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The cohort includes Lagos-based writer, director and cinematographer Lateefah Mayaki; award-winning Ghanaian-Canadian writer and filmmaker Lindsey Addawoo; acclaimed South African writer/director Phumi Morare; and multi-hyphenate Cameroonian-born writer, filmmaker and cultural entrepreneur Sahndra Fon Dufe.

SA writer-director among four screenwriters selected for the AuthenticA Series Lab

The programme opened with an 8-day in-person residency in Ethiopia from 17–25 September 2026, followed by online sessions running until 14 January 2027.

Death of Glitter will gather at Botanik Social House on 31 October, for the closing ritual of its first decade.

Death of Glitter to host a celebration in memory of the party girl

The event is presented as a celebration that treats the end not as an ending, but as the necessary condition for whatever comes next.

The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist

Booker Prize 2026 shortlist: Meet the six nominated books

The Booker Prize 2026 shortlist features six novels, including books by previous winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart, three-time nominee Elizabeth Strout and three authors…

Graham Hopkins plays Albie Sachs in 'Albie Sachs: Fathers, Sons and Soft Vengeance'.

Albie Sachs’ life comes to the stage in new Baxter play

Gail Louw’s new play explores Albie Sachs’ life, activism, recovery and fatherhood.

The film tells the moving and enchanting story of Silas (Neels Clasen Jr.) who, after the death of his grandmother (Antoinette Kellermann), believes she has simply wandered off into Dreamland. He decides to go and find her and sets off on the journey with a new friend, Willemien (Luna Coetzer).
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'Silas en die ysbeer op Tafelberg' selected for prestigious German film festival

South African children’s film ‘Silas en die ysbeer op Tafelberg’ has been selected for the 31st SCHLiNGEL International Film Festival in Chemnitz, Germany.

The Red Rocket employees (Rocketeers) came from different parts of the business and, spent hours upon hours rehearsing Toto’s Africa ahead of the big recording day.
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Heritage Day: These SA workers record a love letter to Africa

More than 200 employees of Cape Town renewable-energy company Red Rocket formed a choir and recorded Toto’s “Africa” as a Heritage Day tribute.

Working primarily in layers of oil paint, Cassim creates landscapes that hover between the familiar and the surreal. Natural forms blur, dissolve and reappear, while shifts in colour, light and gesture create a sense of movement between what is real and what is imagined.

SA artist Zarah Cassim’s latest exhibition on view at The President Hotel

For The President Hotel, the exhibition continues a commitment to making contemporary art part of the everyday.

Jill Scott, who has been named the inaugural honouree of Billboard’s R&B Hall of Fame ahead of her November shows in South Africa.
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Jill Scott brings new album and her new Billboard award status to SA

Jill Scott will perform in Pretoria and Cape Town in November as she tours behind her first studio album in more than a decade and celebrates a new Billboard career honour.

 The Royal Countess Zingara, is returning to Century City.

Zingara returns with new circus production in Century City

The Royal Countess Zingara is back in Cape Town with a new production drawing on circus, jazz, theatre and influences from Africa, New Orleans and South America.

Animation Day filmmakers. The 17th edition Durban FilmMart is funded by the Durban Film Office, eThekwini Municipality, Ford Foundation, the National Film and Video Foundation and IEFTF.

Durban FilmMart 2026 expands programme with new genre strands

The 17th Durban FilmMart will feature expanded partner programming focused on animation, documentary impact producing and natural-world storytelling, with sessions examining…

Widow's Bay lead actor Matthew Rhys made history at the Emmy Awards.
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‘Widow’s Bay’ makes Emmy history as ‘The Pitt’ takes top drama prize

Apple TV’s "Widow’s Bay" stormed the Emmys with six wins at the 78th Emmys, the most for a single program on the night.

The event is Hosted by The Heartsong Collective.

Cape Town calls for 1,400 voices to sing together and 'unite the world'

The Heartsong Collective and Uthando South Africa will bring together community, school and church choirs, professional musicians and members of the public.

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia play best friends Maya and Anjali in "Best of the Best", as they take on the competitive world of Bollywood-fusion dance.

Netflix and chill: What to watch for the rest of September

Drama, reality, sport, supernatural mysteries and familiar faces feature among Netflix’s remaining September releases, with new series and specials arriving throughout the month.

Lionel Messi, who retired from international duty after a glittering 21-year career with Argentina, is set to become the owner of Spanish second-division club Eldense, adding another football club to his growing portfolio.

Lionel Messi agrees deal to buy Spanish club Eldense

The football superstar is expanding his growing involvement in club ownership.

Sandra Prinsloo portrays Susan Nell in the one-woman play "Kamphoer – die verhaal van Susan Nell".

Sandra Prinsloo's legacy of bold, boundary-breaking performances honoured

Sandra Prinsloo’s career has crossed theatre, film and television, with roles that have become part of South Africa’s cultural history.

The SU Choir, which is managed and co-ordinated by the Toyota Stellenbosch Woordfees, is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year.
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Stellenbosch University alumni return for 11th Maties Homecoming

More than 2,500 alumni are expected in Stellenbosch for three days of reunions, milestone celebrations and events,

South African artist and virtual worldbuilder Rick Treweek has won an Emmy for Uncanny Alley: A New Day, an immersive theatre production
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South African artist Rick Treweek wins an Emmy Award

South African artist Rick Treweek and his collaborators have won an Emmy for Uncanny Alley: A New Day, an immersive theatre experience performed live inside VRChat.

Music legends Mango Groove will perform at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden on Heritage Day

Mango Groove to headline Heritage Day concert at Walter Sisulu Botanical Garden

Mango Groove will headline the Sunset Music Series at Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden on Thursday, 24 September 2026, with gates opening at 1pm and tickets available from…

Twenty selected photographs will be transformed into large-scale artworks along Cape Town’s Sea Point Promenade.

Sea Point Promenade exhibit: Photographers invited to rethink the image

The seventh Orms x Canon Promenade Exhibition will display 20 large-scale photographic works along Cape Town’s Sea Point Promenade.

Thabo Mahlwele, better known as Touchline Truth, opens SABC1's new series, Go Viral, on Saturday

SABC1’s 'Go Viral' explores the stories behind SA’s digital stars

SABC1’s new 13-part series Go Viral profiles South African digital personalities, beginning with Tembisa-born rapper Touchline Truth on Saturday, 5 September, at 7.30pm.