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Set for 28 October to 1 November 2026 at CTICC 2 in Cape Town, FAME Week Africa positions itself as a business engine for film, television, animation, music, fashion and digital content across the continent’s creative economy.
09 Jul 20261 min read
The 2026 After Dark winter concert series turns the Two Oceans Aquarium into an intimate after-hours music space, showing how Cape Town nightlife is expanding beyond clubs, bars and conventional live venues.
09 Jul 20261 min read
With 2026 nominations open through the DSAC-backed National Arts and Culture Awards platform, NACA’s wider category framework pushes South African creative recognition beyond music, celebrity and screen visibility.
09 Jul 20261 min read
After online rumours falsely claimed she had signed with Roc Nation, Tyla corrected the record in one Instagram Story — then redirected the attention economy back to A*POP.
07 Jul 20265 min read
Netflix’s adaptation of Sue Nyathi’s The Polygamist has become a global screen success, but alleged book piracy in Nairobi shows how demand can harm the very authorial ecosystem that made the hit possible.
07 Jul 20261 min read
Turning 50 in 2026 did not soften Thandiswa Mazwai. If anything, the milestone sharpened the meaning of a career built on memory, rebellion and indigenous African sound.
07 Jul 20265 min read
Married at First Sight Mzansi Season 3 turns the altar into a national debate stage, asking whether South Africans are willing to trade romantic fantasy for consistency, reliability and emotional readiness.
07 Jul 20265 min read
Streaming charts show what people choose to play. Shazam shows what interrupts them — and South Africa’s city-level discovery data reveals a music economy built from local rooms, vehicles, venues and regional sound.
07 Jul 20261 min read
Mandisi Dyantyis’ Symphonic Celebration at Teatro Montecasino shows how South African artists are turning orchestral staging into a premium live-performance language built on atmosphere, arrangement, scarcity and prestige.
07 Jul 20264 min read
As Woza Albert! returns to The Market Theatre’s Barney Simon Theatre in July 2026, the protest classic asks a brutal question again: have the conditions that made protest theatre necessary really disappeared?
07 Jul 20261 min read
CAPASSO is inviting members to submit proposals for the next cycle of its Corporate Social Investment initiative, with support aimed at education, empowerment and creative-sector growth.
06 Jul 20265 min read
At 81 De Korte Street, the former home of The Orbit is carrying a new rhythm — and this week, SAMA-nominated trumpeter Sydney Mavundla steps into the room.
06 Jul 20263 min read
Credo V Daniels’ Still Where We Were has become more than a breakthrough album. It has turned into a flashpoint for how South African music thinks about AI, live performance, vocal truth and authenticity.
05 Jul 20262 min read
At the 2026 Hollywoodbets Durban July, Aline Media Group’s The Ascots pushed race-day hospitality into a new category: a boutique festival built inside the marquee economy.
05 Jul 20263 min read
With “Sengithole Omunye” and “Umaqondana” dominating the upper tier of South African streaming, Feza is proving that local, language-rich music can sit at the centre of the digital chart conversation.
05 Jul 20261 min read
Tshedza Pictures’ The Four of Us did not only take over e.tv’s 8pm slot. Its near-immediate Netflix rollout signals a shift in how South African prime-time drama is being valued locally and globally.
05 Jul 20261 min read
The 2026 Hollywoodbets Durban July was historic on the track, but its strongest cultural statement came through fashion that translated rural memory, equestrian heritage and regional craft into couture.
05 Jul 20263 min read
The 52nd National Arts Festival turned Makhanda into a creative meeting point again, but the brilliance inside the venues sat beside a harder reality outside them: infrastructure pressure, arts funding strain and the fragile economy around cultural work.
05 Jul 20263 min read