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ASICS x CEC: City Living is a Sport – ft. Andile ‘Ace’ Dlamini
‘THE CREATIVE DIRECTOR WITH A STRICT HONOUR CODE.’ He built a brand from the ground up through defiance,...

Speaking from the Heart with Lezanne Viviers
Categorising Lezanne Viviers is like trying to hear a whisper underwater – don’t waste your time. She’s a conceptual...

Insights Into SA’s Retail Landscape with Industry Specialist Vuyo Mjoli
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In Honor Of Vulnerability And The New School R&B Bops: A Candid Conversation With Award-Nominated Singer-Songwriter Nanette
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An Astrological Glimpse at 2025: The Rhythm of Unravelling
Picture this: the year has just begun and things are feeling eerily slow. Mars, who usually sets us alight with a kick...

Confused about what’s happening with TikTok? Here’s what we know about the complex web of geopolitics and data privacy so far
If you’re on TikTok, you’ll know it has been a weird couple of weeks for our American counterparts. The social...
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The Aesthetic Dualities and Cultural Undercurrents Defining 2025’s Trend Cycle
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The Mutable Forms Of Renowned Make-Up Artist, Shakirah Sithole
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Sober and Social: In Search of Time and Memory
Moments of clarity are rare in current contexts. To think with sharpness is to ask the glass of water to stand still...
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Goldkimono releases his new single and video for ‘Lifetime’
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Money Badoo ft. Una Rams release ‘Heartbreak Hotel’
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youANDme and Black Soda release ‘Believe’
Berlin's youANDme teams up once again with Namibian vocalist and poet Black Soda for 'Believe' - a dub-infused deep...

Xavier Thxmas releases his mixtape offering, ‘Taste the Cheese’
Sabelo “Xavier Thxmas” Thabethe is a Hip-Hop and Trap artist from eMalahleni, Mpumalanga who’s been making music since...
ABOUT US
An independent media space & integrated agency capturing the zeitgeist of South Africa’s creative arts community. Covering news, music, fashion, art, culture and creativity.
We are committed to analysing, curating, and proliferating stories of youth culture & creativity; this is essential in harnessing the explosive potential of South African brands, creatives and wayshowers.
We focus on innovation and selling newness through our curatorial lens of popular culture and storytelling. We believe that independent media is critical for containing and creating impactful content as it happens.
With the integration of our media publication and digital agency, we offer a uniquely positioned set of skills and services that effectively capture the markets’ shifting landscape and allow us to amplify campaigns, editorials and co-branded content through our media eco-system. Contact us for media submissions, advertising and sponsored article content and head to our agency page to find out more about our services.
OUR MANIFESTO
The world exists in a constant state of flow. A sunset gust in Acapulco becomes a summer tide in Tahiti.
Information flies across the world untethered, but it can be directed, curated and injected with positive energy. Everything is connected, yet sometimes we can only see that looking backwards towards the past.
What if we could connect things yet to come through vision and foresight?
Through understanding the shifts that created the challenges and recognising the best way to change them requires our technique, intuition and vast experience.
We exist for our community, businesses and brands to thrive by always connecting everything forwards; into the future and beyond.
CEC – a producer, an orchestrator and a multiplier: Bringing value to your brands, business and our community where it matters most…
By Connecting Everything Clearly.
We are culture. We are Connect Everything Collective.