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At this year’s Fest, the Raphael Centre exhibits a collection of photographs created by female clients of the centre called Arts for Aids. Watch the slideshow.

Thirty-one years after his death Stephen Bantu Biko, founder of the Black Consciousness movement, lives again in the work of writer and director Martin Koboekae. But why choose Biko?

As the Arts Festival nears its end in G’town, many young local talents are coming out in numbers hoping to be discovered.

With an average of seven shows running every day of the Festival at St Andrew’s college venue, one would expect the technicians to be worn out.

The South African Ballet Theatre (SABT) is one of the only companies of its kind that emphasises outreach to kids in townships around the country. In community halls company members teach ballet for free. Watch the Don Quixote slideshow from CuePix in the story.

With 10 days of vibrant street and night life coupled with non-stop partying and drinking of alcohol, one cannot rule out Festgoers having some casual sex. But to keep everyone safe Annalie ‘Jabu’ van Niekerk, manager of the Raphael Centre, says they have enough condoms in stock for the Festival.

CueBlog visited Joza to find out more about township homestays. Click ‘read more’ to watch the video.

Internationally acclaimed artistic director and all round “art’s lady”, Janet Buckland has an exceptional good eye for talent. Apart from collecting numerous accolades on a global scale, her drama company, Ubom!, stays dedicated to developing talent here at home.

Dutch theatre group De Appel has arranged a cultural exchange between drama students and professionals from both The Netherlands and South Africa. Watch the video in the story.

An American reporter in South Africa having a Dutch Croquette bought at the German Wurst Wagen on the Village Green. It just boggles the mind…

A Ugandan CueBlog reporter gets to taste Warthog at the Old Gaol in Grahamstown while Ilitha Lelanga band plays in the background.

Mandisi Planga, the Director of Social Services for Makana Municipality, is trying to keep G’town clean. A team of at least 80 men and women are busy picking up litter and helping in maintaining tidiness as wells as keeping the environment happy. Watch the video about minimising Fest pollution.