The independent print mags, e-zines and websites making it work

From Durban-based e-zines and Cape Town print mags to Johannesburg's online industry, we look at a few of the DIY publications who are doing just fine. ...

09 Sep, 2016

Landa Willie: The 20 year old Twenty mag founder doing it herself

Tired of complaining about the lack of black owned publications and spaces, Landa Willie decided to create her own. ...

05 Aug, 2016

Nick Mulgrew: Using dismay to disrupt the literary landscape

Nick Mulgrew isn't just a man of many words, he's also actively changing the local literary landscape....

16 Jun, 2016

Buhle Ngaba’s beautiful book is empowering young black women

Buhle Ngaba's 'The Girl Without A Sound' is a comely tale of a young girl who, with the help of a red winged women, begins to find her unique voice....

29 Feb, 2016

2015 Highlights // The Big Stories

The biggest and the best, the controversial and the playful, these are the stories that make up our 2015 highlights....

18 Dec, 2015

Literary Hustler Nick Mulgrew on Progressive Poetry and Publishing

Nick Mulgrew's cheeky and poignant debut poetry collection is filled with humour, anecdotes and truisms that reflect experiences of an almost-born-free Durbanite of British decent....

04 Dec, 2015

The Communication Machine: PR, Marketing and the Media Today

What does an increasingly collaborative way of working mean for the future of the PR, media and marketing industries? ...

18 Nov, 2015

Update: The Twenty Journey Publication: “Don’t be a poes, be lekker”

The first compendium of stories, photos and paraphernalia from the Twenty Journey trip has been published as a sleek, soft-cover publication edited by Sarah-Claire Picton and designed by Hanno Van Zyl. ...

23 Sep, 2015

Creative Women | Panashe Chigumadzi on the importance of love for any kind of radical and transformative politics

Panashe Chigumadzi is the founder and editor of womanist platform Vanguard Magazine, an online publication in South Africa speaking to the intersectionality of queer politics, Black Consciousness and pan-Africanism. ...

28 Aug, 2015

Young South Africa: Thulasizwe & Andrew Simelane | Blacknation Media

Founded by Andrew and Thulasizwe Simelane, Blacknation publishes youth focused content in the form of a bi-monthly e-mag and daily Youtube shows. ...

08 Jun, 2015

Young South Africa: Phendu Kuta | A Bold, Unlabelled Pursuit

Just short of a year ago Phendu Kuta founded Unlabelled, an online South African youth culture magazine for which she now acts as creative director, editor and stylist. ...

05 Jun, 2015

The Art of Designing Photography Books | Oliver Barstow from Fourthwall Books

Oliver Barstow from Fourthwall Books likens photography book design to composing a piece of music, where the sequence of images creates the tension, tone, highs and lows. ...

30 Apr, 2015

1991 | A Book Chronicling 3 Years of Photographs by Kent Andreasen

Kent Andreasen has published his first photobook - a limited edition, 96-pager titled 1991 (after his birth year) comprised of images shot between 2012 and 2014....

29 Apr, 2015

Archives: Gillian Benjamin | Design Delivering Impact

Gillian Benjamin believes in making a social impact through graphic design and in 2012, this led her to set up her own design business. We peek into her archives for some insight into her personal design evolution over the years....

30 Mar, 2015

Zines! Zines! Zines! | Buy A Mixed Pack Of South African Indie Publications

For the love of print, we've hunted down a selection of interesting indie publications and are making mixed packs which you can buy right here and right now!...

20 Mar, 2015