Creative highways and digital byways
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Ashraf Johaardien, an award-winning playwright, performer and producer. He is the CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA), and a PhD candidate
Pop icons, paraphernalia and shifting paradigms
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Ashraf Johaardien, an award-winning playwright, producer and arts manager. He took up the role of CEO at Business and Arts South Africa
Some December contemplation…
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). As we move into the final throes of what has been, for many, a true
Business and Arts South Africa appoints new CEO
Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) has announced who will succeed current CEO Michelle Constant when she steps down end February 2019. Says Charmaine Soobramoney, BASA Chairperson: “When Michelle announced
Collaborating beyond politics
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). The recent launch of dance journalist Adrienne Sichel’s book on contemporary dance Body Politics:
The Queen of Johannesburg
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa(BASA). Over the years, I’ve had the good fortune of attending many BASA events and others,
Public-private partnerships and the conversation about social cohesion
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). The value of public-private partnerships should be flagged and, if done correctly, rigorously defended. BASA
The dawn of art
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). Watching the three actors from PAST (The Palaeontological Scientific Trust) performing the latest season of
Numbers, narratives and surfing big waves
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). I’m creative when I’m surfing big waves. This was the answer I filled
Supporting businesses with the creative sector
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). Business and Arts South Africa is currently working in a diversity of countries
Standing on the shoulders of giants
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). The saying ‘standing on the shoulders of giants’ is often used when describing an individual’s
Johnny Clegg, The Final Journey
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). Johnny Clegg’s latest and final world tour, The Final Journey, is a tribute to the
Art as response to society
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). The work of Zimbabwean-born Richard Mudariki, under the title of Mutara Wenguva (Time Line), is
Supporting creativity and culture as a driver of tourism
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). Gregory Maqoma’s work, Cion, at the Market Theatre may well be one
A visceral experience
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). A month or so ago, Ismail Mahomed and myself were offered places