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Dan Patlansky: "The song was king throughout the album ..."

Henry Cloete 2014-05-19 "There is nothing wrong with the cliché blues lyrics, as they have a certain charm to them – I do a lot of songs with those kinds of lyrics."

Ons Klyntji - A call for contributions

Toast Coetzer 2014-05-13 Herewith a call for contributions of all creed, colour and cadence (and cadenza) toward a new edition of Ons Klyntji.

William Welfare: "I ended up at a new and bigger bar ..."

Henry Cloete 2014-05-13 "I think MK spoiled a lot of Afrikaans rock and alternative bands and then those bands started believing their own press releases ..."

C Louis Leipoldt’s orientation

Paul Murray 2014-05-12 There has been speculation over the decades about the sexual orientation of the Afrikaans poet C Louis Leipoldt.

Jon Savage: "I'm not ready to reflect on my career yet ..."

Henry Cloete 2014-05-05 "I've really fallen in love with the process of keeping fans involved with projects at all different levels ..."

Interview: Lasers in the Jungle

2014-04-30 "I use the form of the vase to bring together the alluring elements of beauty and blend them together with darker undercurrents of fear and paranoia."

African Library: Tears of the Desert – A Memoir of Survival in Darfur

Annie Gagiano 2014-04-29 Tears of the Desert – A Memoir of Survival in Darfur by Halima Bashir with Damien Lewis is a work of testimony and an important addition to the African archive.

OPENlab 2014

Ricardo Peach, Naomi Meyer 2014-04-28 OPENlab is at the Vryfees in June. Applications close on the 5th of May. But what is OPENlab? Ricardo Peach answers Naomi Meyer's questions.

National Arts Festival rises to the occasion on its 40th anniversary

2014-04-24 The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, which is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year, has announced a landmark main programme.

Napoleon Bones by Jenny Hobbs

Jonathan Amid 2014-04-24 Read a review of this crime thriller.

DF Malan and the Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism by Lindie Koorts

Paul Murray 2014-04-22 Paul Murray teaches history and holds a DPhil in the historical sciences from the University of Pretoria. Read his review of this important book.

Another Day art exhibition

Melanie Cleary, Naomi Meyer 2014-04-18 Melanie Cleary photographs people on the fringes of society. She tells Naomi Meyer about her exhibition Another Day.

Lamb (five haiku)

Abigail George 2014-04-17 Brilliant inner sea –
His cry glides across the moon.
This mother tongue comforts me.

Morning stage

Paul Sorensen 2014-04-17 The coach stopping,
the dust settling,
the dew evaporating
from the cropped verge
at the roadside.

Field guide to the spiders of South Africa by Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman

Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman, Naomi Meyer 2014-04-17 "When I see a spider, I want to kill it. Should I?" Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman answers Naomi Meyer's questions.

Justice: A Personal Account by Edwin Cameron

2014-04-17 S'thembile Cele attended a book launch of Justice: A Personal Account and writes her contribution as part of a collaboration between LitNet and the University of Stellenbosch's Department of Journalism in 2014.

New Fringe Festival for Cape Town

2014-04-16

Exploring the role of nostalgic brand communication in the Afrikaner market

Kaylie Abrahamse 2014-04-09 Think of Afrikaans music, think of Afrikaans arts festivals. Nostalgia sells. How – and why?

Nadia

Christien Terblanche 2014-04-08 Nadia could not tell time yet. It was the stillness of the night that told her that it was already past midnight, to her a magical line between today and tomorrow. She was born at this hour, her mother always said. She was called Nadia because the stillness of the hour brought hope that the morning was approaching.

Cry, South Africa

Aloysius Graham 2014-04-08 "The day I saw him on television
I knew where the leaves of democracy had fallen."