Pavishen Paideya
Our 12th ‘Love the Arts’ feature is with birthday boy, Pavishen Paideya. Pavi has danced his way into many a dance audience’s heart over the years. He became a professional dancer nine years ago and [...]
Musa Hlatshwayo
In day 11 of our ‘Love the Arts’ feature, we chat to Musa Hlatshwayo - choreographer & dancer extraordinaire. He has performed in many conventional & non-conventional spaces, he has toured through a few states [...]
Denis Hurley Centre AGM
The Denis Hurley Centre AGM and anniversary commemoration of Archbishop Hurley Denis Hurley Centre on YouTube: Sat 13 Feb: recorded AGM viewable from 7am, live interactive session: 11am The Denis Hurley Centre Annual General Meeting, [...]
Kirsty Ndawo
Our tenth performer that we met up with is the sensational dancer Kirsty Ndawo. She has been dancing since she was in crèche and is trained in ballet and contemporary mainly but has picked up [...]
Lisa Goldstone
Day nine of our ‘Love the Arts’ feature, we go behind the scenes with Lisa Goldstone. She introduces herself by saying, “Hi, my name is Lisa and I like listening to music, writing poetry and [...]
Bryan Hiles And Cara Roberts
Day six of our ‘Love the Arts’ feature, we catch up with versatile duo Bryan Hiles and Cara Roberts. Masterful Bryan has been dazzling local audiences for two decades since studying drama at Tech. He [...]
Clare Mortimer
In day eight of our ‘Love the Arts’ feature, we chat to captivating actress and director Clare Mortimer. What do you love about performing? Nothing and everything. On a daily basis I berate myself for [...]
Amanda Kunene
In day seven of our ‘Love the Arts’ feature, we meet Amanda Kunene a performer, singer, actor and dancer. She loves every aspect of performing arts. She has been performing rom as young as she [...]
Laurie Glenny
Day five in our ‘Love the Arts’ feature we meet artist Laurie Glenny. Since graduating as a Fine Artist in 1994, she is never without a paintbrush in her hands, but often with a commercial [...]
Cathy Peacock
Our fourth artist in our ‘Love the Arts’ feature that we had the honour of spending time with is the sonorous trumpet player, Cathy Peacock. Cathy is the founding member of Platform Jazz and is [...]
FlatFoot Zinhle Nzama And Siseko Duba
In today’s ‘Love the Arts’ feature we got to spend time with two contemporary dancers, Zinhle Nzama and Siseko Duba. Both of these powerful, expressive dancers are with the main FLATFOOT Dance Company. Zinhle has [...]
Roland Perold
Day two of our ‘Love the Arts’ feature we meet the fabulous Roland Perold. Roland spent the early part of lockdown collaborating with fellow musical thespians from around South Africa and created a marvellous piece [...]
Contagious Creativity
The Studios at Lifestyle Centre, Ballito: 5 Feb – 9 March 2021 Opening – day-time Friday 5 February The new Gallery in Ballito’s Lifestyle Centre is opening its second exhibition, titled “Contagious Creativity”, on Friday [...]
Straw Nzimande
The first artist that we catch up with in our ‘Love the Arts’ feature is the lovely Mpilo ‘Straw’ Nzimande. Straw, a hugely talented physical actor studied at UKZN PMB and has been a professional [...]
Love The Arts
Building up to the month of love, one can’t help but reminisce back to era where artists could ‘perform freely’. PubMat decided to find out from a few of our favourites, what they love about [...]
Exploring A New Way Of Learning
Swales Online Academy: Exploring a new way of learning. First term to go ahead as scheduled at new Swales Online Academy. Swales Online Academy, the brand new innovative, contemporary educational platform, is ready to welcome [...]
Finding Beauty, Inspiring Hope
‘We don’t find beauty; we make the world beautiful by paying attention.’ (Ralph Emmer) Lauriana Glenny solo exhibition Finding Beauty, Inspiring Hope Stepping Stone Studios, Assagay: view by appointment Walkabout: Sat 30 Jan at noon [...]
Fiona Kirkwood Exhibits At 11th International Fiber Art Biennale
Exciting news - Durban artist, Fiona Kirkwood heard today that her award-winning latest installation, Rain, will be exhibited at the 11th International Fiber Art Biennale: “From Lausanne to Beijing”, curated out of Beijing China, which [...]
Finding Beauty, Inspiring Hope – POSTPONED
EXHIBITION POSTPONED UNTIL THE NEW YEAR ‘We don’t find beauty; we make the world beautiful by paying attention.’ (Ralph Emmer) Lauriana Glenny solo exhibition Finding Beauty, Inspiring Hope Stepping Stone Studios: scheduled to open from [...]
St John Launches Innovative First Aid e-Learning
The Order of St John in South Africa is transforming the First Aid training sector by introducing a world-first, international gold standard First Aid e-learning course. The innovative 18-hour first aid blended learning course combines [...]