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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...

Guest: Sibulele Siko-Shosha is a Capetonian-born entrepreneur, writer and TV Producer

The Kiddzpas programme will be hosting the first of its kind Film Festival dedicated to children and teenagers, and we want to inform the public of this historic event! This Film Festival will take place on the 30th April - 1 May 2021 in East London. Guest: Nomaxabiso Mahlawe - Founder of KiddzPas Film Festival.

Ananse Africa is a marketplace founded for authentically African, independent artisans & brands to sell their stories. The story of Ananse can be traced back to West African folklore from the Ashanti Region of Ghana. An ode to the origin, Ananse Africa is a digital platform for brands to tell their stories through our e-commerce marketplace. Guest: Sam Mensah - Creator of Ananse.com

The Ndlovu Youth Choir is set to perform at the at Montecasino's Teatro in Johannesburg, bringing you a theatrical music show called African Pulse. Guest: Ralf Schmitt

Guest: Monica Newton – CEO of the National Arts Festival

A social experiment in the form of an art installation of "caged human" is currently taking place in Johannesburg and Cape Town. After the experiment where actors have been caged, a film called “Free Range Humans” will be released. The film is an original, eight-episode digital content series from Corona Studios. The series follows eight extraordinary people – including two South Africans, Zandile...

A relentless detective finds common ground with a killer systematically targeting the perpetrators running a powerful child-trafficking ring. We talk now about the making of the film, as well as the importance of having stories such as ‘I am all girls’ told. Guest: Donovan Marsh-Director of the Film

South African Crafts and Design brands will have an opportunity to exhibit their products in the upcoming Next21 Expo, which will be held virtually. Guest: Erica Elk - CDI group CEO

Guest: Johannesburg - Based designer Roman Handt

Guest: Lalla Hirayama - Entertainer

The Big South African Hair Book is a celebration of #NaturalHair and an exploration of the South African #NaturalHair community. Penned by Janine Jellars the book covers a wide range of subtopics around hair, and if you are a Parent with a child with a different hair texture than yours or Interested in becoming a natural hair entrepreneur its certainly for you. Guest: Janine Jellars – Journalist a...

Guest: Sylvester Falata – Fashion Designer and Illustrator

Guest: Inga Gubeka – Founder and CEO of Inga Atelier

Over two years a play called Ulwembu (‘spider web’ in isiZulu) was collaboratively developed with the aim of aim of tackling the scourge of the street drug whoonga / Nyaope. The play has been performed to diverse affected communities and for policymakers, impacting lives, and the production is now set to travel internationally. Guest: Dylan McGarry - Senior Researcher in Educational Sociology at t...

The Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal will be hosting the 24th edition of the Time of the Writer Festival. This will be in the form of engaging, provocative and inspiring series of dinner table seminars each evening from March 15 to 21, 2021, at 7pm. Guest: Dr Ismail Mahomed is the director of the Centre for Creative Arts Guest: Niq Mhlongo – Author

SOSS is a smart device app that uses a crowd-share personal safety platform to connect to a public, volunteer network of nearby responders and protectors. The network of responders and protectors is made up of not only the user’s personalised list of emergency contacts, but also sends an SOS call for help to nearby Emergency Response and to community members who have signed up to be active allies...

PASS OVER is a great contemporary piece that resonates globally Pass Over will be staged in commemoration of Black History Month. Although mainly celebrated in America, the play will inspire South Africans to have the tough discourse around issues of common interest like police brutality and white supremacy long after Apartheid. Guest: Kabomo – Musical Composer