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Bernard Stiegler’s aestheology and the new otium of the people
2015-11-17"For Stiegler, the central crisis of Western modernity is of a theological nature, namely its loss of faith in its social order and in its future."
Second-hand bookstore, Cape Town
2015-11-17"He wonders – how whole worlds can be buckled into suitcases or taped into wine cartons."
Review: Storm Over the Transvaal by TV Bulpin
2015-11-16T.V. Bulpin (1918–1999) was a writer about African big game hunters, South African travel and history.
Surprise increase in sales of children’s books
2015-11-16NB Publishers: “It seems digital and print can live in harmony and it can be a mutually beneficial harmony at that.”
The fall of Afrikaans, and the rise of English
2015-11-16"One can only wonder what Hector Pieterson may have made of this 'new dawn'."
The role of African universities in the intellectualisation of African languages
2015-11-13"It is essential at this point to repeat that we cannot have an African renaissance without the development and intellectualisation of African languages."
An invitation: South African Drama and Theatre Heritage Project
2015-11-09"We want to provide a safe repository for drama and theatre material in the Unisa Library Archive."
Review: Etta and Otto and Russell and James
2015-11-09"Part The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, part Forrest Gump"
Knysna
2015-11-06"I’ve abandoned this poem/ to watch a kite weighted/ by a flower pot/ inhale and exhale"
Julius Malema
2015-11-06"Malema, my Noah’s Ark./ My Jonah’s Whale./ The Johannesburg people’s patriarch./ My country of ice cream."
Writer of the Week: A decade of Lauren Beukes
2015-11-04This week LitNet celebrates one of South Africa's greatest literary exports, Lauren Beukes.
The tale of the merboy and the mother
2015-10-30"The merboy seemed heavier, his breathing was slow, steady,/ his wide eyes fixed skywards – snagged by a full moon."
South African writers dominate shortlist for Short Story Day Africa Prize
2015-10-30This year over 450 entries were received for the prize from over two dozen countries, both from writers living on the African continent and from writers in the African diaspora.
Author identification: A forensic-linguistic research study in Afrikaans SMS language
2015-10-29"Author identification in Afrikaans SMS messages has never been attempted. It is mainly for this reason that the current article, and the dissertation it is based on, is considered of value to the field of author identification."
#feesmustfall: Learning from protests past
2015-10-29"These divisions and the myriad of voices emanating from them, as well as the temptation to pursue more demands on the back of a major victory, present the student leadership at each institution and the collective leadership across the country with major challenges, but also with the opportunity to show what this country has been lacking for so long: leadership!"
Flame in the Snow – the love letters of André Brink and Ingrid Jonker
2015-10-28"She still scratches at me. I wish I could interview her." – Karin Schimke, journalist and poet, on her translation of some remarkable love letters.
African Library: Wife of the Gods by Kwei Quartey
2015-10-28"This fine example of the detective genre is strongly recommended to readers – not only for its clever plot, but also for its richer insights."