Ash-Leigh La Foy has 17 years’ experience as a performance artist. In 2011, she founded my company Heartistree Productions, through which she manages her music business administration, as well as the placement of other independent artists in income-earning opportunities. Ash-Leigh has performed at the International Poetry Africa Festival. She was one of 30 artists selected…
Chumisa Ndakisa is a curator and writer based in Johannesburg and Qonce in the Eastern Cape. With an educational and professional background in film and television, her curatorial and organising experience spans across many disciplines. The premise of her curatorial and writing practice reflects on Pan-African history, religious and spiritual doctrinal politics, indigenous knowledge systems…
Darion Adams (they/them) is a freelance independent artist, dancer, dance educator, choreographer and facilitator, from Manenberg in Cape Town. Their work is currently focused on exploring and giving expression to their queer identity as a person of coloured experience. As a UCT School of Dance and Jazzart Dance Theatre graduate, Darion uses movement as a…
Cultural activist Deidre Jantjies is passionate about the historical stories of women. She is the founder of Na Aap Productions, a fully integrated, broad-based production company, screening untold stories of Southern Africa. Deidre has a long history of performing on stage. With these skills, she started writing her own stories, which she adapts into short…
Goodwill Mzwakhe Khachela was born in Vanstadensrus in Free State, and currently lives in Bloemfontein. He is a well-established praise poet. He is a former praise poet for Dimakatso Mahasa, the Free State MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation. He performs at Bubula Annual Praise Poetry and is a founder of the Azania Praise…
Hannah Nokwazi van Tonder is a 25-year-old small-town girl who is an accredited academic (with a BA in Dramatic Arts and MA in Critical Diversity Studies), researcher and the co-owner of Sketch Productions. Hannah completed a live season run of METSI, a Sketch Productions’ work, at the South African State Theatre in 2021. She wrote…
Hector Dibakoane is a dreamer, storyteller and cultural curator who was born and bred in Mpumalanga. He founded Xquizified Media after moving to Johannesburg and realising that young people lack platforms that offer healing, community and cultivation of their talents. Hector says his work is led by passion, purpose and love with an overall ambition…
Jane Mpholo, co-director at the production company Vukallective, is as a professional actor, playwright, producer, dramaturge, performance arts coach and facilitator. She holds a Drama and Theatre Arts Degree from the University of Free State. Passionate about inclusive education, she collaborates with Provincial Department of Education and tours to schools to educate learners through her…
Khaya Masipa Madungandaba is an arts administrator, fashion producer, musical artist and general events manager from Johannesburg Gauteng. He began his arts career in 2001 in multiple community theatre groups as an actor and singer. He then focused his talents on fashion as a costume designer for film and TV, then started his own fashion company,…
Kutlwano Kepadisa is a choirmaster, arranger and multidisciplinary producer from Makhanda in the Eastern Cape. Born in Soshanguve, Pretoria, Kutlwano arrived in Makhanda after matriculating in Johannesburg. Kutlwano is the Director of Music at the Anglican Cathedral of St Michael and St George and leads the Makana Choir School Programme. He is also the director…
Lebogang Mashifane is a multidisciplinary creative entrepreneur who believes in wealth creation and wealth sharing with fellow creatives and artists. They believe that art is a very lucrative commodity and that their fellow creatives/artists who are struggling to monetise their craft need well-equipped creative entrepreneurs to link them to the relevant markets. Lebogang is on the…
Lesiba Mabitsela is an interdisciplinary artist, designer and fashion practitioner who lives in Johannesburg. His practice incorporates visual art and design with critical fashion and performance studies in his exploration of African masculine identities. Lesiba is a former recipient of the Andrew W Mellon Foundation scholarship, contributing to the completion of his master’s degree in…
Luke Draper is a lighting designer by profession, but, because of the pandemic, his hobby became a new vocation, that of game and software developer. His background and academic qualifications are in theatre and the performing and visual arts. He specialises in making interactive games focused on augmented reality, musical themes and mobile device functionality.…
Mandisa Buthelezi is a cultural producer and creative who is passionate about producing work that communicates the African heritage voice. With an appreciation and respect for the culture that has informed her perspective, she is keen on providing visual art content that is culture centred and which explores the notions of identity and spirituality. The…
Nadene Mckenzie is is a performer, facilitator and aspiring choreographer. She is also a qualified integrated dance teacher, receiving training in Vienna in 2010. She joined Remix Dance Company in 2006. Since then, she has produced exceptional work as a performer, is a differently abled teacher in a wheelchair and has established herself as a…
Niamh Walsh-Vorster is a Durban-based writer, independent photographer, and creative producer. She is co-founder and editor of the award-winning e-zine, Ja. Magazine. She has exhibited photographic work in group shows at galleries, as well as independently in various public spaces. In 2016, Niamh was the recipient of a BASA Arts Journalism Award for her review…
Promise Nyalungu holds a BA Degree in International Relations from the University of Venda (UNIVEN), and a certificate in International Business Administration and Leadership from Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, Germany. He is enrolled for a Bachelor of Arts Honours in International Relations at UNIVEN and was recently appointed as an Innovation Champion for Local Economic…
Robyn-Lee Pretorius is a cultural producer, artist and project manager. After more than a decade of experience in the creative sector, harnessing creativity in the production of culture, they founded the With Love The Agency (WLTA) in 2020, an agency that collaborates with artists and organisations to produce creative and cultural projects and events, and…
As The Dig, Sifiso Gcabashe has helped to build an extensive community of collectors, curators, deejays, artist (visual and digital), music researchers and scholars, event producers, music makers, contributors and music lovers who have a strong sense of and prioritisation for the alternative music and arts scene in Gauteng. He aims to build a credible,…
Siwa Mgoboza is an award-winning and multidisciplinary visual artist whose work has been shown locally and internationally. They often explore notions of difference and belonging as informed by their personal experiences of prejudice and assimilation. Growing up abroad and subsequently returning to South Africa as a young being, Siwa was profoundly struck by the difference…
Tegan Peacock is a performance artist and creator. Through her work she aims to rethink, redefine and redirect the creation of art and believes in using art as a tool to address accessibility and create dialogue, in order to bring about social change. She founded, performed and choreographed for ReRouted Dance Theatre. Through the company’s…
Thobile Ximba is a 33-year-old Acting Centre Manager at Kwamashu Community Advancement Projects (K-CAP). She is a qualified journalist with a certificate from Boston Media House. She is a qualified facilitator with a certificate from Oxbridge Academy in Accreditation and Training as a qualified health and safety officer. She is very passionate about art and…
Xabiso Vili is a multi-award-winning performer, writer, new media artist, producer and social activist. He strongly believes that art offers humanity a path toward integration, joy and healing. He works towards creating alternative spaces for art to be shared in innovative ways. Xabiso is researching and creating methodology for how writing can be used as…
DJ, developing music producer, developing cultural producer, qualified sound technician and music enthusiast and creative entrepreneur, Zandile Nongogo (also known as Zazmoney DJ and Zandilla) hails from Gqeberha in the Eastern Cape. Developing the love of music at a young age, growing up in an environment that was – and is still – full of music…