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		<title>Plascon raises the bar for heavy-duty roof waterproofing with new product, Plascon RubberTUFF</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Waterproofing is one of the fastest-growing categories in the South African home improvement market, with good reason. Because when roof coatings fail, the damage to homes can be far-reaching. Plascon&#8217;s new Plascon RubberTUFF Waterproofer is a heavy-duty, reinforced waterproofing system built to protect South African roofs against the conditions that cause most coatings to fail prematurely, while offering retailers a category-leading profit opportunity in a market growing at approximately 10% annually.  At the heart of Plascon RubberTUFF&#8217;s performance is its rubber-acrylic formulation, which gives the coating exceptional elasticity of up to 400% elongation. This is what makes it tough. As a building&#8217;s structure expands and contracts with temperature changes, or as existing cracks shift, Plascon RubberTUFF moves with it to prevent cracking under stress. This material property distinguishes a heavy-duty waterproofer from standard roof paint and underpins Plascon RubberTUFF&#8217;s 12-year guarantee. Roof coating and dedicated waterproofer in one Plascon RubberTUFF functions as both a high-performance roof coating and a dedicated waterproofing membrane. In waterproofing mode, it forms a seamless, continuous barrier capable of withstanding water ingress, including on flat or low-pitched areas where water is slow to drain. Straightforward enough for a weekend DIY project, and robust enough for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Studios Fish Hoek &amp; Clovelly returns this October with its biggest line-up yet!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cape Town&#8217;s Deep South opens its doors as Open Studios Fish Hoek &#38; Clovelly (OSFHC) returns for its 2026 edition from Friday, 9 October to Sunday, 11 October. The self-guided art trail invites the public into the studios of over 30 artists at 20 locations across Fish Hoek and Clovelly, offering a rare behind-the-scenes look at how local art is made, from painting and printmaking to ceramics, sculpture and mixed media. Mosaic by Mel Miller Since its inaugural edition last year, the event has grown from 19 featured artists to more than 30 this year, including two new shared studio hubs, Mothership Studios and Fish Hoek Studios, each housing a cluster of artists working across painting, sculpture, illustration and mixed media. Despite the leap in scale, every participating artist is put forward by a dedicated selection committee, keeping the same curatorial standard that defines Open Studios Fish Hoek &#38; Clovelly (OSFHC). Newcomers to this year&#8217;s trail include bronze sculptor Chris Bladen, whose finely detailed sculptures of fish and birds draw on his own fly-fishing and birdwatching; oil painter Mandy Lake, whose ocean-inspired abstractions have been shown in galleries from George to Ballito; and photographer Angela Buckland, with work exhibited at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delete Nton’ntoni: Four artists propose a radical reset for contemporary art in Cape Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new group exhibition at Cape Town’s HUB Gallery challenges the culture of artistic individualism and asks what becomes possible when artists create in dialogue, rather than in isolation. HUB Gallery is pleased to present Delete Nton’ntoni, a new group exhibition by four contemporary artists, Tafadzwa Tega, Lwando Dlamini, Knowledge Marongedza and Luyanda Mkhuthungu and curated by Tafadzwa Tega, taking place from 6 August to 26 October. Delete Nton’ntoni is a deliberate interruption of the creative isolation that has increasingly characterised Cape Town’s contemporary art scene. The exhibition takes its name from two distinct sources. Nton’ntoni is an isiXhosa term meaning ‘and so forth’ or ‘something like that’, a phrase that speaks to habitual repetition, to the default mode of doing things without questioning. The second reference is the digital command Ctrl+Z, which serves as a symbol for deleting, rethinking and reimagining the systems and habits that no longer serve. Together, the title frames the exhibition’s central proposition: that the growing culture of individualism among Black African artists in Cape Town, while powerful in its own right, has also produced creative silos. Delete Nton’ntoni proposes a reset. A return to dialogue, shared presence, and collective creative practice that claps back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ronald Muchatuta explores rhythm, memory and sound in new solo exhibition, ‘Revisiting’</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sensory fragments like sounds and smells activate memory patterns that reconnect us with people, places and histories long after the moment has passed. It is in this space between recollection and experience that Zimbabwean-born Cape Town-based artist Ronald Muchatuta&#8217;s latest solo exhibition, ‘Revisiting’, takes shape. Presented at HUB Gallery, the exhibition includes a series of interactive mosaic and soundtrack artworks constructed from beads, thread and found materials. The works are embedded with a QR code that, when scanned, activates an online sound piece shaped through AI-assisted composition by the artist, and informed by African rhythmic traditions, electronic music, and improvisational structures. The generated sound transforms the artworks from static objects into living, time-based encounters. Through this interplay of physical materials and digital sound experience, Muchatuta considers how cultural memory is carried, stored and reactivated across generations. Reflecting on the exhibition, the artist describes the works as: ‘Neither archive nor invention, but a conversation between memory and possibility.’  This statement captures the central tension within ‘Revisiting’. While the objects are tactile and labour-intensive, rooted in material traditions and hand-making (including mosaic and found objects, such as traditional baskets and masks), the soundtrack compositions introduce a contemporary layer of interpretation and transmission. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;North Bound&#039;: From the Overberg to Tunisia, Rentia Retief&#8217;s new solo exhibition at Sisonke Gallery charts a journey of belonging</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sisonke Gallery at the Cape Heritage Hotel is pleased to present ‘North Bound’, a solo exhibition by Western Cape artist Rentia Retief. On show from 3 June to 31 July 2026, the exhibition marks another significant chapter in Retief’s evolving exploration of place, memory and the emotional life of the natural world. The exhibition was born from a transformative experience: an artist residency in Tunisia, on the northernmost tip of the African continent. For Retief, who grew up in the Overberg (not far from Africa’s southernmost point) this journey was significantly personal. North Bound brings together works made during that residency and in its aftermath, alongside paintings inspired by recent travels through the Northern Cape and Limpopo. The title carries both literal and metaphorical weight. It references the ancient route of Africa’s earliest human migrations (the great northward trek from the southern tip of the continent) and it speaks to Retief’s own heritage as someone of Northern European descent, living and belonging in the South of Africa. ‘The physical and cultural contrast between these spaces was a personal journey of finding a sense of belonging within Africa as a South African,’ she says. Underpinning the exhibition is the concept of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Karoo to the city: Liza Grobler extends a national conversation at HUB Gallery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 07:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following her role as curator of the 30th Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (KKNK) visual arts programme this year, Liza Grobler brings a considered selection of that work to Cape Town in a new exhibition presented by Spier Arts Trust (SAT) and hosted at HUB Gallery in Cape Town. The show, titled ‘’n Greep uit Grenslose Gesprekke’ (a phrase, translating as ‘A Byte from Limitless Conversations’, presented at the KKNK theme ‘Dialogues across Place and Time’), draws from the curatorial framework that shaped this year’s KKNK visual arts programme, which took place from 28 March to 4 April 2026. At the festival, this took the form of 22 distinct visual arts projects spanning installation, video, painting and site-specific work. The HUB Gallery exhibition is a distilled continuation of that offering: a selection of works brought together for how they speak to one another across differences. At its core is an interest in connection, not through similarity, but through contrast. ‘What began in the Karoo as a wide-ranging conversation now shifts into a city context,’ Grobler explains. ‘By selecting works that remain in dialogue with one another, the exhibition becomes a kind of mobile version, a way of carrying that conversation forward, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We celebrate the launch of the world’s youngest florilegium, the James &amp; Shirley Sherwood Botanical Art Collection showcasing art as powerful communication tool to showcase Rare and Endangered South African plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 07:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Botanical illustration is a universally loved artform. The works in this permanent collection not only accurately represent the appearance, structure and anatomy of plants, they are breathtakingly beautiful. Botanical art allows plants that are seasonal or seasonally dormant to be appreciated throughout the year. Since 2023 Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden (SUBG) has been holding an annual botanical art exhibition, encouraging the best artists to work with our most important plant collections. Generous donors have contributed works to our permanent collection, showcasing the best of South African botanical art, and raising the profile of our most threatened and interesting plant accessions. This project gives botanical artists access to live, rare material, and important scientific data &#8211; a unique situation which Annerie Senekal and Razelle Gallant have managed gracefully. We also trained three art interns to help with the gallery change over, facilitate sales and to meet and greet our many visitors. Through this florilegium or permanent collection, working in conjunction with the Red Data list, and identifying either rare and endangered or previously undocumented plants, we will connect visitors to the phenomenal diversity of threatened South African plants. Helping us to shift public perception about the value of wild areas for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not everything needs to be explained. Tanja Truscott’s ‘Without Words’ at Sisonke Gallery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 12:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a world sodden with images, opinions and noise, Cape Town–based artist Tanja Truscott is asking something quieter of us: to look, to pause…and to feel.  Running at Sisonke Gallery from 03 March to 31 May 2026, ‘Without Words&#8217; is her new solo exhibition of abstract drawings on paper, presented by House Union Block (HUB). Truscott was a Nando’s Creative Exchange (NCX) participant in 2024 and the exhibition extends the support and momentum fostered through the programme, which is facilitated by HUB.  The show offers a considered counterpoint to the speed and noise of contemporary visual culture, inviting viewers to spend time with work that resists explanation and rewards stillness. Rather than drawing with pencil, Truscott uses oil paint on carefully prepared paper, allowing the linework to take centre stage. Some drawings hold faint traces of real-world references (a garden, a figure, a place), while others emerge without any external reference at all. In these works, line becomes an expression of feeling rather than depiction. ‘The title “Without Words” reflects how I hope the exhibition is experienced,’ says Truscott. ‘It doesn’t ask the viewer to understand or decode anything. It simply invites them to be open to what they see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hands that shape hope: Zizamele Ceramics wins Empowerment Award at the V&amp;A Waterfront Neighbourhood Awards 2025</title>
		<link>https://designnews.co.za/hands-that-shape-hope-zizamele-ceramics-wins-empowerment-award-at-the-va-waterfront-neighbourhood-awards-2025/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the heart of Cape Town’s V&#38;A Waterfront, a vibrant cohort of creators is shaping more than just clay, they’re shaping futures. Zizamele Ceramics has transformed the art of pottery into a platform for opportunity and empowerment. Their impactful work has won them the 2025 Empowerment Award at the annual V&#38;A Waterfront Neighbourhood Awards, a benchmark of the best in retail. Art educator Toni Burton founded Zizamele (a Zulu word meaning to do something for yourself) in 2008 with a mission to help local women turn their artistic talent into opportunity. After training the first cohort through an 18-month craft production course, she helped them build sustainable livelihoods.  Today, the collective’s handmade, colourful ceramics are exported globally, with each artisan developing her own style along the way. Their signature creation, the Ubuntu Bowl, comprises a circle of friendship featuring clay figures holding hands around the rim. This iconic design, first created by ceramicist Sisanda Mbana, has become synonymous with Zizamele’s mission of community and empowerment.  Mbana’s artistry has been recognised with numerous accolades, including her first award at the Ceramics SA Regionals Exhibition in 2008, and her work has been acquired by the Iziko South African National Gallery. Her Ubuntu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond a gilded cup: How the V&amp;A Neighbourhood Awards transform trophies into purpose-driven works of art</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 05:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now in its second year, the V&#38;A Waterfront Neighbourhood Awards will once again be presenting bespoke pieces of art to celebrate retail excellence among tenants. From ancient laurel wreaths and polished pewter cups to contemporary forms, trophies have always symbolised achievement, identity and shared values. Just like a flag, a trophy is an ideological marker: its design says as much about an era and institution as the achievement it represents.  At the V&#38;A Waterfront, this symbolism is reimagined through the annual Neighbourhood Awards, which commissions trophies that are works of art crafted by leading local makers and which are deeply rooted in the precinct’s purpose-led philosophy. ‘The trophy becomes a symbol of shared purpose,’ says Mandla Mkhwebane, Senior Marketing Manager: B2C and CX at the V&#38;A Waterfront. ‘It honours the retailer, but also the creative talent that defines our precinct. It’s recognition with ripple effects.’ In 2024, the V&#38;A Waterfront began this journey by commissioning Diana George of Lerato Design Consultancy to envision a collection of bespoke ceramic trophies made by a group of Cape Town-based creatives: award-winning ceramicist Clementina van der Walt, known for her bold use of colour and pattern; N’Sele Adonis Mumpango, whose hand-engraved lines and textured [...]]]></description>
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