Q&A with writer and director of Mercy, Zubayr Charles
2024-03-12"A common discourse in Islamic and Cape Malay households here in Cape Town is the severe disdain projected onto those who place their parents in old-age homes. My goal with Mercy was to portray the subtle nuances and complexities as to why people make those decisions."
Abassie se warme worsies
2023-10-05"There is something so intricate and special about going to a butcher, reaching the glass cabinet, glaring at the various kinds of meat, stating your order, watching the items get weighed and finally paying."
Haram
2023-09-14Vir Stemme, LitNet se dialoogprojek saam met die Suidoosterfees, NATi en die ATKV, is tien dramaturge genader om kort dialoë te skryf. Twintig akteurs is gevra om daarin te speel en tien regisseurs het elkeen ’n stuk afgerond. In Zubayr Charles se dialoog Haram vertolk Bianca Flanders en Marunzo Thomas die rolle. Quanita Adams was in die regisseurstoel.
"Maar jy’t eintlik vet geword" is just not a nice thing to say
2023-03-16"I was tired of wanting to regain compliments on my exterior, yet I was also tired of the dreadful comments directed at my weight. I had to learn how to love myself again."
When we want success for ourselves, we must want success for others
2022-07-19"Izzart removed the laces of the sneakers and washed them separately. He tapped lukewarm water into a transparent bowl and generously sprayed TopShelf Sneaker Cleaner product on various targeted areas – everything done with precision."
Ramadaan on Dorp Street
2022-04-28"So, as I stand on my stoep, looking up at the two rows of houses, I make the niyyah to pop around to each home and ask my neighbours what makes Ramadaan so special here on our street."
Where is your happy place?
2022-02-25"With the sun reaching nearly 40 degrees, some of the uncles are not singing from the flat-surfaced rock, and instead they sit under a gazebo, serenading the beachgoers with their velvet voices."
It’s not just a barbershop, it’s a community
2021-12-01"What my friend failed to mention was that the gevaarlike Jordanian couldn’t help us both at the same time, and due to my impatience, I landed in the chair of Abbaas Sylvester."
WhatsApp in grendelklaskamers help skoliere beter kommunikeer
2021-01-29"Leerders wat gewoonlik skaam sou wees in ’n fisiese klaskamer, sou nou meer gereeld vrae vra deur persoonlike boodskappe te stuur, en so ook aangemoedig word om te kommunikeer en meer interaktief deelneem aan die leerproses." – Willene Theart, onderwyser van Hoërskool Strand.
Kommadagga essay: Music and my father
2020-11-12"My father and I go for months without speaking to each other. This ongoing cycle usually starts after he says something crude and vulgar, mixed with colourful language, and I’m left thinking about why I forgave him for his prior transgression."