NIROX Conversations

Over the course of a residency at NIROX and the Kromdraai Impact Hub, participants engaged in artistic exchange, community dialogue and collaborative reflection on two themes: our relationship with land and water and the rights and wellbeing of children in times of conflict and change. The final episode of these dialogues brought together artists, writers, and researchers from Ukraine and South Af...

Shared Ground hosted its second dialogue featuring novelist Żanna Słoniowska and historian Hlonipha Mokoena . The discussion reflected on the impact of armed conflict in Ukraine and the enduring legacy of apartheid in South Africa on children’s lives, the role of art, literature, and education in preserving dignity, and lessons both nations can share about healing historical trauma and safeguardin...

Shared Ground brings together artists and civil society voices from Ukraine and South Africa to explore how creativity can build bridges across borders, experiences, and cultures. Over the course of a residency at NIROX and the Kromdraai Impact Hub, participants engage in artistic exchange, community dialogue, and collaborative reflection on two themes: our relationship with land and water and the...

In this special first episode, we invite you to simply listen — to the quiet rhythms of NIROX, where art and nature breathe as one. No conversation, just the immersive soundscape of the Cradle: birds, wind, distant water. It’s the backdrop to the  NIROX Conversations — the foundation, the mood, the essence.