Litnet

Canticum Novum presents the South African premiere of Jubilate Deo by Dan Forrest.

The 10th Stellenbosch International Piano Symposium will bring top international artists to South Africa in 2026, with an exciting lineup of five evening concerts between 25 and 29 March.

Amazwi is hosting its annual Literature, Heritage, Ecology Conference on 25 and 26 March 2026.

Alta Vos, editor of LitNet Akademies (Opvoedkunde), was a guest speaker at the My Language Matters event on 27 February 2026 at CPUT: "LitNet has pioneered a multimodal and hyperlink context, where articles are enriched with links to related debates, multimedia and responses. This digital format allows Afrikaans scholarship to be interactive, layered and globally accessible, ensuring that Afrikaans researchers are part of a living, evolving conversation, rather than being isolated voices."

The run-away success of Simon’s Town’s three previous literary festivals has inspired a knock-out line-up for 2026. The town is set to host some of the most celebrated writers on Friday 13 March to Sunday 15 March 2026.

"This reflection emerged from a public conversation following the death of South African performer and writer Ian von Memerty, whose online series on 'self-deliverance' sparked wide debate about autonomy, ageing and dignity, questions that increasingly confront societies everywhere."

"To get into this role as a dancer, I really have to take my head and body into the world of Dracula and make myself believe in him. This is why the rehearsal process is so crucial, as it takes a couple of weeks to find that depth. I merge with the character slowly but surely, and at times I catch myself feeling a slight emotional imbalance, because I’m diving so deep and adding layers to the character, as we build up to opening night on 13 March."

In the midst of the greatest conflict in history, facing the wild beauty of "the abyss of unmeaning", Danny discovers the power of love, between friends, family and even foes.

"My advice to other writers is simple: Write what is truly on your heart, without overthinking how it will be received. When you write from an honest place, you’re rarely wrong."

"I found the emotional tension engrossing and the ending very satisfying."

"There are seasons in which grief is not a mere abstraction, but a habitation. In such seasons, one reads and watches everything differently – as I recently reread Maggie O’Farrell’s book Hamnet and watched the movie of the same title, with different eyes. It became a revelation of what happens when private loss hardens into art."

The beautifully illustrated Sappi tree spotting books are the perfect guide for both beginners and experts making finding trees easy, enjoyable and rewarding.

The Iphulo drama festival productions start on 23 February and will run until 27 February, offering three days of wonderful theatrical performances.

"But to acknowledge complexity is not to erase hierarchy. Staphorst suggests that my argument assumes identity is fixed. It does not. Identity is layered, contested and always in motion."

"We don’t know what violence, what conquest, what inter-'indigenous' strife lies behind the compound name !kam-dhabu. To assume it speaks of a glorious past and the reclamation of an 'indigenous identity' is not only unfounded, but offensively naïve."

Cliffordene Norton spoke to three romance authors and asked them whether they think people in South Africa feel emotionally and socially safe enough to fall in love. The answers were layered. "History shows that people fall in love regardless of circumstances ... During wars, plagues, political unrest. Falling in love is not always a rational act; it happens."

"The most persistent critique of romance is that it is formulaic: read one, read them all. And yet, it is one of the most resilient genres globally. It outsells most others. It sustains fiercely loyal readers. It adapts."

"Holiday has collected and collated significant, sometimes surprising, and always powerful glimmers of wisdom, reminding his readers that it is our duty to view ourselves as indefatigable readers and archivists of personal wisdom."

The signs is a dynamic, Broadway-style musical written and directed by Midlands creative Audrey Mbuyazi. This original production offers a fresh and unexpected retelling of a well-known story – from a provocative new perspective.

"Yes, as a people of South Africa, we still need to have very open, frank conversations instead of hiding behind broad terms like 'rainbow nation', 'nation building' and 'social cohesion', etc."