Our podcast picks: January 2025 edition
From sleuthing into the world of spycraft to ‘Trump’s Insurrection’ and celebs picking their dream menus, here’s what Currency is listening to right now…
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Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Kalim Rajab
The chair of the Helen Suzman Foundation shares his passion for culture, the arts, cinema and a particular cucumber salad!…
The birthday binary
If there are two ways to celebrate a birthday, Jono Hall doesn’t know which deserves the bigger cheers…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Michael Chandler
Cape Town artist Michael Chandler dishes on playing bridge, travelling with his Moka pot and Jude Law…
Keep your life colourful in 2025
Iris Apfel’s spectacular auction, Pantone’s Mocha Mousse and must-see fashion trends for 2025…
Kolisi and Bavuma: Shaping the South African psyche
What can we learn from Siya Kolisi and Temba Bavuma? Hint: it’s got nothing to do with lineouts or run rates…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Viwe Mfaku
Local creative dynamo Viwe Mfaku on eating out in LA, Yayoi Kasuma’s experiential art and Halle Berry.…
Eight questions for the interested and interesting: Paul Harris
First Rand co-founder and former CEO, Rain mobile network founder, sports fanatic, art lover, unmitigated optimist, ace reader, off-the-beaten-track traveller and prolific concert-goer –…
The stellar story of 25 years of RMB Starlight Classics
Once a year, as maniacal September wind whips across a dusty, dry Joburg, an event takes place that heralds the start of new, better…
How to make the most of German Christmas markets
Buying souvenirs can be a painful process for some. German Christmas markets make things a whole bunch easier…
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Ban Ki-moon’s (overly) simple fix for South Africa
The former UN secretary-general says South Africa should focus on…
The utility – and tragedy – of a boring budget
South Africa’s increasingly low-grade ambitions are writ large in this…
The surprising firsts that shaped Joburg
Here’s a little history of Joburg’s earliest architectural and cultural…
Eight questions for the interesting and interested: Sahil Harilal
Charles Greig Jewellery’s marketing manager, Sahil Harilal, on art, fashion,…
