By Bloomberg Published June 9, 2025 South African clothing retailers plan to add hundreds of new stores next year, even as the continent’s most industrialized economy lowers its economic growth forecast. A Pepkor retail store in Johannesburg. – Photo Credits: Waldo Swiegers / Bloomberg Pepkor Holdings Ltd., Africa’s largest clothing retailer, The Foschini Group Ltd….
For nearly five decades, whether in drawing, painting, sculpture, video, theater or opera, William Kentridge, 70, has explored the history of violence and its effects on humanity. Often he makes charcoal or ink drawings of scenes of South Africa, where he was born and has lived nearly all of his life, and where the fallout…
Eating malva pudding for the first time feels like meeting a soul mate, its swirl of butter and sugar instantly familiar to the deep heart’s core, its softness, somehow simultaneously fluffy and dense, thrilling and intimate. With each bite of the cream-soaked cake, there’s a sense of wonder: I already know you so well, have…