poetry, prose & more

An essay on the photograph, Day to Death, by Coral Nomdo

-Ashley Allard  In a world where people are reading less and less, and if they are reading they are reading disconnected, blatantly-badly...

An essay in support of adults watching Avatar: The Last Airbender.

-Marcus Oberlechner During a usual fever-crazed bout of doomscrolling through my most hated of social media platforms —Twitter… (I refuse...

In the prologue to his future series, Mukisa Mujulizi argues for the necessity of animated films and series.

A reflection on the 2025 FNB Art Fair and the downfall of curatorship with the introduction of QR codes.

“Drag is a living work of art. It’s about doing what makes you happy, even if people tell you you’ll never succeed. If anything, that only fuels me. Because the best feeling in the world is proving people wrong, with a little glitter, of course.”

Our first submission for Hot Topic: Femininity in All Its Forms by Amogelang Lesedi

Queer villainy is not a topic often placed in the limelight. Queer stories usually revolve around tragedy or an attempt at Queer joy. Which is disparaging and restrictive, and denies Queerness to penetrate other and more popular genres, like thriller or crime. Zubayr Charles breaks out of this. And incredibly well.

We all have that one weird kiss we hate to love fantasising about. Some are weirder than others, like an afternoon three-way kiss on a basketball court. But relationships and desire are messy and weird, covered in saliva and sweat. We are all so clumsy and repressed when in love and lust, and that’s what Billie Elizabeth is all about in her newest short film, Weird Kisses.

A review of Zubayr Charles' new play, Please, don't call me moffie.

Poem by Yanga Gceya Cover by Ayandaamacirha Kanise

Poem by Jaydon Murray Cover by @jojosphotos

'One day the Black Body with its inherent majesty, will no longer be a reference for subjugation, but a tenant of history– as it has always been. It will longer be one with oppression and silence but demand volume, drawing the world to its will.' cover by @jojosph0tos

Another incredible poem by Low Alt fav, Beth Rowley cover taken by Thero Makepe

"Why do men like choking women? What is this strange interplay between sex and power? What does it say about our society, about how women are taught to please and men are taught to take? Are our desires even our own—or are they just porn-soaked projections of patriarchal bullshit? Maybe some of it is internalised misogyny. But here’s the truth: even if I know that, even if I understand that intellectually and politically… I still want it." cover by Fanie Buys

poem by Zubayr Charles cover taken by Thero Makepe

"Moving to a new continent has been wonderful and challenging in so many ways. My mind has pretty much felt like an old t-shirt in a washing machine since I arrived; spinning around and around, struggling to grasp onto anything for too long."

"Stag Dance is at once a masterclass in short fiction writing and an essential addition to the growing list of fiction that happened to be written by transgender authors."

Sun Raise, led by NNSC’s Andrea Davids and Operation Khataza’s own Lois Flandorp, is using art to combat the student fees crisis.