Writer Owethu Makhathini recounts her own engagement with filmmaker Khalo Matabane, accused by several women of sexual misconduct and rape.
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Cover story – The Homecoming of Batuk
With a fresh album out that sonically reps South Africa, writer Siyabonga Andre Dennis and photographer Justice Mukheli capture the new Batuk.
Prom politics – Teen creative Amonge Sinxoto uses matric dance as a tool to empower
‘I wanted to tell the uniquely African tale at a time when I was expected to be nothing more than pretty.’ Blackboard Africa co-founder Amonge Sinxoto tells a powerful story at her prom.
What does it look like when black lips meet?
‘I cannot imagine what it looks like when black lips meet.’ Emerging Zimbabwean writer Teresa Samkele finds it hard to remember seeing black lips meet.
5 cool spaces to get your co-work on in Cape Town
From Khayelitsha to Zonnebloem, we check out 5 of Cape Town’s best shared office space options.
Long-distant duo DJ K-$ and model Sydney Davy create a mixtape celebrating their love
Sydney Davy and K-$ talk about their creative partnership and make a playlist for each other.
Why we choose to be single! South African creatives talk the art of self-love
From writer Palesa Kgasane to singer Langa Mavuso, we speak to six creatives about life in the single lane, dating apps and their careers.
Simunye, We Are 1: New school artists celebrate the legacy of South African TV
Yizo-Yizo, ‘Sgudi ‘Snaysi and more. Check out how new age creatives show homage to legendary TV shows on SABC 1.
On Harvey Weinstein, #Metoo and sexual harassment in South Africa’s film and TV industry
From speaking out against unsafe spaces like the casting couch to creating new codes protecting womxn, we spotlight the safety of womxn in film.
Novelist Panashe Chigumadzi on ‘forgetting’ and recovering Shona, finding self through books and (dis)connecting to African print
In the final instalment of our series of conversations on heritage, award-winning novelist Panashe Chigumadzi talks about her relationship to African print, hearing the history of her people through stories and using books to locate self.
Dame Zsa-Zsa Whitney Gabor Houston: ‘If you don’t know who you are, how can you identify?’
The former Miss Black Pride, runner up for Miss Gay RSA 2017 and counsellor shares the story behind her sari, being proudly South African and finding self.
Where do I belong? Emerging Joburg artist Yolanda Mazwana’s abstract take on life
Self-taught Joburg artist Yolanda Mazwana finds her medium and her voice in neo-expressionist painting. Take a peek at the emerging artist’s portfolio.
On dressing the spirit – Twin creatives Duduzile and Smangele Mathebula talk ancestry and style
From intangible expressions of heritage to celebrating icon Mam’ Winnie Mandela, the stylish Mathebula sisters invite us into their Joburg home to chat cultural ‘mishmash’.
Introducing the womxn behind new series on heritage, identity and self-expression
Each week this September, 10and5 brings you a new series of conversations around how heritage is expressed, preserved or thought about among a few womxn in our contemporary creative community.
Laverne Hippkhoi Maart’s new magazine ‘Engrave’ focuses on underdogs and creatives decolonising the industry
Speaking to Cape Town-based editor in chief of ‘Engrave’ magazine, Lavern Hippkhoi Maart about her new youth culture publication.
