As the Faculty of Arts and Design at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) steps into 2026, the year has already been framed with a clear intention.
The Executive Dean, Prof Nalini Moodley, has declared 2026 the Year of Collaboration within the faculty, a call to deepen partnerships, expand international engagement and foreground collective knowledge-making across disciplines and borders. Fittingly, the departure of four Visual Communication students on an international exchange to Sweden marks a powerful and symbolic beginning to this theme.
In the early hours of mid-January, while most of South Africa slept, these four students were crossing continents, climates and…
Theatre: South Africa has a vibrant theatre scene, with productions reflecting the
country’s diverse cultures and historical experiences.
Tse Tse Guy
Yebo – yes [yeh-boh] Often expressed as a double positive by combining it with the English “yes” in “Yebo, Yes!” or as an extremely expressive “Yeeebo!” This Zulu word is used regularly in South Africa to show agreement or approval with something or someone.
Swampmasher
Fun South African Fact: The oldest remains of modern humans were found in South Africa and are well over 160,000 years old.