The year’s first issue of «Passages», Pro Helvetia’s cultural magazine, offers a glimpse into the multifaceted transfer of linguistic culture (from the challenges of translating children’s book illustrations to the economic and political forces at work in the market for translations). Included is a ...

The popular Cape Town Edge returns to Grahamstown, offering a record eleven shows at this year’s National Arts Festival. Supported by Pro Helvetia Cape Town, through its mandate with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, CTE is now in its fourth year, and has become a firm favourite at t...

Swiss-based duo Malcolm Braff (piano) and Samuel Blaser (trombone) will take South African audiences on a journey of jazz exploration in June and July during a tour presented by Pro Helvetia Cape Town. The two will perform as a duo and in other collaborative settings during the National Arts Festiva...

With support from Pro Helvetia through its mandate with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Speak the Mind Poetry Sessions returns to Cape Town. Featuring an explosive international line-up of poets and performance artists, this year’s event is framed around the theme Words Without Bou...

The famous German Ensemble Modern comes to Johannesburg on May 15, when the Artists-in-Berlin Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service hosts a concert at the Linder Auditorium at the University of the Witwatersrand. Pro Helvetia Cape Town supports the presence of prize-winning composer Osca...