Author: Ewang Johnson

Dreams don’t sleep – they toss and turn in res, taxi rides, midnight side hustles, and starlit prayers. On 4 October 2025, those restless dreams come alive at Constitution Hill as the YouthX Festival returns with its most powerful theme yet: ‘Dreams don’t sleep.’YX25 is not just a festival – it’s a collective awakening. It’s where dreamers, dancers, doers, poets and programmers breathe life into their visions. With Nedbank as the gateway, the festival celebrates youth who are loud, bold, and original.At the heart of YX25 is the YouthX Awards – a powerful tribute to honour the power and potential…

French pay-TV giant Canal+ has assumed control of South Africa’s MultiChoice Group, cementing a landmark transaction that creates one of the world’s largest media and entertainment companies. The move follows the finalisation of Canal+’s mandatory offer to acquire all outstanding shares in MultiChoice at R125 per share, a deal valued at billions of rand and described as the largest ever undertaken by the Paris-based broadcaster. The acquisition marks a transformative moment for Africa’s broadcasting industry. Canal+ now directly holds 46 per cent of MultiChoice shares, with acceptances for a further 2.2 per cent already tendered before the deal became unconditional…

On today’s music show on Arts24, Jennifer Ben Brahim sits down with Chicago-born, New York-based singer, songwriter, and producer KeiyaA. Known for her gossamer vocals and genre-blending sound – mixing jazz, soul, and electro – KeiyaA made waves with her debut album Forever, Ya Girl, earning critical acclaim and fans like Solange, Jay-Z, and Moses Sumney. Five years later, she returns with her sophomore album Hooke’s Law, a deeply personal journey of self-love that serves as a musical diary of one of the most challenging periods of her life. Source link

The formal innovations might not have worried the Lord Chamberlain too much, but some of the songs’ lyrics would definitely have had him reaching for his blue pencil, especially those with the “four-letter words, explicit sexual content, rituals, drugs” mentioned by Miller. Hair has its share of uplifting flower-power anthems, notably Aquarius and Let the Sun Shine In. But it also has its share of subversive, taboo-busting songs. Sodomy is a soulful gospel number that lists a variety of sex acts. In Hashish, the cast chants the names of numerous narcotics, and two songs, Black Boys and White Boys, are…

The Infrastructure Africa 2026 Conference & Exhibition will take place from 2 – 3 March 2026 at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, convening governments, financiers, developers, and private sector leaders to unlock opportunities and accelerate Africa’s infrastructure-led growth.Africa’s infrastructure and energy sectors are experiencing rapid growth yet remain critical areas for investment. In the past decade, nearly 100 million people across the continent have gained access to electricity, but more than 600 million Africans still lack reliable power, representing over 80% of the world’s energy-deprived population. The continent’s renewable energy capacity reached approximately 67 GW in 2024, with South Africa, Egypt, and Ethiopia leading expansion, and South Africa…

Protests against a budget proposal bring much of France to a halt, Israel launches a ground assault on Gaza City, and giant images of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein greet US President Donald Trump upon his arrival for a state visit to Britain: here’s a look at the week’s most striking images. Source link

Google builds on nearly two decades of partnership with infrastructure, learning and innovation and skills announcements, including: Four strategic subsea cable connectivity hubs in the north, south, east and west regions of Africa – creating new digital corridors within Africa and between Africa and the world.Free one-year subscriptions to  Google AI Pro plan for college students (18 or older) across the continent – starting with Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe.$9 million for the coming year for African universities and research institutions.Google today announced a new set of investments in Africa, reaffirming its nearly two-decade commitment to the…

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension is not just a late-night controversy. It opens up a larger question about the future of free speech in the United States — and about how far political power can reach into the media landscape. Our guest today is Julien Labarre, Political Scientist and Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Zurich. His work focuses on the intersection of politics, media, and democracy, and he’s illustrating all that’s at stake when lawsuits, regulatory pressure, and commercial interests collide. As the FCC becomes a political weapon, lawsuits turn into intimidation tactics, and media giants are forced to weigh editorial…

Marshall also scatters mirrors across School of Beauty, School of Culture, a nod to Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait(1434) and Diego Velázquez’s Las Meninas (1656), two works renowned for playing with reflection. In Van Eyck’s domestic scenes, a curved mirror offers viewers an expanded view of the room. Meanwhile, the placement of the mirror at the back of Velázquez’s painting reveals the reflection of King Philip IV and Queen Mariana. In Marshall’s piece, as the woman at the centre poses, supposedly for the viewer, the mirror behind reveals the flash of a photographer’s camera, as he raises his arms in front…

Krystal Birungi today announced her acceptance to The Obama Foundation’s Leaders program, joining more than 200 global changemakers for the 2025-2026 class. Following a competitive selection process, Krystal Birungi will be one of just 35 Leaders participating in the Leaders Africa program, where they will receive training in leadership development and civic engagement to help build their skills and scale their work across public, private, and nonprofit sectors.Krystal Birungi is a scientist at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) and the Research and Outreach Associate for the not-for-profit research consortium Target Malara. An entomologist by training, Krystal Birungi has a…