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The rise and fall of Mmusi Maimane
2019-01-31"Over recent years, the DA has attracted South Africans of different backgrounds with diverse ideological views. Maimane is under enormous pressure to keep these different interest groups with different backgrounds happy in the party."
The favourite – a reward for the committed cinephile
2019-01-31"The film is visually sumptuous, thanks to incredibly detailed costumes, lavish locations, great camerawork, dimly lit scenes and perfectly precise editing."
First Impressions
2019-01-30"He never did text me. Charlie, I mean. We went on as if the kiss had never happened."
Press Release: Applications are open for the 2019 Gauteng International Arts Festival
2019-01-28The board of the Gaufestival is proud to extend a cordial invitation to parties who are keen to be on board, in whatever capacity, for the 2019 festival taking place 20 September to 6 October.
Press Release: PATCH Fundraiser Live Music Concert at Spier Amphitheatre
2019-01-24Press Release: Five of South Africa's most popular musical acts will be performing at an exclusive concert at the beautiful Spier Wine Estate Amphitheatre on the 2nd of February 2019.
“Time” writing competition: Interview with Rethabile Sindi
2019-01-24"I take Afrikaans as home language. Being the only black student in my class I wanted to highlight what makes me stand out in a crowd."
Press release: Head of ASSITEJ SA wins prestigious international award for contribution to theatre for young people
2019-01-24The national director of ASSITEJ SA, Yvette Hardie, has been awarded a prestigious international award in recognition of her global contribution to the development of theatre for young people.
Zimbabwe: another false dawn
2019-01-24"Zimbabweans have now woken up to the fact that they were once again sold a dummy, and that 18 November 2017, like 18 April 1980 when Zimbabwe attained its independence from Britain, was another false dawn."
Press Release: Real Concerts presents The Mango Groove 30th Anniversary Concert
2019-01-23Mango Groove and Real Concerts are delighted to announce that Mango Groove will be performing a once-off, spectacular 30th Anniversary Concert at the Teatro Theatre at Montecasino on Friday, 8 March 2019.
The art of prayer (in Zimbabwe)
2019-01-22"The day after #ShutDownZimbabwe, the weight of the Big Fear still heavy and tangible on our tongues, and the twisted compass of the Big Confusion whirling bigger and bigger storms in brains and bodies and hearts alike – on this day, at a time that still saw the sun climbing towards his throne at the top of the sky, in the immigration office in Harare, the genial officer at the front desk smiled and laughed with two women waiting for assistance."
The old man & the gun
2019-01-08"The old man & the gun does not demand too much; it does not aim to unsettle or shock. It tells a marvellous tale of a bank robber who simply loved robbing banks, got caught, broke out 17 times and returned to what he loved – robbing banks."
Open letter to President Ramaphosa: support the true arts in this country
2019-01-04"To use arts and culture money to record the favourite struggle songs of Jacob Zuma is a slap in the face of every artist and writer in this country."
Intercontinental entanglements: slavery, Dutch colonialism and post-colonial identifications
2018-12-20"The questions that need to be asked, are: 'whose history is under discussion here?' and who is the 'us' 'who call themselves the Dutch'?"
The African Library: Forbidden Fruit by Stanley Gazemba
2018-12-19"Gazemba beautifully interweaves the rhythms of rural life with the impulses of individuals’ emotions. The lives he evokes are rich in feeling and the narrative voice, however compassionate, describes the poor without condescension or pity."
Blindspotting – for real, for real and damn funny
2018-12-19"The film goes beyond issues of race and looks, without being cynical, at other blind spots such as hanging with the wrong friends, the pressure of culture, aggression, gentrification and the failures of the justice system."
In memoriam: Justin Cartwright
2018-12-18"That was Cartwright's gift. A vein of laconic comedy runs through almost all his work which draws on his preoccupations with movies, advertising, American oddities as well as British pretensions and to which he gave exuberant rein in novels like Look at it This Way ..."
Video: Keynote and public lecture by Achille Mbembe
2018-12-14Internationally acclaimed Achille Mbembe was a keynote speaker at the international conference Recognition, Reparation and Reconciliation: The light and shadow of historical trauma.
Video: Keynote lecture by Homi Bhabha – A memory of neighbours: On history and the afterlife
2018-12-14"Internationally acclaimed Homi K Bhabha was the keynote speaker at the international conference Recognition, Reparation and Reconciliation: The light and shadow of historical trauma."
Poacher by Shuhood Abader and Kimon de Greef: a book review
2018-12-12"The book exposes the inner workings of the poaching industry, laying bare the social structures that support the communities and people who participate."
Kyle Allan appointed editor of New Coin
2018-12-07"Kyle also plans to build a stronger media presence for New Coin; to feature forgotten or under-rated poets from the past; and to publish poetry from other South African languages in English translation."
