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Review In English, she is known as an “agony aunt.” In Afrikaans, as a confidante or comfort-giving aunt. In South Africa’s oldest family magazine aimed at Black South Africans, Drum Magazine, she was known as “Sis Dolly.” And with Drum celebrating its 75th...

Encounters 2026 – Even Musk is to be seen

Review This is the final weekend of the Encounters International Documentary Film Festival. This year marked the first time in more than a decade that the festival — which usually takes place in Cape Town and Johannesburg — also hosted screenings in Pretoria, with the...

Bride of the Year – When the bride loses the competition, but wins her heart

Review "True happiness is not something you can plan." With these words, Lienkie realises that her idea of "home" is not sustainable, and that she needs to open her eyes wider if she wants to recognise unconditional love. Lienkie (Carine Rous) has cherished only one...

Variations on a Theme: Visual Poetry of the Rural Landscape and Its People

Review "On 18 July 1941, Petrus Jakobus Beukes, together with twelve other men, walks for the first time out of Kharkams's winding dirt roads, heading south." These words are co-director Jason Jacobs's introduction to Variations on a Theme — his version of "once upon...