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Here is a Zoom link for each day of the conference. Please find the programme for the Amazwi Children’s Literature Conference. 

One man shows: The Mbeki HIV Renaissance (2000-2009) is the third book in the series by Pieter-Dirk Uys/Evita Bezuidenhout and welcomes the new century with a detailed focus on the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa.

Gratis vraestel! Klik hier om die vraestel en memo deur Lee-Ann Langeveld in PDF-formaat af te laai.

Gratis vraestel! Klik hier om die graad 6-vraestel en memo deur Wilhelm du Toit in PDF-formaat af te laai.

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation, LitNet and Huisgenoot are eagerly awaiting applications from promising emerging writers for the Kommadagga Workshop on the fine art of writing short prose.

Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting, LitNet en Huisgenoot wag aspirantskrywers se aansoeke in vir die Kommadagga-slypskool vir kort skryfkuns.

Die Kaapse FAK-kantoor nooi alle belangstellendes hartlik uit na ’n praatjie deur Elsabé Brits oor haar navorsing en bevindinge oor die lewe van Emily Hobhouse. Die geleentheid vind op 12 Junie in Monte Vista plaas.

LitNet: Postverkiesing – wat nou?

oepse daisy deur C Johan Bakkes is nou bygewerk en bygereis.

The lovely Karoo town Cradock will play host to Deon Meyer, Coenie de Villiers and André Schwartz from 12 to 15 June 2024. That is when the Schreiner Karoo Writers Festival will take place.

The Commonwealth Foundation has announced five regional winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, the world’s most global literary prize. 

Lisa Robinson has moved from Durban to Cape Town to be with Grant, the prospective next First Minister of the Good Hope Territory. The GHT is the safest and most prosperous country in the southern hemisphere – at a price.  Life here is picture-perfect. The Mother City is pristine. Everyone has a job. Tourism is booming. But this shiny new state has decided that Lisa is a problem, and problems here disappear quickly and quietly.

Met Frazer Barry se lied "Plakkaat oppe paal" hoop hy "die liedjie inspireer Suid-Afrikaners om nugter te dink oor die politieke bestel en hoe hulle hul stem kan gebruik om die politieke leiers verantwoordelik te hou."

From 30 May – 14 June 2024, the acclaimed St Olaf Choir (USA), under the baton of its renowned conductor Anton Armstrong, will tour South Africa, with eight concerts and numerous choir collaborations and workshops in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Soweto, KZN and Cape Town. Composed of 75 mixed voices, the St Olaf Choir is hailed as one of the USA’s premier a cappella ensembles, renowned for its artistry and beauty of sound.

There is no shortage of good advice, personal finance books and well-worn practices, so the question is: Why can’t people change? We know what to do, but then inexplicably don’t seem to do it. What keeps tripping us up? Many of our money troubles are caused by behavioural traps that keep us locked in a cycle. The book contains real-life case studies of people who overcame financial difficulties and highlights the small steps they took to change the course of their lives. No matter what your income level or financial background, this book is tailored to help everyone.