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"Tickets are R50. Children under 12 enter for free when accompanied by an adult. And if you are in another province, remember you can join our talks via Zoom."

For centuries, writers and readers of poetry have turned to their favourite poems for comfort and consolation. A strong poem at the right time is medicine for the heart. It reminds us that we are not alone, that our words can reach and inspire others.

With 38 confirmed groups performing the Bard’s works over 17 days, this year’s fest – themed Unplugged and illuminated in 2023! – will once again light up the stage as the SSFSA showcases burgeoning young South African talent.

"Seventy years ago, as a boy of six, I attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. And now, decades later, Charles is about to be crowned king, and his mother’s empire is long gone. There is an irony in this, and I wouldn’t be in his shoes for all the tea in China."

The SA Festival of Children’s Literature takes place online from 5 tot 7 May 2023. Follow the link to register and to download the programme.

"Many of us have turned to art for understanding and solace during this time. Art can provide both, on its creative and receiving ends. And perhaps no other art form can capture this wonder as succinctly as poetry."

Ons is op soek na uitstaande ontluikende illustreerders. | We are looking for outstanding up-and-coming illustrators.

In this book Fatima takes us on a nostalgic journey through her memories of the many important feasts celebrated in her Cape Malay culture.

"Mzamo deftly and movingly sketches the precarious conditions of life; we see in the emotional torsions of this novel’s characters how life plays out for those who extract wealth but don’t benefit from it."

The 2023 Franschhoek Literary Festival will offer Afrikaans literature as part of a rich and engaging three-day programme. Afrikaans makes its appearance for the first time at the festival through a mix of sessions in Afrikaans and Afrikaans authors and books.

"The Ukraine-Russia war drags on, slowly but surely getting more dangerous as Western weapons pour in and the Russian army suffers absurd losses but keeps grinding into battle anyway."

"Even as an entry-level associate, I enjoyed what I did. I was experiencing what it meant to love what you do."

"If anything, the book carries the pain it narrates with graceful eloquence, even though, by necessity of our state’s disrepair, its tone is often tinged with melancholy."

"Trust relationships, that is what it is about. In life. In business. This is how you make a business grow. Not that people will always like you. But they should trust you. Your employers, as well as your customers. They should trust you and your brand."

"The ANC is losing ground to the EFF in that vital community, black youth. Young people worldwide are not interested in attending monthly meetings at which elderly people give rambling talks on the proud history of their movement – young people want action, protests, burning tyres, walking on and over the lines of legality. This the EFF offers, while the ANC Youth League is moribund, conceding this cohort of voters to the EFF."

"Because Stof is a once-off. Dit sal nie weer opgevoer word nie."

"An intriguing and at times mesmerizing account and one that bears re-reading."

This Easter, on Saturday, 8 April 2023 at 16:00, Cape Town Opera brings Rossini’s Stabat Mater to the beautiful Toringkerk in Paarl.

Twenty-eight outstanding stories have been shortlisted by an international judging panel for the world’s most global literature prize. The stories range from fables to family dramas, tackling a range of themes and topics from violence and war to environmental damage, from love and loss to unexpected friendships.

The Department of Languages and Communication in the School of Humanities invites abstracts for the Sol Plaatje University International Language Conference scheduled from 6 to 8 September 2023 in Kimberley, South Africa.