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Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community

Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Text: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Central and South Africa. Madagascar.

“Brotherhood, community and togetherness”: Nick van Tiem documents a community of skaters in Cape Town

Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada

30. Рост числа детей в дошколь- ных учреждениях по СССР (1924-1932 rr.).(Growth in the number of children in preschool institutions in the USSR (1924-1932 rr.).)

Position of the U.S.S.R. in the world and in Europe in reference to amount of industrial output in 1913 and 1937

Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia

Dan Wieden Is... We spend a week stalking the advertising mogul around a conference in Cape Town

Lynnie Zulu decorates her exotic characters in punchy hues and patterns

Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”

Dillon Marsh visualises how much copper was produced in South African mines

U.S.S.R. Europe.

Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig

South African photographer Johno Mellish creates incredible images

U.S.S.R. U.S.S.R. Western Asia.

The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia

Opinion: Why it's the perfect time to explore Cape Town's creative community

Sami Kallio

A chat with Nikita Teryoshin about his time spent with the Boxing Grannies of Johannesburg

Our pick of the talks from 2014's Design Indaba event in Cape Town

Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.

Cool South African school kids photographed by Anastasia Korosteleva

U.S.S.R. Central and Eastern Asia.

Karabo Mooki documents South Africa’s punk rock movement, debunking stereotypes of the genre

Opinion: Away from Design Indaba, South Africa's graphics tell a tense story

Introducing...The ultra-bold African supergraphics of illustrator Lynnie Zulu

Through portraiture, photographer Justin Keene sets up a dialogue with South Africa

Photographer Kristin-Lee Moolman captures the characters of Johannesburg's creative scene

Our highlights from the first day of the Design Indaba event in Cape Town

“Skateboarding feels a lot like therapy”: Karabo Mooki shares stories of South Africa’s all-female skate group, Island Gals

The Hayward shines a light on South Africa’s born-free generation

“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city ​​councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)

Discover South Africa’s rich culinary heritage with Hannerie Visser’s 100+ Flavours project

Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings

Composite Text: О ВТОРОМ ПЯТИЛЕТНЕМ ПЛАНЕ РАЗВИТИЯ НАРОДНОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА СССР (1933-1937 гг.).

Contents: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Covers: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Title: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

What's On: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography

A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine

Byzantine landscapes in brilliant detail from South Africa-based illustrator Jean de Wet

Marc Shoul photographs Johannesburg domestics walking their employers' dogs

A glimpse into the fascinating and incredibly odd world of Soviet-era sanatoriums

Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography

An animated story of survival during apartheid in South Africa

This Home of Ours: Ayesha Kazim’s photographic time capsule of Cape Town’s Bo-Kaap region

Concrete Citizens documents the residents of Soviet brutalist buildings in Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Moldova

U.S.S.R. Economic.

Design Indaba 2014: Day two of design wisdom live from Cape Town

Lynnie Zulu's new solo show colourfully explores the female form

Thom Pierce on using photography to amplify the protests of a rural South African community

Design Indaba 2014: Rolling coverage from Cape Town's big design event

The Soviet Union goes neon in these mid-century illustrations of the future

Diplôme d'honneur. Golikoff (USSR). 1925

Soviet pocket watch (2)

Soviet pocket watch (1)

Soviet pocket watch

Gold Chaika Pocket Watch made in the USSR

Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City

The photographer archiving South Africa’s black lesbian community

Karabo Mooki celebrates South Africa’s first Black show jumper

A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union

Text: ЖЕНЩИНЫ В СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКОМ СТРОИТЕЛЬСТВЕ СОЮЗА ССР [Women in Socialist Construction of the Soviet Union].

Central and South Africa. Madagascar.

“Brotherhood, community and togetherness”: Nick van Tiem documents a community of skaters in Cape Town

Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada

30. Рост числа детей в дошколь- ных учреждениях по СССР (1924-1932 rr.).(Growth in the number of children in preschool institutions in the USSR (1924-1932 rr.).)

Position of the U.S.S.R. in the world and in Europe in reference to amount of industrial output in 1913 and 1937

Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia

Dan Wieden Is... We spend a week stalking the advertising mogul around a conference in Cape Town

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)

1. Участие женщин в выборах горсоветов СССР (1926 1931 г.). (Participation of women in elections 15 city councils of the USSR (1926 1931).)