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21/04/2026

The Caretaker lands this Thursday, 23 April from 7pm at Chimurenga Factory. It has been a great pleasure working on this project with Wolff Architects.

20/04/2026

Join us for the Cape Town premiere of The Caretaker this Thursday, 23 April from 7pm at Chimurenga Factory (157 Victoria Rd, Woodstock).

Set in late 1940s Muizenberg, The Caretaker follows Meshet, a solitary man living beside Rhodes’ decaying estate. He unofficially maintains the house and grounds, his days shaped by quiet rituals of care and survival. When the City Council announces plans to convert the property into a museum an...

08/12/2025

On 9 August 2025, we gathered at the Steinkopf Community Centre for a homecoming screening of ‘Hophuis: A Site of Dance and Solidarity’. A full-moon moment in which the film returned to the very space that inspired it, expanding ‘Hophuis’ into a living series of films, gatherings and spatial interventions that aim to reconnect community to the building. We do give tanks!

On 9 August 2025, we gathered at the Steinkopf Community Centre for a homecoming screening of ‘Hophuis: A Site of Dance and Solidarity’. A full-moon…

11/07/2025

Mighty love and thanks to everyone involved in this project. And well done Lauren - shine on.

09/07/2025

Mighty love and thanks to everyone involved in this project. Well done shine on. Full film available via link in bio.

18/02/2025

In commemoration of the fighting spirit of 16 June '76, Pan African Space Station presents a live recording of a once-off performance of SOCIAL BREATH by ASHER GAMEDZE and the BLACK LUNGS, a collective featuring some of Cape Town’s finest improvisers in creative black music, including: Sean Sanby (bass), Nobuhle Ashanti (keys), Jed Petersen (tenor sax), Tumi Pheko (trumpet), Athi Ngcaba (trombone), Garth Erasmus (alto sax), Tina Mene (vocals), Ru Slayen (percussion) and Asher Gamedze (drums).

Grilling hot session that was a pleasure to document. Tune in via link bio.

17/02/2025

In commemoration of the fighting spirit of 16 June '76, Pan African Space Station presents a live recording of a once-off performance of SOCIAL BREATH by ASHER GAMEDZE and the BLACK LUNGS, a collective featuring some of Cape Town’s finest improvisers in creative black music, including: Sean Sanby (bass), Nobuhle Ashanti (keys), Jed Petersen (tenor sax), Tumi Pheko (trumpet), Athi Ngcaba (trombone), Garth Erasmus (alto sax), Tina Mene (vocals), Ru Slayen (percussion) and Asher Gamedze (drums). Grilling hot session that was a pleasure to document. Tune in!

In commemoration of the fighting spirit of 16 June '76, Pan African Space Station presents a live recording of a once-off performance of SOCIAL BREATH by ASH...

17/02/2025

Defend Our Defenders is a human rights defenders campaign aimed at highlighting the threats, attacks and assassinations of community activists and whistleblowers which continue to escalate with impunity. It was a pleasure to assist in telling this story.

12/03/2024

Moments from our sound and video editing workshop this past Friday with Columbia GSAPP students. Held as part of Ilze Wolff's architecture studio - 'Dollar Brand's African Space (and Liberation) Programme'.

"Sound is defined by vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach the ear. Yet there is more to it when one imagines the hearing process as an involuntary command placed upon the body to be processed instantly. This realization can lead us to use sound as a means to inoculate one another with positivity, encouragement, and a connective awareness if we so choose." -- Georgia Anne Muldrow

21/02/2024

On 28 October 2023, the Chimurenga Factory hosted Malcolm Jiyane's Tree-O, which invokes the sonic tradition set by two of the bandleader's mentors, Johnny Mekoa and Jonas Gwangwa. Give thanks that we could document the moment.

28/11/2023

Centre for Humanities Research announces the debut broadcast on Cape Town TV of a collection of films made in its Documentary Film Programme on 1 December, 2023 (https://buff.ly/415lAYc).

The programme, convened by Francois Verster, Premesh Lalu and Fernanda Pinto de Almeida, and now in its tenth year, focuses on participants engaging with and making documentary film to translate humanities research into moving forms. Films in the series range from short one-minute experiments to half-hour long films, and include Rui Assubuji’s award-winning THE ART OF HEALING and various other films that have had screenings internationally.

The series was co-curated by CHR fellow and ACF director Malik Ntone Edjabe, and will run weekly on CTV until 19 January, 2024.

The series will also be available for viewing online at: https://buff.ly/3Rije4G.

The Centre for Humanities Research research is pleased to anounce the debut broadcast on Cape Town Television of a collection of films made in its Documentary Film Programme on 1 December 2023.

26/10/2022

The Vocal Museum is a sonic documentary, a journey into collective memory, an activation of the Azanian songbook by singer-satirist, actress and performance artist Masello Motana, backed by a live band.

On 8 July 2022 we presented Masello Motana's Vocal Museum - a sonic documentary, a journey into collective memory, and an activation of the Azanian songbook ...