GAYTON VS GOLIATH ‘A power he doesn’t have’ — Gayton McKenzie’s Venice Biennale cancellation slammed in court 6 min 6 By Niren Tolsi
Title fight Graaff-Reinet renaming backlash — ‘McKenzie filed a defective notice in government gazette’ 7 min 3 By Estelle Ellis
OF ART AND THE STATE Gayton vs Goliath — minister’s machinations to cancel Venice Biennale artwork head for court showdown 7 min 3 By Niren Tolsi
OP-ED Gabrielle Goliath and the enduring struggle between art, power and the policing of meaning 6 min 2 By Lucinda Jolly
Shuaib Manjra Gayton McKenzie’s abuse of power is not an aberration, it is a pattern 8 min 2 28 January 2026
Judith February In a world of small, mean rulers, we must tend well to our patch of democracy 9 min 0 23 January 2026
‘MINISTERIAL INTERFERENCE’ Artist Gabrielle Goliath sues Gayton McKenzie over cancellation of work for Venice Biennale 6 min 10 By Niren Tolsi
Ismail Lagardien ANC looks set to become a staffrider on the money train riding back to 1994 6 min 8 18 January 2026
HOLLOW RING McKenzie’s ‘foreign power’ defence for cancelling Venice Biennale artwork falls flat 7 min 4 By Niren Tolsi
Annchen Bronkowski What the Venice Biennale fiasco reveals about the politics of SA representation 5 min 1 14 January 2026
CANCELLED Goodman Gallery drops artist Gabrielle Goliath after her Venice Biennale selection 5 min 6 By Niren Tolsi
CENSORSHIP Gayton McKenzie pulls the plug on SA’s Venice Biennale submission because it alludes to Gaza genocide 10 min 10 By Niren Tolsi
SOCCER Bafana Bafana survive Zimbabwe onslaught to seal Afcon knockout round berth 4 min 0 By Yanga Sibembe
BENDING THE FUTURE SA at a Rubicon: Crime, power and a high-stakes paddle into 2026 9 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
SUSTAINABILITY CONCERNS National Arts Festival 2026 funding ‘still pending’, says McKenzie, as other sponsors step up 4 min 14 By Estelle Ellis
WHAT PROBLEMS? No leadership crisis in South African sports, says Minister Gayton McKenzie 5 min 3 By Yanga Sibembe
BOOK REVIEW The Deal — SA leadership and how it fashioned a GNU born ‘with forceps’ 5 min 0 By Marianne Thamm
ARTS ANALYSIS Gayton McKenzie's broken promises risk festivals collapse and job losses 8 min 8 By Marianne Thamm
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG McKenzie to stay in GNU after Kunene likely returns as Joburg transport boss 4 min 4 By Ferial Haffajee and Nonkululeko Njilo
