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Will other metros follow the Mother City's example? Freek Robinson interviews Geordin Hill-Lewis, the mayor of Cape Town.

"The legendary Boer War hero, Koos de la Rey, was a kind of Volodymyr Zelensky of his day – a 'bittereinder' tactical genius (he introduced trench warfare to South Africa) who refused to surrender to Lord Roberts after the capture of Pretoria, and tormented the British imperial army to the 'bitter end'."

"My thirty-minute bar mitzvah raises awkward questions around the genre of political memoir in South Africa, which has tended to celebrate 'the insistent, long-distance, sweet-as-blood siren-call of the Struggle'."

"Politics is a dynamic field, and one can only hope that one way we as South Africans can have a future of some sort, lies in the energies of the next generation of leaders who bear with them the qualities of integrity."

Ring in 2023 at The Baxter and join the New Year’s Eve party, which will be different from previous years.

If your goal for 2023 is to prepare your own collection for publication, we trust that these suggestions will help you plan and enjoy the work ahead.

This year marked milestone after milestone for us. I’m grateful to all the authors who have trusted us to publish their manuscripts. To the agents and authors who have sent us manuscripts for consideration, and publishers who have sent us books to consider rights deals.

"This is the traditional end of the seasonal (and astrological) cycle when we take stock of what lies ahead. New Year’s resolutions are wheeled out, and everyone has a crystal ball."

"The inaugural Gauteng International Book Festival, held in Soweto on the 11th of December 2022, surpassed all expectations. It became a resounding success with its director, Lorraine Sithole, calling it 'a positive beginning'."

Wil jy deelneem en jou opinie gee? ChatGPT van OpenAI en die vermoëns van kunsmatige intelligensie het almal aan die gons. Kan ’n KI-romanskrywer die Hertzogprys ontvang? Waar gaan uitgewers hulself posisioneer? En skryf studente binnekort opstelle met KI-sagteware? Hoe gaan studieleiers weet of ’n verhandeling volledig of gedeeltelik deur ’n student geskryf is? Watter invloed gaan dit op geakkrediteerde akademiese tydskrifte hê? Hoe gaan die media daarmee omgaan? Wat wag op ons? Laat van jou hoor!

Amazwi South African Museum of Literature invites you to a conference exploring all aspects of children’s literature, from picture books to young adult fiction. The 2023 conference will be a hybrid event with both online and in-person components. Virtual access will be through the Zoom platform. Abstracts of up to 300 words should be submitted to Crystal Warren by 13 January 2023. 

"The scenario of this book was in my subconscious. The challenge was writing a story of love, hope and resilience within it."

The dao of Daniel by Lodewyk G du Plessis, translated by Michiel Heyns, was launched on Thursday, 8 December at Exclusive Books at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. The author was in conversation with Tan Twan Eng.

"By planting these and other drought-resistant indigenous plants in your garden, you can help to conserve water and create a beautiful, sustainable landscape. It is important to do your research and choose plants that are well-suited to the conditions in your area."

"To bake a chocolate cake without sugar, you can use a sugar substitute such as stevia or xylitol in place of sugar. You can also use natural sweeteners such as honey or maple syrup to sweeten the cake."

"Kora was a curious little fox who had always dreamed of exploring the vastness of space. She spent her days reading books about the stars and planets, and imagining what it would be like to visit them."

"So here’s to sitting in traffic on this morning drive,
May it be a reminder to slow down and enjoy the ride."

"Sparkling shards of broken glass
Beauty in the shards"

"From Fanon to Robert Sobukwe and Biko, these are prototypes of what Richard Wright called his 'split position' and 'double vision', which a Western-educated black man born in the Anglo-American-oppressive zeitgeist has to deal with."

"While never sugar-coating the 'pynlike en onmenslike' practice of enslavement, Eunice Visser’s massively researched epic is a humane and haunting testimony to the unique contribution of the Cape slave experience to South Africa’s national life – the old pulse of a 'multikulturele sosiale milieu'."