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The fair
2013-07-31"South Africa’s favourite fairground attraction
Is ninety-five years old
Today."
Test match (Some sessions)
2013-07-31"Leave the referral
Bowler’s got him plumb within a plum
Watchman to the stumps"
Schreiner Karoo Writers’ Festival: Lisa Ker-Antrobus interview
2013-07-29 The Karoo Writers' Festival will take place in Cradock from 9 to 11 August 2013. Lisa Ker-Antrobus, organiser of the festival, tells Naomi Meyer what visitors to the festival can look forward to.
St James Church shooting: Twenty years on
2013-07-25 On 25 July 1993 a shooting was carried out at the St James Church in Cape Town. Twenty years on, Naomi Meyer speaks to the rector, Mervyn Eloff.
Interpreting Nuremberg
2013-07-24 "In my life I craved the words Richard saidto Jewish parents English meant safety
In his time he had Höss plead to the dead"
Book launch: Pilgrim
2013-07-16"Pieter Cilliers’s autobiography, first published in South Africa in 1997, is the story of a gay pastor’s struggle to come to terms with his homosexuality. Izak de Vries took photos at the Central Methodist Church book launch in Cape Town."
Flat Water Tuesday: What sport does not prepare you for
2013-07-15 "'Make peace with the past.' For the protagonist of Ron Irwin's Flat Water Tuesday, Rob Carrey, this past is outwardly that of his experience of challenge and triumph as a member of the celebrated four-man rowing team of The Fenton School in Connecticut, the God Four."
3 Poems
2013-07-15"It’s because emotion forbids music that silence holds grace
with no background din to ease or disturb the radar of bats"
Contrary – Critical Responses to the Novels of André Brink
2013-07-10 "Inderdaad 'n belangrike werk vir die Afrikaanse literêre argief en vir die lesers van Brink se werk."
Kaaps: negotiating language and identity
2013-07-10“Kaaps is a language, a language in the sense that it reflects the whole life of the people that speaks it".
Sibongile Khumalo to lead performers in the oratorio Credo
2013-07-10 Credo is a ground-breaking new multimedia oratorio to be performed at UNISA’s ZK Matthews Great Hall in Pretoria on 18, 19 and 21 July 2013, in celebration of the university’s 140th anniversary.
Running on empty hits the bullseye
2013-07-03 Fred Abrahamse and Nicola Hanekom have created a very honest, scarily-close-to-home production for the contemporary 21st-century woman.
The Unexpected Man: A very satisfying play
2013-07-03 The Unexpected Man is an intimate play by Tony award-winning playwright Yazmina Reza.
My name is Rachel Corrie: A brave play which evokes conversation
2013-07-03 Kate Liquorish is phenomenal in her role as Rachel Corrie and takes the audience on a journey right from the start.
2 X Beckett: A huge disappointment
2013-07-03 Beckett certainly does not require much action on stage, but complete vocal agility is non-negotiable.
SACM Winter Classics: A promising revival for a new generation
2013-07-02 "The aim of this series of four performances, performed every Tuesday from 18 June until 9 July 2013, is to create a lighter atmosphere that is indeed more accessible for a younger audience."
Book launch: Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human
2013-07-02 Umuzi and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human
Cool stuff: July 2013
2013-07-01 Reney Warrington's eagle eye spots some awesome new movies, TV series, art and literature well worth checking out this July.
Vuleka-kunskompetisie/art competition 2013
2013-07-01 There is R20 000 and other merit prizes up for grabs in this year's Vuleka art competition.