Maxhosa by Laduma has been showing the world how Africa glows with pride. I learnt this on my first visit to the Johannesburg-based factory of the knitwear brand in 2018. In fact, “knitwear brand” makes me cringe. Maxhosa by Laduma...

Ngelinye ilanga ngavakashela abangani bami, uThabo noLudwe, ngamangala uma ngifika ngibabulisa bengitshela ukuthi wusuku lokuzalwa lwendodakazi yabo uLiyana. Nango-ke eseza egijima ezongibingelela. Wangigabisela, ethi yena useneminyaka emine. Saphela sonke yinsini, kodwa sizama ukuzifihla ukuze angaphoxeki. Kuthe ngihlezi noThabo sinethezekile, weza...

As a child Maaike Bakker came up with strange inventions by combining found objects. Her creations seemed to end up as random props in some odd narrative. ‘Art making always came natural to me,’ she says. ‘I felt comfortable with...