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adidas Originals presents Sonic Sessions with South Africa’s Princess of Rap, Dee Koala
Sonic Sessions is a collision of sound and style, brought to you by adidas Originals and presented by Connect...
France Approves An Anti-Fast Fashion Bill
A first of its kind bill has been approved in France, on 14 March 2024, which aims to reduce fast fashion practices....
The Insatiable Curiosity of Mikhailia Petersen’s Multidisciplinarian Image-Making
To be a multi-disciplinarian is to be insatiably curious - it means, at its root, that one’s creative process is...
Unpacking the loneliness epidemic – Does being alone mean that you’re lonely?
Over the years, I've found that one of life's great displeasures is that whenever you are single, it feels like people...
South African Vocal Group, The Joy, Performed with Doja Cat During Her Coachella Headline Set
South Africa’s success under international spotlight is growing from strength to strength. Last week, we witnessed an...
Echoes of Transformation in ‘THE FALL BEFORE THE CLIMB: an ODE to AFROGRUNGE’
In the bustling nexus of creativity that is Connect Everything Collective, we often receive submissions that spark...
Navigating Reality
Are you having a Quarter-Life Crisis?
It hit like a runaway train; a sense of existential dread that’s frankly impossible to capture in words. Three years...
The Cost of Celebration. How to Financially Survive Celebrating Everyone
In March, I wrote a piece about the genuine and very troubling cost of living crisis that was and still is wreaking...
Let’s Talk About Dagga – A Guide to Marijuana Legalisation in South Africa
Let’s talk about dagga. The so-called original temptress, the gateway drug, the brain-cell killer and if my primary...
Music News
Cape Town based musician Fu Dog releases his latest EP ‘Heksie Rhythm’
Cape Town based musician Reinie Swart aka Fu Dog is blending jazz, house, acid, electronica and techno, bringing us his latest EP “Heksie Rhythm”.
The Nirvana of The Mind: Inside The Intrusive Thoughts of Nyota Parker
I've always found it remarkable how scientists within biology and psychology distinguish between the brain and the...
adidas Originals presents Sonic Sessions with South Africa’s Soulful Force, Shekhinah
Bringing together the dynamism of sound and style, Sonic Sessions is a series brought to you by adidas Originals and...
adidas Originals presents Sonic Sessions with South Africa’s Princess of Rap, Dee Koala
Sonic Sessions is a collision of sound and style, brought to you by adidas Originals and presented by Connect...
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.