Luxury gown designer Siphosihle Masango breaks down his most elegant moments in fashion with some of South Africa’s most recognisable stars.

A mayor’s meeting with a Ndebele ‘king’ has drawn government ire, reviving a deeper debate over whose history Harare allows. Why is it legal to celebrate Shona traditions but illegal to crown a ...

Ziman’s team comprises numerous skilled artisans from Zimbabwe and Indigenous Ndebele women from South Africa’s Mpumalanga Province, who are renowned for their beadwork. For the Ndebele, beadwork is a ...

But one thing draws them all together – every piece of the Radical Stitch exhibit is beaded by Indigenous artists. “Radical Stitch is really one of the first large shows to focus on ...

Moyo, who prioritizes cultural sustainability in her work, tapped women from the Southern African Ndebele tribe to create more than 1,000 spheres—she calls them “pearls”—encrusted with beads.

For hundreds of years the Ndebele people have used architecture, mural painting and beadwork to express that they belong to a distinctive identity. This material culture became particularly ...

Flowing dresses draw inspiration from Shona traditional attire, while structured jackets reflect Ndebele beadwork patterns,” she said, adding that the mix of old and new created garments that were ...

Flowing dresses draw inspiration from Shona traditional attire, while structured jackets reflect Ndebele beadwork patterns,” she said, adding that the mix of old and new created garments that ...

Mahlangu also uses dress to display her cultural identity. She always dresses in the beaded blankets commonly worn by Ndebele women. Her beads reflect her age and marital status. This is extended ...