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Wêreld is hosting a series of art auctions, in partnership with Karen Zoid, to raise funds for the building of the first artist retreat space in the Piketberg mountains. The next Wêreld art auction will be an online as well as in-person launch event on 6 September at Kleinevalleij Estate in the Cape Winelands. Artworks by more than 70 artists, including Willem Boshoff, Pierneef, Lionel Smit, Maaike Bakker, Gordon Froud, Nina Torr, Johan Thom, Lien Botha and many more will be on display.

Actor and musician Ian Roberts is something of a South African icon, renowned for his roles as the rugged Boer fighter Sloet Steenkamp in the TV series Arende and as Boet in the immortal and immensely popular Castrol advertisements. In this book he looks back on his long and illustrious career in which he became known for having a flair for languages and acting from the gut.

The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now open and we will be accepting entries until 1 November 2024. Now in its thirteenth year, the prize is awarded for the best piece of unpublished short fiction (2 000–5 000 words). In addition to English, submissions are accepted in Bengali, Chinese, Creole, French, Greek, Malay, Maltese, Portuguese, Samoan, Swahili, Tamil, and Turkish. Stories that have been translated into English from any language are also accepted and the translator of any story that wins (regional or overall) also receives prize money.

Die BA Hons (Media en Kommunikasie) sal in Afrikaans via die voltydse kampusmodel by die instelling se Centurion-kampusse aangebied word. Let daarop dat daar slegs ’n beperkte aantal studente tot dié nuwe program toegelaat sal word en die sluitingsdatum vir aansoeke is 31 Oktober 2024. 

(Aspirant-) skrywer, digter of literêre vertaler? Die UV bied aan jou ’n kursus waarvan die vernaamste oogmerk die ontwikkeling van ’n lewensvatbare publiseerbare manuskrip is – en jy doen dit onder leiding van twee bekroonde skrywers, Henning Pieterse en Francois Smith.

Vanjaar is die gesogte Silwerskermbeeldjies weer uitgedeel aan akteurs, aanbieders en persoonlikhede wat tussen 1 April 2023 en 31 Maart 2024 vir uitmuntende vermaak op die kykNET-kanale gesorg het.

LitNet: Om te treur

Liefhebbers van die Afrikaanse letterkunde sou hulle op Vrydag 20 September in Cradock wou bevind. Die Etienne van Heerden Veldsoirée begin daar om 10:45. Nathan Trantraal sal, as deel van die Veldsoirée, net na 11:00 die eerste voordrag van die LitNet25 Afrikaanse Skrywersberaad lewer. En om 09:00 begin die ATKV-Skryfskool.

Akademielede en ander belangstellendes word aangemoedig om die simposium by te woon en die inskrywingsvorm te voltooi en om kennis te neem van die interessante program. Die tema vir vanjaar se simposium is: Van isolasie na internasionalisering, tendense in Suid-Afrikaanse navorsing die afgelope 30 jaar.

"On behalf of the Ingrid Jonker Prize Committee, I wish to announce ... the winner for 2024 ..."

Daar is Christene wat ’n onderskeid tref tussen geloofswaarheid en wetenskaplike waarheid en dan argumenteer dat geloofstandpunte en -uitsprake nie aan rasionele ondersoek onderwerp kan word nie.

Die boek neem die leser op ’n reis deur van die grootste nuusgebeure sedert 1974 en weerspieël die geskakeerde leefwêreld van die Afrikaanse gemeenskap in die noorde van die land.

When a blonde who had walked out on her Botswana-based wildlife smuggling kingpin partner arrived at the offices of the Sunday Times in the last 1980’s, the lid would be blown off a criminal network bent on killing off two of the world’s most iconic species – the elephant and the rhino.

It’s a story about a man who went missing, and the man who wants to find out what he knew. It’s a story about what makes us human – and how we might live once we leave our home.