The star of the show at Strauss & Co’s winter sale held last night at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg was undoubtedly JH Pierneef, when a new all-time world record was set by his previously unseen painting, Farm Jonkershoek with Twin Peaks Beyond, Stellenbosch.

Irma Stern (1894-1966) continues success with £1 million action price for oil on canvas portrait in original Zanzibar frame.

Arthur Goldreich, who escaped from prison dressed as a priest, created the magical design for Madiba in 1983.

Masterpiece by Alexis Preller expected to fetch between £150 000 and £200 000 at famous London art sale.

Anant Singh’s film based on Nelson Mandela’s autobiography has been selected for the Royal Film Performance, a fundraiser attended by members of the British royal family on 6 December.

Irma Stern’s painting was the top-selling item at the Bonhams South African Sale in London, held on the artist’s birthday.

Dubbed the South African ‘Bonnie and Clyde’, ‘Durban Poison’ is a moody noir romance set among South Africa’s marginalised white underclass, which will be screened at the BFI London Film Festival this week.

Like last year, there are three South African films at the 2013 BFI London Film Festival. These are moody noir romance ‘Durban Poison’, ‘Felix’, a drama about a Zulu boy who wants to become a jazz musician and ‘Of Good Report’ about a paedophile school teacher, which was banned at its opening in Durban.