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"How to make Bonteheuwel proud", a review of Anwar McKay's autobiography 'The Invisible Boy from Bramble Way', published in 2025 by Southern Right Publishers

"What you need to get through high school", a review of Sandulela Asanda's queer coming of age film 'Black Burns Fast', on the film circuit in South Africa now.

"What, really, is 'Pretty Woman' selling?", an opinion piece by Lerato Mhlongo.

Perfection in a cracked piece of crockery Jessica Haines's play is a twisty yarn that reaches gingerly from the feral fluffy boundaries of childhood, into the complexities of growing up in a world where ‘perfect’ is forced as a binary and compliance with the notion of what ‘perfect’ might mean can point imperatively to self-mutilation, or worse....

"Excess to revel in", a review of 'The Bacchae', directed by Jay Pather, in celebration of 25 years of Joburg Ballet, at the Joburg Theatre until 12 July 2026.

"Infinity on the tip of your elbow", a review of Nick Payne's play 'Constellations', directed by Jay Pather and featuring Nick Elderkin and Mwenya Kabwe, at Theatre on the Square in Sandton until 11 July 2026.

"Once upon a dark night", a review of 'Midnight in Parys', by Paul Slabolepszy, at Montecasino, until 12 July 2026.

"Ashes and stars: A posthumous love story", a review of Gabriela Lena Frank's debut opera 'El Ultimo Sueno de Frida y Diego' performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Screening in South Africa on 16 June 2026.

"A tale of life, and rafters rotten with ravens", a review of Megan Choritz's debut novel 'Lost Property' (2023) published by Melinda Ferguson Publishing, Cape Town.

"Be Angry. Be Very Angry", a review by Zinobulali Goduko of Rise 76: The Story of June 16, by Tiisetso Mashifane wa Noni, on show at the Market Theatre, until 28 June 2026.

"How to play ping-pong at the Javett Art Centre", a review of 'One and the Many' a cornerstone exhibition curated by Storm Janse van Rensburg and reviewed by Kapisha Ramraj.

"Blinded by smoke; set on fire", a review of 'Transcendent: Echoes from the Past', a dance piece choreographed by Zaza Cala. Reviewed by Pretoria University student, Willem Pieter F Botha.

"Big dreams, high heels and a dose of nostalgia", a review of 'Pretty Woman: The Musical' written by Chester Miggels. The production is onstage in Cape Town until 19 April and Johannesburg until 31 March 2026.

Cape Town writer, Zinobulali Goduka, reviews Gregory Maqoma's dance opera 'Genesis: The Beginning and End of Time', which is onstage at the Joburg Theatre complex until 22 March 2026.

"Consummation by sacred flame", a review of 'The Opera Singer' at Theatre on the Square in Sandton until 28 March 2026.

"Universal soldier shenanigans", a review of 'An Iliad' at the Baxter Flipside until 14 March 2026.

"Diatribe, in the mouth of babes", a review of Qondiswa James's play 'A Howl in Makhanda'.