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The South African artist's multimedia chamber opera Refuse the Hour premiers in Cape Town's City Hall on Friday as part of the 2015 Design Indaba Festival. It's an immersive production of "ecstatic journeying inside the frenetic mind of a creative titan", writes Alexandra Dodd in her review.

It has been a year since Nelson Mandela passed on. His departure, mourned by the world, still impacts us today, prompting us to live by his example with compassion, reconciliation and Ubuntu.

Three young South Africans share their experiences of this year's One Young World Annual Summit, held in Dublin, Ireland from 15 to 18 October, where valuable young talent from across the globe debated and shared solutions for the pressing issues facing the world.

Three young South Africans share their experiences of this year's One Young World Annual Summit, held in Dublin, Ireland from 15 to 18 October, where valuable young talent from across the globe debated and shared solutions for the pressing issues facing the world.

For over two decades the Bag Factory in downtown Joburg has helped develop South African art with residency programmes in its 16 studios, where both young and experienced artists can collaborate, share ideas or simply inspire each other.

Works by artist and holy man Jackson Hlungwani are on show at the University of Johannesburg. The show, curated by Nessa Leibhammer, includes many of his sublime creations, notably many of his fish sculptures. A New Jerusalem – Jackson Hlungwani includes photographs of his sacred site.

Ralph Ziman worked with a group of Zimbabwean wire beaders to make replica AK-47s and ammunition. Then he took photos in downtown Joburg, depicting an eerie, frightening world for his exhibition, Ghosts. It was not to glamorise guns, he says, but to spark a debate.

Nearly three-quarters of South Africa's industry is housed in South Durban. The pollution – and a toxic waste dump – has had a devastating effect on local residents. But the community is fighting back, led by activist Desmond D'Sa and the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance.

Not one but three designs caught the eye of judges in a design competition to reimagine the façade of the commanding 52-year-old Naspers Centre on Cape Town's Foreshore, which was once the tallest skyscraper in the Mother City.

Not one but three designs caught the eye of judges in a design competition to reimagine the façade of the commanding 52-year-old Naspers Centre on Cape Town's Foreshore, which was once the tallest skyscraper in the Mother City.