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"She still scratches at me. I wish I could interview her." – Karin Schimke, journalist and poet, on her translation of some remarkable love letters.

"This fine example of the detective genre is strongly recommended to readers – not only for its clever plot, but also for its richer insights."

"I remembered/ Bantu education./ Hector Pieterson./ Youth taking to the streets."

"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."

Come 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.

Calling all expats to the Student Solidarity Protest in London tomorrow. 

"Suzelle, which of your videos are your own personal favourites?"

"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."

"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."

"Desperately/ He distorted his vision/ And read between edges/ His eyes began to bleed."

"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."

"White, like the fishermen’s cottages in her favourite tapestry of the Sardinian Sea."

"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."

"My paternal great-aunt “Tant Koek”, as we knew her, never married. She said she lost her love in the war."

"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."

"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.

"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."

'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.

"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."

"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."