Joburg theatre this week: emotional journeys in 'Fatherhood', 'Sarajevo' and the hilarious chaos of 'Noises Off'

After a very successful run at the Zwakala Festival, “Fatherhood” has made its way to the Market Theatre.

Performed by a youthful cast, it explores the collective crisis of absent fathers.

Written by Mike Dzova and directed by Archie Oupa Matsetela, under the mentorship of award-winning playwright and director Ntshieng Mokgoro, this production shines a spotlight on the mothers who have had to fill the void of runaway fathers.

To provide some context, a 2024 report on the State of South African Fathers revealed that a mere 35.6% of South African children live with their biological fathers, and 24% reside in households with no male figure present.

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By Debashine Thangevelo

Burna Boy, Rema Lead Spotify’s List of Most Streamed Afrobeats Stars of 2025

Burna Boy, Rema lead Spotify's list of
Most Streamed Afrobeats Stars of 2025

Spotify has unveiled the list for the most-streamed Afrobeats artists of 2025 globally.

Released on September 29, 2025, ahead of Nigeria's October 1 Independence Day celebrations, the list comes with few surprises as it features the familiar names leading to the global exportation of Nigerian music.

Spotify also shared the most-streamed Afrobeats songs of 2025 so far. The songs on the list will particularly raise concerns as to what informs the categorisation of a song as Afrobeats.

By Adebayo Adebiyi

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Nicole Kidman reportedly files for divorce from Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban.
(Michael Buckner/Penske Media via Getty Images)

Kidman and Urban married in June 2006. They share daughters Sunday, 17, and Faith, 14.

Nicole Kidman has filed for divorce from Keith Urban, People confirmed on Tuesday. News of Kidman's divorce filing comes a day after the outlet reported that the Babygirl star, 58, and the country crooner, 57, had separated.

“Nicole’s sister [Antonia] has been a rock and the entire Kidman family has come together to support one another," a source reportedly told People on Monday.

By Neia Balao

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Emma Thompson calls for more female heroes on screen

Emma Thompson explored the idea of female heroism
in her new film Dead of Winter. (Vertical Entertainment)

The British icon speaks to Yahoo UK about her new film Dead of Winter, and why she was keen to explore female heroism in new ways through the project.

Emma Thompson says female heroism is not celebrated enough on screen.

In her latest film, The Dead of Winter, the preeminent British actor plays Barb, a widowed Minnesotan fisherwoman. Despite being soft-spoken, Barb transforms into a saviour after finding a kidnapped teenager locked in the basement of a nefarious couple.

By Jack Shepherd

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Artist Spyro narrates how his fiancée turned around his financial fortunes

Spyro had shared photos from his romantic marriage proposal, captioning them with a story of how their love story began.

Nigerian singer Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, popularly known as Spyro, has taken to social media to celebrate his fiancée, Janet Atom, revealing the positive impact she’s already had on his life.

The ‘Who’s Your Guy’ singer took to Instagram on Sunday to credit Janet for making him richer with her well-thought-out financial advice.

By Akinyemi Olarinre.

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Enhle Mbali's apology for controversial 'k-word hare' comment ignites social media backlash

When Enhle Mbali, who was recently announced as the first celebrity ambassador for Carlton Hair, dropped the "k-word" during her speech at the launch event, she probably didn’t expect the intense backlash that followed.

A clip of her referring to her hair as “k*ffir hare” quickly went viral after being shared on social media.

This sparked a wave of criticism from South Africans who found her remarks deeply offensive.

By Gerry Cupido

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Just how rich is Mr Eazi?

The lavish three-country wedding ceremony and Dangote's remarks have left many wondering just how vast Mr Eazi's fortune is.

Social media is still reeling over the classy and chic three-part wedding between billionaire heiress Temi Otedola and Tosin Ajibade AKA Mr Eazi.

The ceremonies spanned across three locations and had the crème de la crème in attendance.

The civil wedding was held in Monaco, while the traditional wedding was held in Dubai, and the grand finale took place in the beautiful scenery of Iceland, where John Legend performed.

By Ibukunoluwa Daramola

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'Is Bake Off crumbling? Time to ban the Hollywood handshakes and the show's most annoying challenge'

Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood
are the judges on Bake Off. (Channel 4)

Opinion: I would like to see a few changes to the Bake Off format. Just dough it!

Bake Off has been failing to rise to the occasion in recent years, but as a long-time fan, I refuse to believe it's completely past its sell-by date.

The 2024 series gained more than one million viewers between its opening episode and its final, and that's good news. So what's the catch? Its 2024 final viewership of 3.6m didn't rise above the 2023 final record low of 4.38m viewers on Channel 4, even with surprise winner Georgie Grasso taking home the Bake Off trophy last year.

Ratings have never been the same for the show since The Great British Bake Off moved from the BBC to Channel 4 in 2017, which saw judge Mary Berry and hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins subsequently quit too.

By Lily Waddell

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