by Gerrit Bester   Mellaney Roberts, lecturer in the Department of Fine and Studio Arts, TUT Faculty of Arts and Design, is the proud winner of the RDC Art Collection Award (also known as the RDC Acquisition Prize).   This prestigious annual prize was presented as part of the recent Investec Cape Town Art Fair by the RDC Property Group.   The award recognises an artist whose work aligns with the group's values of sustainability, community and innovation, offering them acquisition of their...

The Department of Performing Arts at the Tshwane University of Technology’s Faculty of Arts and Design started 2026 on a high note.   It announced that two current students, Nolwazi Khumalo and Rorisang Sechele, and alumna Daniella Hart Rossouw competed in the qualifying round of UNISA’s International Voice Competition (Jazz Voice category). Sechele and Hart Rossouw, the latter having completed her Master’s degree in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas, have since advanced to the...

Claiming Orange in Spaces  launched on Friday, 5 December at the entrance of the Tshwane University of Technology’s Arts Campus.   This activation falls under the Research Niche Area: Artivism as a Tool to Combat Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and forms part of a series of activations that will continue into 2026. This community-engaged initiative invited communities to “claim orange” in shared spaces as a collective stance against GBV.   The first iteration took place on the Arts Campus and...