As ASA Magazine were honoured to be invited to the Italian National Day celebration, held at the Italian government-owned mansion in Bishopscourt, Cape Town. Rain may have fallen this past Sunday, but it merely provided a backdrop to the vibrant conviviality within the mansion's walls, lit up by Italian...
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ASA embodies self-expression, design, and art. Recognising creatives as the pivotal essence of 21st-century culture. The Art Of Collaboration extended their hands and collaborated further with Bubbles and Bliss to raise funds for the Stellcare project. It was an honour to be invited.
Bubbles & Bliss...
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Delving into the greater meaning of his activism, music, and revolutionary art, the exhibit educates and enlightens attendees through a labyrinth of emotions, as they take this journey through his extraordinary life.
A testimony to his mother
Years before her death in 2016, Shakur’s mother, political activist...
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If you want to see what all the fuss is about, then you must get a copy, or download it on your kindle of South African author, Damon Galgut’s The Promise. His most directly political story yet, it took home the prestigious Booker Prize...
Considering lockdown, the economic fallout, the levels of stress, anxiety, collective trauma and uncertainty about the Pandemic, and exacerbation of all existing issues, health and otherwise, the fallout has been significant. Depression has increased dramatically, and the latest studies show that over one-third of all South Africans have mental...
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Talking over Zoom less than a week since he touched down from Tokyo, I’m relieved to find that 26-year-old Lwazi, despite his great success as an athlete, is humble, down to earth, talkative, intelligent and just an all-round great guy.
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Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu won the 2019 Barry Ronge Fiction Prize for her acclaimed debut novel The Theory of Flight (buy the book here) and was recently shortlisted for the 2021 Sunday Times CNA Literary Awards for her second novel, The History of Man, which reinvents the colonial narrative by...
How did your love for art begin?
From a young age, I remember myself always drawing on the ground in my home’s yard, and making molds of clay cows, but my love for art grew further in grade 6 because of my English teacher who realised that as a rural...
In her latest novel, Critical But Stable, celebrated author Angela Makholwa delves into the realities of those who hide behind a perfect facade. Set in the world of an exclusive social club where “Keeping up with Khumalos” is do or die, this page-turner proves why Makholwa has garnered such...
How did you go from winger to wine?
Living in Stellenbosch meant I was right in the heart of the South African wine industry. I was always visiting wine estates in the area, and this sparked my interest in wine. I tasted plenty of good wine - developed my palate...