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"The greatest irony will remain in how Afrikaans-speaking officials were the ones who summarily disposed of that language in the public academic realm, at a university that once hosted defiance to apartheid ideology by celebrating Afrikaans as a carrier of all of its speakers’ dignity."

The launch of Will South Africa be okay? by Jan-Jan Joubert took place on Thursday, 21 November 2019 at The Book Lounge in Cape Town. Mervyn Sloman was in conversation with Jan-Jan Joubert. 

“It’s now been more than two years since I started, and, by now, I’ve written well over 100 000 words. Some of those words are good; most are bad. It doesn’t matter. It absolutely does not matter. What matters is the joy ...”

"Death, detention and disappearance makes an invaluable contribution to our perspective, both historical and on abusive power everywhere."

"I wanted to show the effects of intimate partner violence on one family, and how these effects also travel through generations if the trauma is not healed." Barbara Boswell talks to Cliffordene Norton about her book, Unmaking Grace.

Vulture Productions invites you and your holiday spirit to engage in our upcoming showcase at the Baxter Masambe theatre from 19–28 December 2019. The showcase presents three unique stories, each story focusing on and exploring Cape Coloured culture and the Afrikaaps dialect. 

Ready to thrill you with fun and naughty moments, The Rocky Horror Show is the boldest bash of them all.

Cape Town City Ballet presents a sumptuous production of A Christmas Carol – The Story of Scrooge that’s perfect holiday entertainment for the whole family! The production will be presented at Artscape Theatre from 14 to 24 December.

On Thursday 21 November 2019, Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) (Cape Town) opened an exhibition titled Acts at the Crossroads by internationally acclaimed, Nigerian-born artist Otobong Nkanga.

"Your enjoyment of this film hinges on whether you are an Aretha Franklin fan or not."

“You’re mine, love, but
you belong to another, and as a man
you belong to the world.”

"You must commend the South African film industry, where budgets are small, for attempting genres other than slapstick or drama, slightly more commercially viable options."

"The extraordinary story is there – war hero, law expert, survivor, charmer – but the movie fails its subject dismally."

"It could set in motion such thought-provoking and justifiable, yet completely conflicting, interpretations, that one could argue for weeks on end. It is marvellous."

"It is a moving portrait of artists losing their sight, the one thing they depend on most."

You are invited to the launch of Being Shelley by Qarnita Loxton on the 25th of November. 

"Most of my books deal with issues that affect women, and it’s hard to rank these in terms of importance."

You are invited to the launch of Will South Africa be okay? on Thursday 21 November 2019 at The Book Lounge in Cape Town, where the author, Jan-Jan Joubert, will be in conversation with Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.

"Melissa slaag ongetwyfeld daarin om die leser vasgenael te hou, van begin tot einde."

You are invited to the launch of For the love of the land by Ivor Price and Kobus Louwrens.