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23 October 2015, South Africa
2015-10-27"I remembered/ Bantu education./ Hector Pieterson./ Youth taking to the streets."
Connell Cruise: "I’m still discovering the kind of artist I’d like to be"
2015-10-26"I try not to think about “following up” albums with new albums; the creativity has to flow naturally, and above all it must be real."
Full Moon Picnic at the Taalmonument
2015-10-23Come and take a closer look at the full moon from the Afrikaanse Taalmonument on Paarlberg, at the first Full Moon Picnic of the season on Saturday 24 October 2015.
Solidarity Protest London
2015-10-22Calling all expats to the Student Solidarity Protest in London tomorrow.
"There is it": an interview with Suzelle (DIY)
2015-10-21"Suzelle, which of your videos are your own personal favourites?"
Book review: The Fetch by Finuala Dowling
2015-10-21"There is much to charm and delight — not least some very funny dialogue — in this story about a motley ('mixed') group of South Africans living their 'ordinary' lives and learning to express love for each other in practical ways."
Guidelines for social workers who forensically assess toddlers
2015-10-21"Unfortunately it is a fact that the sexual abuse of children is not abating, and that the younger the child, the higher the risk of sexual abuse. Also, the younger the child, the more challenging it is to do a forensic assessment."
A moth, quivering
2015-10-19"Desperately/ He distorted his vision/ And read between edges/ His eyes began to bleed."
Open Stellenbosch: “Why did God make me black?”
2015-10-16"The Use of Official Languages Act 12 of 2012 [...] in short requires of government departments and other authorities such as public enterprises to develop a language policy that will include at least three official languages. Out of the 139 language policies that the Act requires from government departments and related institutions only about 30 were presented. Let them therefore not preach to universities about language when in their own backyard very little is done."
A silver fish swallowed my mother
2015-10-16"White, like the fishermen’s cottages in her favourite tapestry of the Sardinian Sea."
Darryl David on the Bo(o)kbedonnerd Festival 2015
2015-10-15"I always take flak for mixing Afrikaans and English speakers in sessions. But I truly believe one should promote multilingualism. Otherwise you will get only Afrikaans speakers listening to Afrikaans writers and English speakers for English books."
Who is Tant Koek?
2015-10-15"My paternal great-aunt “Tant Koek”, as we knew her, never married. She said she lost her love in the war."
Review: The Baxter Dance Festival 2015
2015-10-14"Over the past decade the Baxter Dance Festival has grown from an experimental showcase to the Western Cape’s go-to annual event for what’s new and noteworthy from the local dance fraternity."
Ithini na lento yenkululeko?
2015-10-14"Lo titshala wathetha amazwi kuthi singabafundi abamnyama, wathi 'Buyelani apho nivela khona'." ("A teacher once told a group of black children to 'go back to where they belong'.") Precious Bikitsha shares her thoughts with LitNet.
ATKV-Muziq: The astonishing journey of Junnan Sun
2015-10-13"This is why the ATKV’s competition is so important. Every year I would go online to see who had won and I would listen to that person and decide what I would still need to learn to get better, so that I too could win."
Vlam in die sneeu: Spesiale genommerde uitgawe | Flame in the Snow: Special numbered edition
2015-10-13'n Spesiale, beperkte uitgawe van Vlam in die sneeu: Die liefdesbriewe van André P Brink en Ingrid Jonker is beskikbaar vir voorafbestelling tot 30 Oktober. | A special, limited edition of Flame in the Snow: The Love Letters of André Brink and Ingrid Jonker is available for pre-order until the 30th of October.
Winners of 2015 SATI Prizes for Outstanding Translation and Dictionaries announced | Wenners van 2015 SAVI-pryse vir Voortreflike Vertaling en Woordeboeke aangekondig
2015-10-13"As part of its celebrations for International Translation Day, the South African Translators’ Institute on 1 October 2015 awarded its 2015 Prizes for Outstanding Translation and Dictionaries, which recognise excellence in published translations and dictionaries in South Africa’s official languages."
Book review: Papwa - Golf's Lost Legend by Maxine Case
2015-10-07"But ultimately no memorial, no biography, no written account or account of any other nature will be able to reflect the ignominy, hurt and shame that the crippling racial laws inflicted on the emotions of the majority of South Africans restricted from participating in the broadest possible opportunities – such as to play golf when they wanted to, loved it and were good at it. Case has at least achieved giving one a glimpse of the reality of their triumph and their loss. The story of Papwa is a glowing example."
Interview: Rooms your kids will love by Sam Scarborough
2015-10-07"The ideas in this book are easy to make and do not require DIY handyman experience. There are step-by-step instructions with each project and idea."
Changes to the Copyright Act: what all South African artists and authors should know
2015-10-06Whose line is it anyway? Sophia Sanan, research manager of the African Arts Institute, answers Naomi Meyer's questions about the proposed Copyright Amendment Bill of 2015.