The Portfolio: Sindiso Nyoni talks brands, values and nostalgia
The bulk of Sindiso Nyoni’s work involves brands. Making the concept translate is a tight balancing act
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The Portfolio: Themba Mbuyisa — ‘If you’re going to look at me, I am going to look at you’
Themba Mbuyisa anchors his photo series, ‘When Breadwinners Are Away’, in the absence of migrant labourers, but little to no absence registers on the faces of those left behind
The Portfolio: Ravi Naidoo on starting a conversation about colourism
In creating her photo series, ‘Brown on Brown: The Colourism Project’, Ravi Naidoo realised colourism affects how every Indian person thinks about themselves
The Portfolio: Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose on bringing eBhish’ home to KZN
The artist reflects on the homecoming of his exhibition, and how it interacts with the gallery and its environment
The Portfolio: Celebrating a great year in African writing
Brittle Paper’s 50 Notable African Books is the product of extensive year-round reportage
The Portfolio: If there is a jol there you will go
For photographer Marc Shoul, nothing is sacred in Joburg
The Portfolio: Tshepiso Moropa digs up family treasures
Tshepiso Moropa used her parents’ marriage as inspiration for her latest collage, titled Til Death Do Us Apart
The Portfolio: Boitumelo Motau on capturing a moment
Even in revisiting the space, I can never capture the moment, as if it were sucked into my camera when I pressed the shutter, muses Boitumelo Motau
The Portfolio: ‘Murder in Paris’ director Enver Samuel
Thirty-three years since Dulcie September’s assassination, a new documentary hopes to bring her name back into the public consciousness
The Portfolio: Lindokuhle Ndlovu meets Mr Mbhele
A chance encounter with a stranger had the photographer rethinking the meaning of scars
The Portfolio: John Phalane’s art ‘gives me a sense of being myself’
Emanating from years spent behind the wheel, the artist’s style is part memory, part imagination
The Portfolio: Monageng ‘Vice’ Motshabi
Playwright Monageng ‘Vice’ Motshabi is always looking for something outside a Western “slice of life” kind of theatre
The Portfolio: The piano offers Nomfundo Xaluva place to dream and become
Although it is in many ways a prohibitive instrument, particularly in terms of access, the piano offers both simplicity and richness to this songwriter
The Portfolio: Geoff Dyer
In this extract from But Beautiful, the writer Geoff Dyer reflects on how photographs ‘work on you’
The Portfolio: Siphiwe Mhlambi on Jonas Gwanga, ‘a proper human being’
Siphiwe Mhlambi spent several years photographing his friend Jonas Gwangwa as he performed. Mhlambi spoke to the Mail & Guardian about their relationship
The Portfolio: Nocebo Bucibo
Photographer Nocebo Bucibo explores the role of photography in the production of the Thokoza hostels as spaces
The Portfolio: Thato Monare
For photographer Thato Monare, documenting the rural Eastern Cape is a personal favourite
The Portfolio: Percy Mabandu
Writer and visual artist Percy Mabandu talks about the energy of his portrait of Bra Winston Mankuku Ngozi, entitled ‘The Bull’
The Portfolio: Sabelo Mkhabela
Sabelo Mkhabela, a ‘writer who can take photos’ tells us about the image he took of American rapper Joey Bada$$ at Oppikoppi in 2017
The Portfolio: Antony Kaminju
Antony Kaminju shares his experience of making a photo of the Roving Bantu Kitchen’s Sifiso Ntuli
The Portfolio: Mário Macilau
Mozambican photographer Mário Macilau uses performance and play to expand the meaning of his work
The Portfolio: Manelis
With a theatre background and a long history as a bandleader, Durban-based emcee Manelis is always thinking about how his messaging can be translated visually
The Portfolio: Saaiqa
Photographer Saaiqa shares the story of how she captured this picture that reflects both the socioeconomic realities of our country and simple companionship
The Portfolio: Nthikeng Mohlele
A veteran author and part-time festival director, Nthikeng Mohlele can attest to the respective experiences being irreconcilable. Or are they?
Kamogelo Lebotse: The Portfolio
Photographer Kamogelo Lebotse has been documenting the effects of the national lockdown on the people of Mahikeng
The Portfolio: Jamal Nxedlana
The national lockdown provided photographer Jamal Nxedlana with a chance to push the boundaries of his practice as he transitioned into a new creative cycle
The Portfolio: Levy Pooe
Artist Levy Pooe conceptualises his work as ‘a social diary of being black in the city’
The Portfolio: Tommy Busakhwe
Photographer Tommy Busakhwe, a participant in the Communities of the Kalahari Advocacy Project, uses his camera to tell stories of home, land and the people who live and work on it
The Portfolio: Ramadan Suleman
Ramadan Suleman’s documentary, ‘By All Means Necessary’ honours the struggle against colonialism. It will be showing at the Encounters Documentary Film Festival from August 20
The Portfolio: Naftali
Naftali has just released his debut single, ‘Kea Shwa’. He tells us a bit about his music-making journey.
The Portfolio: Global Africa Lab
A project by Global Africa Lab explores the future of Black neighbourhoods affected by gentrification in New York City
The Portfolio: Puleng Mongale
The artist is drawn to collage because it allows her to be as complex and layered as she wants to be
