A casting conundrum: who plays the supporting roles in South Africa:...
Movies and series have helped many of us to get through the pandemic, keeping us entertained and distracted. But if you pause Netflix for...
Contentious Chinese cotton sparks celebs’ brand boycott
Lay Zhang, Jackson Wang and Wang Yibo are three well-known celebrities from China and Hong Kong. But in March, the trio made headlines for...
Tension, tears and a wild rose: The Bachelorette SA catch-up
Truth be told, the Bachelorette SA was boring me. Episode 4 was the last one I watched in real time - and everything in...
The Bachelorette SA: Everything felt staged in episode 4
Describing a reality show as contrived is a lot like stating the obvious.We have been aware of scripted scenarios through the years. But as...
The Bachelorette SA – The guys do not know how to...
Reality television shows always have a formula. Not for nothing was Survivor’s tagline was OUTWIT, OUTPLAY, OUTLAST. You have got to get your hands...
The Bachelorette SA: Qiniso van Damme is doing the chasing
We take reality television for granted expecting it to only be scripted scenes and no real emotions. The Bachelorette may be staged from the...
Baby Cele-Maloka’s character who played Gabisile on Uzalo
Baby Cele-Maloka’s character, Gabisile, concluded her final storyline on SABC 1’s Uzalo. In an interview with The Daily Vox the actress discussed her character’s...
Ndenze ntoni na?: A poem by Xolani Henry Shezi
Xolani Henry Shezi (also known by his stage name Xolani Shezzi), an emerging poet from Mandeni, KwaZulu-Natal uses poetry as a healing mechanism to...
The Bachelorette SA: Qiniso van Damme is a princess among...
South Africa’s first Bachelorette is Qiniso van Damme. Those of us who are not picky about our television consumption may remember Qiniso as the...
Fascinations: A South African arts festival on WhatsApp
The My Body My Space: Public Arts Festival (MBMS) kicks off on the 29th of the January exclusively on a dedicated Whatsapp line. It...
The List: Korean content everyone needs to watch
As the world locked down due to the coronavirus pandemic and people were stuck home, many turned to online streaming for comfort. And so...
20 K-pop songs to jam through the holidays
2020 has been a difficult one but that hasn’t stopped the K-pop industry. Many groups from the industry have released inspirational, soothing, beautiful and...
The Social Dilemma: The technology that connects us also controls us
The Social Dilemma is a Netflix documentary-drama hybrid that shows how dominant and largely unregulated social media companies manipulate users by harvesting personal data,...
Thoughts we had while watching BTS Life Goes On
On Friday morning, Korean superstars BTS released their much anticipated album BE along with the title track music video, Life Goes On. With this...
Riz Ahmed is searching for home in Mogul Mowgli
With the release of the film, Mogul Mowgli, Riz Ahmed cinematises the message from his album, The Long Goodbye and Saadat Hasan Manto’s short...
South Africa’s first feminist television show launches
To kick off the month of November, South Africans will be able to watch the country’s “first feminist television show”. Titled “It’s a Feminist...
Chatting Korean beauty standards and K-pop with Frances Cha
“I would live your life so much better than you if I had your face…” muses a character in Frances Cha’s debut novel If...
A list: Good examples of mental health representation in pop culture
Mental health representation in popular culture is often inaccurate and stigmatising. Instead of creating understanding and empathy, the representation oftentimes reinforces dangerous stereotypes. However,...
Blackfishing: The beauty trend that preys on black women
By Kelly Mutizira
Every few months, blackfishing and cultural appropriation become controversial topics.
While cultural appropriation, at times also phrased cultural misappropriation, refers to a dominant...
How Korean boyband BTS created a social movement
There’s an adage among the ARMY, the fans of Korean group, BTS, “You only find BTS when you need them.” It’s something most fans...
