The winners of the 24th BASA Awards announced
The 24th BASA Awards took place on 30 August in a private virtual ceremony celebrating the finalists and announcing the award-winners of the annual competition. Each year, Business and Arts
TLC takes home two BASA Awards
Finalists in three categories in the 2020/21 BASA (Business and Arts South Africa) Awards, the breakthrough art initiative, The Lockdown Collection, was awarded the SMME and First Time Sponsor awards
Curating the Creative Agenda – The BASA ASSEMBLY Podcast Series
‘We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is
Full line-up for BASA ASSEMBLY announced
Business and Arts South Africa NPC (BASA) in partnership with British Council Southern Africa Arts has announced the programme line-up for their joint venture ASSEMBLY. Billed as ‘not a conference,
Thought leaders headline BASA ASSEMBLY
Business and Arts South Africa’s (BASA) ASSEMBLY, partnered by the British Council, is a programme of hybrid live and digital engagements across social, digital and media platforms, set to go
The value of business and arts research: A Q&A with BASA’s Madeleine Lambert
This 25 March sees the launch of the BASA ASSEMBLY, a two-day showcase of creative research taking place in a hybrid live and digital setting. ASSEMBLY is intended as a
BASA ASSEMBLY: A two-day showcase of creative research
Partnered by British Council Southern Africa Arts, Business and Arts South Africa NPC (BASA) will be launching a hybrid live-and-digital platform called ASSEMBLY on 25 March 2021. ‘British Council Southern
Winners of the 23rd annual BASA Awards announced
The annual Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Awards celebrate the synergistic power that comes from deep collaboration between the right partners and showcase the ways in which those partnerships
BASA Awards 2020 finalists announced
The BASA Awards, partnered by Hollard, are once again shining a spotlight on indelible business and arts partnerships in seven award categories. The awards, now in their 23rd year, serve as
Category is: Emperors and Activists
Ashraf Johaardien nurtures multiple passions and has been associated with several major South African arts and culture organisations in various roles over the last two decades. He is the CEO
22nd Annual BASA Awards: winners announced
‘Fostering collaboration between business and the arts brings positive change and enables better futures: for artists, through the publicity and acknowledgement that the Awards generate; for business, through the creativity
2019 BASA Awards Artistic Line-up
From Lebo Mashile and Masasa Mbangeni, to Vuyani Dance Theatre and the Johannesburg Youth Orchestra (JYO), the annual BASA Awards have become a platform for showcasing some of South Africa’s
Encore: Savannah Feeke
Savannah Feeke is currently the Head of Marketing and Communication at Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). Looking back at some of her achievements to date, Feeke says, ‘Not a
Q&A with Kojo Baffoe
The BASA Awards highlight the artistic richness of South Africa, which can contribute to the real development of our society, says Kojo Baffoe, Chair of the Awards Adjudication Panel. Anne
Designed Objects | BASA Awards 2019 Trophies
Working with the theme ‘ALGO-RHYTHMS’, which refers both to algorithms in mathematics and computer code, and to rhythm in music, Ralph Borland has been commissioned to design and produce the
Theme for BASA Awards 2019 pushes boundaries
Since the inception of Business and Arts South Africa NPC (BASA) in 1997, as a joint initiative between the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) and the private sector, the
BASA Awards 2019 Finalists Announced
The 22nd Annual BASA Awards, partnered by Hollard, once again shine a spotlight on powerful partnerships in fourteen categories that demonstrate the multitude of ways in which business and the
New members appointed to BASA Board
Shortlisted from a pool of extremely impressive candidate submissions, Devi Sankaree Govender, Kathy Berman and Kojo Baffoe have been appointed as the newest members of the Business and Arts South
22nd Business and Arts South Africa Awards
The adjudication panel for the 22nd annual Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Awards, partnered by Hollard, has been announced. The independent panel of professionals, with expertise in the business
Ashraf Johaardien goes beyond binaries
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 with
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
Encore: Ashraf Johaardien
Ashraf Johaardien is the recently appointed CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). He works closely with the new Chairperson, Charmaine Soobramoney, and the board to manage, drive and
Empowering the creative economy
The Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) is committed to optimising the creative industries’ impact on social and economic growth and has implemented many programmes since the advent of democracy
Bringing black womxn musicians to the periphery
Under the leadership of trailblazing singer songwriter Rehilwe Mooketsi, a new recording label has been launched. Appropriately named Phunya, the new label has a different mission; to bring performers who
Surfing big waves
Business & Arts is a monthly column by Michelle Constant, the former CEO of Business and Arts South Africa (BASA). Imagine this. Mavericks, not the strip joint, but the surf location in Northern