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"They run for their lives as dusk turns into night. Bullets fly as he gets closer. They stop breathing because it’s making too much noise. Still, Rudie comes closer. And closer."

"She plays a sound
Drawn from a deep-water source
She holds power"

"Shakespeare always moved with the times; he would certainly have added that music is the food of politics, not only love, judging from contemporary events."

"I believe it may well turn out to be my most important book festival."

To 100 & beyond  provides sound, tried-and-tested advice on how to approach living a longer, financially secure life, including how to invest wisely, generate alternative income streams, handle your tax affairs and plan your estate.

On Wednesday, 11 May 2022, the official launch of The Pam Golding Theatre at The Baxter saw the main theatre named after Pam Golding Properties’ late founder and life president, Pam Golding, as part of the company’s five-year sponsorship of Cape Town’s iconic and much-loved theatre.

"A love language,
Unhaltered, fragile, fluttering,
Mapped by constellations of emotions,"

This May, celebrate both International Museum Day and Africa Day with free entry, coffee and more, and start your own art collection by purchasing one of our limited-edition prints.

"War is a nightmare, a nightmare we never wake up from.
A brutal shift in reality, a broken trust."

Fugard’s timeless classic tackles themes of brotherhood and hope. It first premiered in 1961 and it is as relevant today (if not more so), 61 years later.

"But it is to be commended for the scrupulous directness with which it recounts the idiosyncrasies of multigenerational living, and for what it reveals about the making of one contemporary South African memory and about how we create the stories we tell about ourselves."

You will explore different aspects of being human: thinking and knowing, being a self, being sick and being healthy, our relationship to art and language, the good life, and why any of this matters.

Write and illustrate a picture book, guided by award-winning South African illustrator Piet Grobler. Be inspired by the setting and the inhabitants of the lovely Greek island of Lesbos to create that story that you have been hoping to tell for a long time!

You are invited to the online book launch of Creating conditions for student success on 12 May 2022. 

Beyond fear: Reflections of a freedom fighter, Ebrahim Ebrahim’s memoir, is now available in book shops all over South Africa.

"While there are a number of books on the history of the South African Navy, this book brings them into perspective and gives an overall picture of the Navy and its development over the 100 years of its existence."

"On the same day Moscow’s chief propagandist warned that Russia had the capacity to ignite a 'Poseidon' underwater nuke capable of submerging Britain with a giant radioactive tsunami, I listened to Freek Robinson on LitNet interviewing Theo Venter on the likelihood of President Putin actually using an atomic bomb."

To celebrate the 80th birthday of renowned and versatile Pretoria artist Isa Steynberg, the Association of Arts Pretoria will be exhibiting several works of art in different media. | Ter viering van die vermaarde Pretoria-kunstenaar Isa Steynberg se tagtigste verjaarsdag, word etlike kunswerke in verskillende media wat sy deur haar lewe gemaak het, by die Pretoriase Kunsvereniging uitgestal.

"I think the pandemic has reiterated the relevance of art as an integral part of our lives. It is my personal opinion that art making is a behavioural trait specific to our species which ensures our sustained survival and affluent existence on this planet. If we did not keep on creating theatre, what would be the alternative?"

NIROX has invited universities across the country to each appoint a curator to develop their own take on Good Neighbours, as well as private and public institutions in neighbouring states to submit contributions.