Culture and history
Soweto’s university on the train
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- 13 November 2009
Sowetan commuters are being given a taste of university education, with top South African academics giving free lectures on trains as part of the Sermon on the Train art project.
Kids swap suburbs for township
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- 26 October 2009
“I went from a 10 roomed house in Rondebosch to a three roomed house in Khayelitsha,” said Jem Wilson, one of a group of children from an elite Cape Town primary school who took part in a unique life-skills initiative.
Double Tri Nations win for SA
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- 07 October 2009
Not only is South Africa tops in the Tri Nations rugby ranking, it’s also the reigning champion in the lesser known, yet no less prestigious, Tri Nations wine challenge.
Cape Town's creature creators
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- 29 September 2009
Thanks to special effects specialists such as Cape Town’s CFX, there is less need for live animals in filmmaking. The company recently created a remarkably lifelike animatronic baby orca for the latest Free Willy movie, having previously made a moose, anteater, two-metre great white shark, and hamster.
Craft celebrated on Heritage Day
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- 23 September 2009
On Heritage Day, 24 September, South Africa will celebrate its rich diversity of cultures and traditions through a host of countrywide events aimed at stirring up national pride and a sense of unity.
Dulux Pierneef wins Sasol prize
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- 07 September 2009
Take a colour-by-numbers landscape, the Dulux wall paint range, public participation and a jigsaw and what do you get? Pierneef goes Dulux, Maryke van Velden's R60 000 first prize-winning artwork in the 2009 Sasol New Signatures competition.
Gallery: A twinkling nest of treasures
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- 27 August 2009
A dynamic group of friends operating out of a studio in a sleepy Karoo town have fashioned a set of chandeliers that now hang in the White House. The secret of their success? Piles of roadside rubbish …
