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"It relies on recognisable structures of interpretation: the compromised genius, the corrupt system, the haunted past, the faithful wife who outlasts everything. These are presented with intelligence and elegance, but also with a certain complacency, as if their truth were self-evident tropes that need no further interrogation."

"While several fine stories here tie up their loose ends in very few words, the best of them almost invariably unsettle the reader’s expectations in one of two ways."

Starring Cape Town-based actor Anzio September, a UCT Theatre and Performance graduate, the play sees him seamlessly embody five distinct characters in a performance that is as emotionally raw as it is captivating.

"I loved how seamlessly the story blends humour, adventure and creativity. While the stakes are higher and the danger more pronounced, the narrative maintains its light, quirky tone throughout."

What is Breyten Breytenbach’s poetic legacy? His daughter Daphnée Breytenbach and his French translator Georges Lory join Catherine du Toit, head of the French department at Stellenbosch University, for a conversation on Breytenbach’s lasting influence on French and South African literature at the Franschhoek Literary Festival.

"Politics and international relations cannot function as a marketplace alone."

For anyone who loves reading, writing and the Karoo, please join us at the Schreiner Karoo Writers Festival from Thursday evening 18 June until Saturday night 20 June.

A study of anti-Blackness and white supremacy across four continents demonstrates that colorblindness is neither new nor a subtype of racist ideology, but a constitutive technology of racism.

"We meet Maryam in 1994 at the movies, watching Grumpy old men with her best friend Tauhier after being ditched by their friends. It is such an ordinary moment, and yet it becomes the foundation for everything that follows. There is already a tenderness between them – a sense of possibility – but restraint. They make a choice: Their friendship matters more than the risk of romance."

Julien says her story grew out of her fascination with the people who come to work in our homes: domestic workers, nannies, carers, gardeners.

"Boel gives 'clear steps for raising capital, analysing and securing high-yield deals, structuring investments for maximum tax benefits, and manage property profitably'. He has even coached mentees who have come from townships and started out with absolutely nothing."

"The image is almost too apt, which may be why Jill Lepore, never innocent of the well-placed metaphor, places it at the conceptual centre of We the People, her Pulitzer Prize-winning history of 2026."

"daring the shimmery beams to a race 
as he finds solace in this barren place. "

"What truly stood out, though, is just how inclusive this story is. It celebrates diversity in such a natural and beautiful way. It opens the door for important conversations, and teaches children from an early age that we all experience the world differently, and that’s okay."

"What you are left with, finally, is an accumulation of atmosphere: lives conducted partly in the open and partly in concealment; stories moving across continents and decades; a writer who converts experience into fiction; and a woman who must inhabit the afterlife of that transformation."

Poets or their publishers are invited to submit entries for the Ingrid Jonker Prize for English poetry in 2026.

"Haram is not just about the tension of authenticity, but, moreover, about the limits of sin and redemption. Charles writes about the way in which shame silences and stifles the other."

"Yet, large metros such as Johannesburg, eThekwini and Gqeberha continue to face severe wastewater management challenges, including failing treatment works and pollution. In Emfuleni in Gauteng, longstanding dysfunction in wastewater systems has caused chronic pollution of the Vaal River system and in urban areas, despite several national interventions. These are not isolated cases, but are symptomatic of the wider municipal system. Some municipalities – often supported by stronger technical capacity or regional water boards – perform relatively better, but these remain too few."

Saturday’s workshop is aimed at getting the public to write in their mother tongue. The outcome will determine whether another anthology can be published, as was done in 2025.

"For almost a year, my daughter has been counting down the days to the Michael Jackson biopic. Unlike most people, I am not ashamed to admit that she inherited her love for Michael Jackson from her parents."