Leather drinks himself to oblivion. Every God-blessed day he is drunk, and the whole of Khayelisha village knows of his heavy drinking. Once drunk – in a mixture of brandy, sorghum beer (that he drinks at people’s kraals, during this or that ceremony) and Castle Lager – he hobbles homeward, yelling absurdities and insults at ...

Modernist painter Peter Lanyon once commented that “It is impossible for me to make a painting which has no reference to the powerful environment in which I live”. Art is, more often than not, always reflective of the society it emerges from and its relevant context and while art can be made for art’s sake, ...