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"If earlier films sought to explain Winnie, this one insists that explanation will always be inadequate when confronting a character of such magnitude, or a period of such intensity. As a work of rigorous, morally serious documentary filmmaking, it demands moral engagement rather than passive consumption. For anyone interested in South African history, political memory and the ethics of liberation, it is essential viewing."

Amongst the familiar themes that are reappraised, are Smuts’s successes and failures in policies and leadership, domestically and internationally.

"That’s what makes this story unforgettable: It doesn’t ask you to witness history. It asks you to feel what history leaves behind."

"The book leaves residue – unease that outlives the page, compelling readers to dwell in its frictions."

The Suidoosterfees 2026 expands beyond the stage with a rich programme of cultural offerings at Iziko Museums, creating the opportunity for festivalgoers to explore art, history, science and storytelling between performances. From 29 April to 3 May, six Iziko venues across Cape Town open their doors with a diverse array of activities that deepen the festival’s theme Home by inviting audiences to discover where heritage, creativity and belonging intersect.

"This rhythmic style of writing keeps children engaged, and it is a wonderful way to remember the words on the page and retain information, especially the animal facts. Children love to guess the next word when reading in rhyme, and it makes for entertaining and expressive reading aloud."

"This is not a novel that wants you to feel comfortable, and its structure won’t let you, either."

"A culinary icon synonymous with Cape flavour, Dudley has infused the experience with a playful, 'naughty-but-nice' energy inspired by the region’s Cape Malay roots."

"In this callous, dismaying age, it is yet another symptom of our collective amnesia: about our painful journey to becoming a democracy, laced with violence; about the failure of most Afrikaner intellectuals to challenge the apartheid order; and about the pioneering role played by those who did."

"The bittereinder dying of typhoid in a Bloemfontein camp and the black child buried without a name in a Free State field are not statistics in a structural argument; they are the argument. A curriculum that cannot make a schoolchild feel the weight of those deaths in their own chest has failed at its most essential task."

"In these digital, transcontinental and often invisible spaces, I’m learning what it means to engage fully – not just as a publicist, but as a professional, a writer, a reader and a South African working at an American press – in a globally connected, book-loving world."

All South African writers who have not had a full-length book published are invited to submit short stories for an anthology to be published in South Africa and the UK by Holland House Books. 

"In observing entropy, there is sufficient chance for acceptance, for continuation, and that is enough."

"That is what Haram does. It does not give you permission. Permission is the wrong word – too small, too transactional. What it gives you is recognition."

"If our universe is a simulation, its creators must know more than the simulated agents, particularly about the origin and structure of the system."

You are invited to the inaugural WP & Olive Schreiner Memorial Lecture on 14 April 2026 at the University of Cape Town.

"Comfort in consistency,
Regular, measured,
Unchanged"

"This essay concerns itself with a recurring structure in Western historical consciousness: the production of fear as a precondition for domination. Fear, in this tradition, is rarely spontaneous. It is cultivated, narrativised and subsequently moralised until it acquires the character of providence."

"All of our vendors are residents of Jamestown, and we are incredibly proud of our talent within the community – from Shirley September’s well-known tripe and trotters (pens en poot) curry, to Julian Meyer’s very delicious cakes and Lorraine Cupido’s gevlegde koesisters (braided doughnuts)."

Set on a remote hiking trail, Meeting Murphy follows a middle-aged man who comes face to face with his teenage bully. What unfolds is a gripping, darkly funny confrontation that interrogates masculinity, memory, and the lasting scars of schoolyard cruelty, while challenging easy narratives of victim and perpetrator, revenge and reconciliation and nature versus nurture.