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You are invited to a webinar on 19 August presented by Antjie Krog. The theme of the seminar is "Mhudi (Sol Plaatje) and The cry of Winnie Mandela (Njabulo Ndebele) and possible new ways of reading".

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) joined other academies from the G20 countries to develop and sign two joint statements on pressing global issues to be addressed.

"Noise draws together statistical research to show how skewed judgement can be in fields from criminal justice to medicine, public health to economics, human resources to child protection – and just how rampant the problem is."

"Because everyone had to work from home, men expected to be able to close the door and get online and work without interruptions, while the mothers had to face the expanding care work and interruptions."

Fred Khumalo: "The riskier the choice I make, the more rewarding it is for me as a writer."

"It was superbly put together. I would give Devilsdorp a ten out of ten on the psychometer."

Every decision we make is a decision about the future. We constantly make choices that affect the next week, year or decade, but get blinded by what we want or expect the future to be.

"The promise is a major achievement, fully deserving its place on the Man Booker Prize longlist."

"I write young adult fiction because firstly, I've always been a fan of YA books and secondly, I am a high school teacher so I spend my days with teenagers."

"I have dreamt of this day for over a decade. Despite the numerous obstacles we faced putting this bid together, the planets seem to have aligned and in little over three months time we will know whether our bid to Unesco has been successful."

"This book is a must-read for anyone looking to harness their courage and curiosity to build a rewarding, fulfilling future for themselves."

Enter up to ten poems between 1 August and 30 November 2021. Your poem could be the next winner in your mother tongue!

It is notable that all three winners matriculated in 2020. All revealed their wistful wishes, words of wisdom, and aching worries in tender and touching poems.

Join us as we celebrate the launch of Mother Earth, Mother Africa & missions on 26 July. The editors, Seblewengel Daniel, Mmapula Diana Kebaneilwe and Angeline Savala, will speak to Christina Landman, Beverley Haddad, Musa Wenkosi Dube and Esther Mombo about this important publication.

Twenty educators will participate and enact an innovative fusion of Creative Arts and Life Skills during a two-day think-tank in Cradock at the end of July – a bold moment in local education history. This event will provide a curtain-raiser to the 2021 Karoo Writers Festival, taking place from 28 to 31 July 2021.

In this second episode of David Attwell’s monthly podcast, Full particulars, David hosts Elleke Boehmer and Carrol Clarkson in discussion of the South as a place of literary imagining. Guest appearance by Antjie Krog.  

"What we talk about immediately is looting, groceries and medication. Durban, the city where I live, is in the throes of violence and looting such as never seen before in South African history."

Stellenbosch University and African Sun Media invite you to the online launch of Evoking transformation: Visual redress at Stellenbosch University on 27 July 2021.

"The debris I see outside at the looted Thokoza Park Shell garage and the nearby Supa Store lies on the ground like an unbearable weight on the township. This is not the Soweto that I know."

"Amid the panic for food, though, a strong narrative of the resilience of communities is playing out. We have all seen and heard of communities having to mobilise into security cells to protect their communities. That communities have been forced to do this is nothing short of a disgrace."