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The 9th edition of the African Women Writers Symposium launches its own Award!

The 9th African Women Writers’ Symposium takes place from 8 to 20 of October 2023, featuring keynote addresses, panels, workshops and more on all things literature. The Symposium will kick off on Sunday 8 October at the Soweto Theatre and will result in the launch of the first ever African Women Writers Literary Award. The […]

Conversations With A Dead Piano - NSA Installation

The evocative installation "Conversations with a Dead Piano", created from old piano parts, opens on August 17th at the National School of the Arts. Guided by visual artist Usha Seejarim, renowned internationally for her reinterpretation of ordinary objects, the NSA Grade 11 learners have crafted remarkable individual and group work using the keys, hammers, dampers, […]

The 7th African Women Writers Symposium: Joburg and Durban Programme

The 7th African Women Writers Symposium: Joburg and Durban Programme The programme is supported by The Department of Sports, Arts and Culture (DSAC) The 7th African Women Writers Symposium (AWWS) has a very exciting programme and one of the draw cards is undoubtedly the multi-award winning American poet and writer, Patricia Smith who has been […]

Concerts SA’s Digital Mobility Fund Streams Hope to Musicians Once Again

For Immediate Release #DMF2021 Results Announced We are proud to announce the results of the Concerts SA Digital Mobility Fund for the April 2021 callout. For the second year in a row, Concerts SA has awarded subsidies to music projects. A total of 62 grants of R30 000 each were awarded to projects across the […]

Concerts SA Invites Music Professionals To Apply For The Digital Mobility Fund 2021

Concerts SA is calling for proposals for the Digital Mobility Fund 2021. Music professionals can now apply for support to stream their live concerts by completing an online form. The deadline for submissions is 5:00pm on Thursday 22 April 2021. In the past years, Concerts SA has supported thousands of musicians to tour the […]

The National Department of Arts and Culture; DAC to Host Its Annual Africa Month Colloquia Focusing On Literary Luminaries

The Department of Arts & Culture (DAC) will host its colloquium on the creative arts, as part of its Africa Month celebrations and this year’s theme is “Celebrating 25 years of Democracy: Building a Better Africa and a Better World”. Johannesburg: 24 May 2019 - To kick - start the Africa Month celebrations, this […]

Africa Month with Joburg Theatre - Celebrating 100 years of Nelson Mandela’s Legacy

Africa Month: Music, Literature, Talks and Workshops Celebrating 100 years of Nelson Mandela’s Legacy 25th May to the 9th June 2018 In the wake of a successful Africa Month music event, The Liberation Concert, featuring acclaimed musicians from SA and across the world, the Department of Arts and Culture in partnership with the Joburg […]

Pioneering Living Legends Multimedia Training Programme Puts Dwindling Arts and Culture Coverage Under The Spotlight

Speaking truth to power, on his poem ‘Degrees’ from the anthology Azanian Love Song, Dr Don Mattera writes “There is no hurt quite like being unloved, unwanted among one’s own, in one’s own land ”. Cultivating a conscious media network was at the core of a gathering of a cohort of storytellers who locked […]

Dr Jonas Gwangwa’s “Amandla Cultural Ensemble: The Production” comes home to South Africa

In 1980, Dr Jonas Gwangwa brought the theatrical protest musical Amandla to the world. Now for the first time, it is coming home and promises a cutting-edge theatrical production that will enthrall audiences, inspire youngsters and showcase the country’s finest artistic talent. The Amandla Cultural Ensemble was originally developed and produced by Gwangwa in […]

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