poetry, prose & more

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.

A review of Jamie-Lee Money's spectacular one-woman show, of a young woman spinning through grief.

A think-piece on Chaïm Soutine's unnerving 'Still Life with Rayfish' by Caitlin MacDonald

in support of gisèle pelicot, debrina kawam and all survivors of gbv and sexual assault. cover image from Yoan Valant for AAP/EPA

The meteoric rise of Harry Styles has been impossible to ignore. Once just another face in the long line of boy-band heartthrobs, Styles...

A villanelle by Jamie Chan header image by Kwei Shun-Yu

A conversation with Dr Megan Jones on her process completing her mother's novel.

An incredible collage collection by the incredible Emily Freedman accompanied by a rationale.

cover image by @lesis.online a letter to our leaders by up and coming South African poet, Luke Green-Thompson

If you were to walk past Only Fools on Sea Point Main Road any night this week, you would have heard reels of laughter coming from...

Rereading Teju Cole's 'Death in the Browser Tab' in the context of Palestine. cover image by Kwei Shun-Yu

"I’ve entered a clearing; a space where what was sad and stagnant suckling on the still breast of safety..."

Nkoli: The Vogue Opera is a remarkable tribute to Simon Nkoli and his legacy in both the anti-apartheid and LGBTQ+ movements.

The budding world of South African jewellery is as vibrant as it is exciting. Read this article to discover some amazing local brands!

I’ve spent a lot of time recently pondering the relationship between ways of being that are, on the surface, coexisting. But, if we were...

There are things in this world that force themselves on me. The second I see them, I surrender to their whims. Stuck, frozen, powerless....

A creative essay on the trials and tribulations of driving (and quotidian life) in Cape Town.