chimurenga magazine is fearless and deeply african... based in cape town they bring a breath of the continent to our complex shores... with 15 issues under the belt and projects like the pan african space station they have well established themselves as a voice to be recognized and heard... do yourself a favor and order some back issues or read some of chimurenga online... for those who no know go know....

our friends say its darkest before the sun rises... were pretty sure their all wrong..

here is an extract from Samora Chapmans article on how the street kids in durban are being swept away... Everyday for the past 6 months, the Durban Metro Police have been rounding up street children, often beating them, and throwing them in the back of vans. According to Tom Hewitt, founder and CEO of the street childrens organization Umthombo, children are being harassed, beaten and pepper sprayed in these ruthless round-up operations. The kids are then driven out of the city as far as the department’s petrol tab allows and ditched outside Pietermaritzburg or down the South Coast. Alternatively they get dumped at “homeless shelters” where they have to share space, unsupervised, with a frightening mix of street dwellers and gangsters. Here they are often subjected to further abuse or coerced into crime. The citys by-laws against loitering are used as vague justification for these roundups. read the rest of the article on the mahala website

this illustration from tyler b murphy shows off his exquisite style... a t-shirt collaboration with killer clothing tyler runs the sins of style tattoo parlor in cape town.. for richly finished tattoos... the finest...

 

OH DAMN! there is a documentary coming out about the legendary prophets of the city... THIS i cant wait to see! so glad its been done... so people can remember not to forget...