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Unathi Kondile

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 10, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Unathi Kondile

    FNB Art Joburg needed a little more fair (opens the original)

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    Big event. Small feeling. That was my overriding impression of the 19th edition of FNB Art Joburg. Which is awkward, because there was plenty to see. Lots of good work, serious galleries, strong artists. And yet, somehow, the fair felt oddly underwhelming. For me. And only for me, I hope. The vernissage was packed, Friday brought the schoolchildren and the weekend saw the usual stream of visitors. But outside the Sandton Convention Centre, you could be forgiven for thinking nothing was happening

  2. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Unathi Kondile

    Thirza’s beautiful trash lures you in (opens the original)

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    If, on a random evening, you ever spot a Dutch woman wandering the beaches of the Eastern Cape with enormous blue plastic bags, do not mistake her for a municipal employee doing overtime. She is probably collecting marine litter; plastic, bottles, cutlery, deodorant cans and whatever else the ocean has decided to return to us. For art. Thirza Schaap, an internationally recognised Dutch artist and photographer living in Cape Town, has spent more than a decade collecting the detritus of modern lif

  3. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Unathi Kondile

    Elvira Dyangani Ose is Zeitz Mocaa’s new director (opens the original)

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    The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Mocaa), in Cape Town’s spiffy Silo District, has finally appointed a new director. The institution’s brilliant former director, Koyo Kouoh, originally from Senegal and Switzerland, died in May last year. Since then, Zeitz has battled to find a replacement, needing a director with deep continental linkages as well as solid international networks. Kouoh died a few months after being selected as the artistic director of the 2026 Venice Biennale (the 61st

  4. Article · Aug 6, 2026 · Unathi Kondile

    Three nights. Three artists. One feeling: Live music is back (opens the original)

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    Simphiwe Dana. 29 July. Artscape Theatre. Sold out. Jimmy Nevis. 30 July. Homecoming Centre. Sold out. Manana. 1 August. Baxter Theatre. Sold out. Three nights. Three different audiences. Three different experiences. One unequivocal conclusion: live music is back. Earlier this year, Global Brands Magazine observed that “audiences are trading everyday small treats for a handful of unforgettable nights. A concert is a memory, a photo dump, a story you tell for years”. It is difficult to argue with

  5. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · Unathi Kondile

    Here's to the women who refuse to stop writing (opens the original)

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    “I am not writing this article. A writer cannot write about another writer!” Zukiswa Wanner says to me. “No, you must! Who else is going to write about writers and their work?” I shoot back. “No, not happening. A writer’s work should speak for itself!” I don't know whether newspapers publish emojis but if they did, imagine the yellow grinning face wearing sunglasses right here. That's the mood. My job is simply to lay the preamble before handing over my pen. I mean keyboard. Yesterday, 30 July 2

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