by Gerrit Bester From flying solo in Pretoria, to a collaboration in Witklipfontein, the Tshwane University of Technology’s Cow Mashilo, aka Cow Mash, shares her art with varied audiences in the coming months. Firstly, Cow, a lecturer in Fibre Arts in the Department of Fine and Studio Arts at the Faculty of Arts and Design, hosts a solo exhibition titled 𝙙𝙞𝙩š𝙬𝙖𝙩š𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 currently on at the Javett-UP’s Reimagined Tower Gallery. 𝙙𝙞𝙩š𝙬𝙖𝙩š𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜, translated

by Gerrit Bester The TUT Faculty of Arts and Design’s Spotlight on Postgraduate Studies, Research & Innovation on 23 March highlighted the challenges visually impaired consumers face when choosing clothing. In his presentation titled Effectiveness of a clothing selection guide for visually impaired individuals in Gauteng, South Africa , Dr Aubrey Ramatla from the Department of Fashion Design discussed the challenges visually impaired consumers encounter, including colour iden

by Gerrit Bester Lungisani Mjaji, a Commercial Photography alumnus, shot to fame when a photo he took of his niece carrying an Albany loaf went viral on social media. He now has a film screening at the IMAX theatre. What true story inspired your short film, The Float , and what themes did you want the audience to feel or understand? Growing up in villages across South Africa, many of us disobeyed our parents, and sadly, we lost childhood friends along the way. My short film