Persverklaring: Saturnus verhelder Taalmonument
2024-10-28Inwoners en besoekers sal die skitterende sterrehemel – spesifiek die planeet Saturnus – van nader leer ken tydens die Afrikaanse Taalmuseum en -monument (ATM) se Sterrekykpiekniek op Paarlberg op Saterdag 2 November 2024. Dit beloof om ’n feestelike aand in die beeldskone omgewing te wees; boonop is ’n pragtige sonsondergang en ’n gratis besoek aan die ikoniese beeldhouwerk ingesluit, én is die aand ten bate van ’n goeie saak.
Invitation: Book launch of I will not be silenced by Karyn Maughan | 13 November, Cape Town
2024-10-28Adriaan Basson will be in conversation with Karyn Maughan for the book launch of I will not be silenced on Wednesday, 13 November at 18:00 at Exclusive Books, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town.
Uitnodiging: Blink gedigte – toonsettings deur Chris du Plessis | Ampie Teater, Wellington, 2 November 2024
2024-10-28Blink gedigte – toonsettings deur Chris du Plessis vind op Saterdag 2 November om 19:00 plaas by die Ampie Teater, Breytenbach Sentrum, Wellington.
Persverklaring: Huldeblyke stroom in ná Hans du Plessis se afsterwe
2024-10-27Familielede, vriende, talle skrywers, akademici en ander persone uit die Afrikaanse media-, taal- en letterkundewêreld het hul skok, hartseer en medelye uitgespreek oor die nuus dat die geliefde Hans du Plessis Vrydagnag oorlede is.
Persverklaring: Mendelssohn se Elijah by Endlersaal in November
2024-10-25As een van die finale aanbiedings van die 2024-Endler-konsertreeks, dirigeer Johan de Villiers op 16 en 17 November twee uitvoerings van Felix Mendelssohn se oratorium Elijah. Brittany Smith (sopraan), Minette du Toit-Pearce (mezzo), Siphe Mdena (tenoor) en Conroy Scott (bariton) tree as soliste op, met laasgenoemde in die titelrol van Elija, waarvoor hy ná die 2018-Woordfees die trofee vir die beste vertolker in vokale klassieke musiek toegeken is.
New from Human & Rousseau: The South African keto and intermittent fasting cookbook by Rita Venter and Natalie Lawson
2024-10-24The South African keto and intermittent fasting cookbook gives you all the tools you need to make the positive switch to a healthier you In this book, Rita and Natalie guide you through every step of your ketogenic journey, explaining the reasoning behind the keto diet and intermittent fasting, and how easy and accessible a ketogenic lifestyle is.
New from Modjaji Books: A blow to the head: a history of violence by Andries du Toit
2024-10-24One summer morning, Cape Town academic Andries Du Toit remonstrates mildly with a white man who is being rude to a black waitress in the cafeteria of his local health club. A few weeks later he finds himself sprawled on his back with a fractured cheekbone, blood pooling in the back of his throat, the target of payback from one of the city’s most feared gangsters. What just happened?
New from Modjaji Books: In the shadows by Olivia M Coetzee, translated by the author
2024-10-24A taut and unsparing novel about a community plagued by violence, drugs, corruption, and prejudice – but where love and justice prevail. The English edition was translated from Kaaps by the author.
New from Modjaji Books: Home scar by SE Bhamjee
2024-10-24Meet Asma, the only child of the Patels. Growing up in the cloistered confines of an Indian township in the 60s, hers is a nearly idyllic childhood. When 1976 arrives and the country goes up in flames, Asma finds herself caught between the fires of resistance and the duties she is bound to as the daughter of an Indian household.
New from Deep South: Heart’s hunger: selected poems by Karen Press
2024-10-24Karen Press lives in Cape Town, where she works as a freelance editor and writer. Her poetry has been published in journals and anthologies in South Africa and abroad, and she has published ten collections of poems.
Pasverskyn: Tietie en Nanna se huiskos deur Najma Abrahams en Azba Fanie
2024-10-24Soos vinkel en koljander, dís Najma Abrahams (Tietie) en Azba Fanie (Nanna). Dié twee TikTok-tuiskokke is geliefd vir hul hartskos – g’n fênsie bestanddele of fieterjasies nie, net plein huiskos met ’n Kaaps-Maleise twist. Terwyl die potte prut, strooi die twee siezas so saam met die masala, dhanya, karamonk en jeera ook vrylik hul eie spices virrie lewe in. ’n Resepteboek waar memories en liefde saamsmelt, met elke roer van ’n pot.
Persverklaring: Die landwye Taboektoer met Bacchus Nel, Riku Lätti en Jackie Lätti – 25 Oktober tot 17 November
2024-10-24Die Taboektoer met Riku en Jackie Lätti (Wes-Kaap) en Bacchus Nel (Gauteng) begin 25 Oktober in die noorde van die land met ’n reeks konserte en boekgesprekke in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Potchefstroom, Parys, Bloemfontein, Nieu-Bethesda en St Francis. Die toer eindig by Die Koelkamers in Paternoster met ’n stewige Wasgoedlyn-program, van 15 tot 17 November.
Persverklaring: Die Proscenium-dramakompetisie se inskrywings vir 2025 het pas oopgemaak
2024-10-23Die Proscenium-dramakompetisie se inskrywings vir 2025 het pas oopgemaak. ’n Hoogtepunt waarna finaliste kan uitsien, is om ingesluit te word in die geselskap van ’n verhoogproduksie wat onder leiding van ’n professionele regisseur by een of meer nasionale kunstefeeste opgevoer gaan word.
Press release: Invitation – Muzukidz year-end concert on 27 October
2024-10-23Muzukidz is happy to announce that 2024 has been another wonderful year for our budding young violinists! And to celebrate this, we invite you to save the date for our annual year-end concert taking place on 27 October 2024 at the beautiful Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium in Parow.
