder of Cava Sneakers

Guest: Lerato Gwebu – Perfomer in Diaparo Tsa Mma

This Africa Month, a Rhythm and Blues Virtual Concert together with a Workshop Programme will be held. The concert will feature the like of Siya Makuzeni, Femi Koya, Andre Kriel and Bra Themba Mokoena amongst others. The programme will be streamed via website and Facebook and will also feature educational and enrichment workshop, this time focusing on songwriting , and presented by internationally...

A new restaurant has be launched on Sandton’s iconic Nelson Mandela Square. The restaurant is the brain child of entrepreneur extraordinaire and dedicated foodie, Nicky van der Walt. It is Named for the Tang dynasty, which ruled in China from the year 618 to the year 907, the restaurant pays homage to what historians generally regard as a high point in Chinese civilisation and a golden age of cosm...

The Steve Biko Centre will be one of the six African museums that will be participating in the MuseumFutures Africa project. MuseumFutures Africa is a Pan-African project established to support the conceptual development of museums throughout the African continent. Guest: Dr Asma Diakité, Regional Head of Programmes at the Goethe-Institut South Africa

Nomsa Mazwai through her organisation Funkitimwalking has partnered with Sisonke to help in decriminalising sex work. She says part of the aim of the NPO is to make it safe for a woman to walk at any time of day in any condition. Guest: Nomsa Mazwai-Founder of Funkitimwalking

Guest: Dr Nokuthula Mazibuko Msimang launched a new children’s book, Qhawe! Caster Mokgadi Semenya.

The inaugural KULTURE Blues Festival comprising of poetry, jazz, and literature from Black Ark Books will be taking place at the South African State Theatre. One of the aims of the festival is to create Spaces that create dialogic possibilities between our artforms and current politics. Guest: Thandi Ntuli - musician, pianist, singer and composer

The 23rd edition of the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival will be held virtually from 10 to 20 June 2021. The lineup will include films, webinars, debates and Q&A with local and international directors Guest: Joy Sapieka – Publicist and co-curator of the encounters festival

Guest: Mabel Ledwaba is the founder of Havillah Beauty

University of Kwa Zulu Natal Centre for Creative Arts together with the Netherlands Embassy bring you the inaugural Artfluence Human Rights Arts Festival. The festival will be held online and focus on arts, constitution and democracy. The Artfluence Festival will also highlight the solidarity between South African and Dutch artists - past and present - whose contributions have been vital to advanc...