Encounters 2016
Africa’s largest documentary film festival is happening in Cape Town and Johannesburg over the next fortnight. Time to take out that red pen and start circling the unmissables.
Africa’s largest documentary film festival is happening in Cape Town and Johannesburg over the next fortnight. Time to take out that red pen and start circling the unmissables.

An interview with Nick Kaoma, the indie-minded entrepreneur behind the Head Honcho fashion empire. Barely 30 years old, this Forbes-listed ‘Most Promising Young Entrepreneur in Africa’ and MTV ‘Hustler of the Year’ is already focused on leaving a legacy.
Flex with PUMA and Jameson for a one night only blow out on 13 November in Jo’burg. Tickets are extremely limited for this line-up to end all line-ups.

It’s time to buy a new Moleskine notebook and sharpen that scriptwriting pencil, because Jameson First Shot 2016 is now officially open for entries, offering you the opportunity to direct Oscar-nominee Maggie Gyllenhaal in your own short film.

After seven acclaimed studio albums and 15 wild years of touring all over the world, Atlanta’s most famous garage rockers The Black Lips have at long last set their sights on the southern tip of Africa.
“In Durban there are pockets of brilliance everywhere, but there isn’t a united front, or a movement.”
“I mean, ispoti is like twenty bucks, but now that it’s a ‘bucket hat’ they cost three hundred rand.”
“We didn’t start YOH! to make money. None of us expected any of these things to grow.”
“Creativity is life. You create your life on a daily basis – you wake up and you determine what you want to do and how you want to do it.”