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Anti-fracking: "It will affect us all ..."
2012-08-03 "One of our key challenges is to ensure that this campaign is not seen as one where white people alone say no to fracking."
Jan Braai se Vuurwerke word bekendgestel
2012-08-01 Die man wat Nasionale Braaidag begin het stel sy boek oor braai, vuurmaak en die kuns van oor kole kook hierdie maand in Kaapstad bekend.
Get (paper)slammed at Oppikoppi
2012-08-01 Oppikoppi isn't just about dusty pleasure seeking pagans dancing in thorn infested veld. Gerdus Senekal chats to Elisma Uys, director of PostBox, about this year's Paperslam art exhibition to be held at the festival.
Photos: Breyten Breytenbach Festival 2012
2012-07-31 The Breyten Breytenbach Festival took place from 13 to 15 July 2012 in Montagu. Darryl Davids, organiser of the festival, showed LitNet his photos.
Anti-fracking rally in Nieu-Bethesda
2012-07-26 Nieu-Bethesda's anti-fracking rally and workshop takes place from 27 to 28 July. One of the organisers, Michael Wentworth, answers some questions about the event.
William Gumede se Restless Nation: Making Sense of Troubled Times
2012-07-26 ’n Ontleding van hedendaagse Suid-Afrikaanse politieke kwessies deur William Gumede.
Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival celebrates the theatre greats
2012-07-26 The 15th Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival in Potchefstroom pays tribute to theatre greats, while exciting young talent will also be showcased.
Wide variety of music at Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival
2012-07-26 The Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival’s programme offers a wide variety of music – from huge concerts to intimate classical performances.
Art, food and something for the kids at the Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival
2012-07-26 At the 2012 Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival the visual arts programme focuses on photography as a medium.
The meaning of Mangaung 2012
2012-07-26 "A cheetah’s beauty and characteristics represent a combination of colour schemes that support its ability to blend with its environment, and the ANC should emulate the cheetah as it congregates at the place of cheetahs, Mangaung."
Schreiner Karoo Writers Festival
2012-07-20 "Now in its third successful year, the Schreiner Karoo Writers Festival will run from 9 to11 August 2012 in Cradock. There will be a special emphasis on women to coincide with National Women’s Day on Thursday, 9 August. Headline authors launching books will include the likes of Etienne van Heerden, Stephen Gray, Clinton V du Plessis and Aubrey Jones."
Japie Basson, a true, professional politician
2012-07-20 "Basson began his colourful political career as a law student at the University of Stellenbosch at age 18 in 1936, and since then his infatuation with politics has never ceased."
Zoë Wicomb and the Translocal: Scotland and South Africa
2012-07-20 The conference will ask how the different sites of Wicomb’s life and work illustrate and challenge notions of the ‘translocal’ in her fiction and criticism, and in new and emerging scholarship about her writing.
Jonathan Jansen discusses his new book, Letters to My Children
2012-07-17 Professor Jonathan Jansen, Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Free State, has written a new book, Letters to my children, which was recently published. The book contains thoughts posted by Jansen on Twitter as "letters" to his children and/or students. Henry Cloete asked him a few questions about his book.
Moonprint Productions and Resolution Health team up to promote recycling
2012-07-13 Resolution Health Medical Scheme and Moonprint Productions NPC launched a partnership last month. This move will see the facilitation and promotion of recycling awareness at music and artistic events across the country, as well as at schools. Moonprint’s Ronel Nel shares all the exciting details with Steyn du Toit.
Letters with feeling: The Post Office supports The National Schools Festival
2012-07-11 The Post Office was invited to St Andrew’s Preparatory School to speak to 220 children about letter-writing and the meaning of stamps, as part of their commitment towards the Schools Festival in Grahamstown.