Known primarily for her expressionistic oil paintings of brooding, raw Eastern Cape rural landscapes, accomplished artist Jacqueline Griffin-Jones’s latest exhibition in Cape Town explores myriad themes of history, politics and the clutter of everyday objects.
Having worked as a cab driver and a janitor in America, landing the lead in a 52-part South African series, Summertide, comes as a huge relief to former East Londoner and star of the highly acclaimed The Bang Bang Club, Frank Rautenbach.
Once the fashion editor of Hudson Park High’s school magazine, Luke Radloff has made major inroads into the rag trade and was recently awarded a fashion residency in Paris.Radloff, 38, who owns a luxury fashion brand called Uni Form, is the recipient of the inaugural Azzedine Alaïa Foundation x Orveda prize, which consists of a month-long residency at the foundation’s archives in Paris.
Model and social media influencer Avril Albetti took part in new reality television show Die Brug so she could create more opportunities for young girls from her small Eastern Cape hometown. Two episodes into the kykNET show, Albetti, 38, who grew up near Kariega in the small town of Loerie, has already caused waves and has set herself up as the show’s unapologetically cut-throat player.
Capetonian Hilton Pelser is no stranger to the big screen, having most recently starred in critically acclaimed South African movies Moffie and Glasshouse.