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The Gauteng Organisation of Community Art Centres’ focus for 2012
2012-02-09 The Gauteng Organisation of Community Art Centre's motto for 2012 is – there's no business like show business.
Seen around: Derek Attridge, Isobel Dixon, David Attwell, Margie Orford and Michael Green
2012-02-09 Derek Attridge, Isobel Dixon, David Attwell, Margie Orford and Michael Green at the launch of The Cambridge History of SA Literature.
The Art of Fielding scores a home run
2012-02-08 Some books just can’t win. If a book isn’t praised to the rafters, nobody knows about it. If it is announced in big headlines as thenext Great American Novel, it cannot ever live up to such a reputation.
The Sea of Wise Insects a macabre tale of a tormented soul
2012-02-08 Alice Wolfe, misunderstood protagonist and victim of unfortunate events, is involved in a car accident that will forever change her life.
The Cape Town City Ballet visits the Maynardville Theatre
2012-02-08 Steyn du Toit chats to Megan du Plessis from Cape Town City Ballet about their current Maynardville season
Let's see how long this stays up
2012-02-08I saw a post on Facebook in which the poster asked what a political party's position was on legalising the drug trade in South Africa. The poster was of the opinion that legalising the trade would make things better and more controllable.
Open letter to Police Commissioner Mkhwanazi, Minister Nathi Mthethwa and Minister Jeff Radebe
2012-02-06There are now seven. Remember these names – because they will be coming back to haunt us. And you.
You, religion and the law – Coenie Kukkuk takes a closer look
2012-02-06Gay people all over the world have often been subjected to the wrath of over-zealous and mostly fundamentalist religious groups. It is repeatedly said that homosexuality is “wrong” or even “unlawful” because the Bible or the Qu’ran or Torah “says so”.
A Modern African Fairy Tale
2012-02-02There once was a king in a faraway land who had six wives and twenty-seven legitimate children.
The Big Stick: Where Laughter meets Fear in Tentative Motion
2012-02-02 The Big Stick is South African-born Richard de Nooy’s follow-up to the acclaimed Six Fang Marks and a Tetanus Shot, the second part of what the author terms a “loose trilogy”.
Kat and the Kings comes home to District 6
2012-02-01 Olivier Award-Winning Kat and The Kings set for the Fugard Theatre.
Weense Wals-konsert met Johann Strauss Ensemble Wien
2012-02-01 Enjoy a unique opportunity to experience one of the finest Viennese ensembles.
BlackSheep TV #14: Virgin Active
2012-02-01 Malema's in trouble for not paying his ANC membership ...
Not like myself
2012-01-30 I’m not myself today.From the bathroom sink
I lift up a face with its glassy eyes
and pallid flesh, shake off the water,
look again.
No, that’s not me. Definitely.
Call for Applications: International Writers Project at Brown University
2012-01-27 The Brown Department of Literary Arts and Thomas J. Watson Institute for International Studies are seeking applications and nominations for the 2012 - 2013 International Writers Project Fellowship.
Gallows Hill not a match for Daddy's Girl
2012-01-26 Gallows Hill is the fourth novel in the Clare Hart series, which has made Margie Orford one of this country’s most successful crime novelists.