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Elsa Joubert memorial service: JM Coetzee’s contribution
2020-09-04"With her wide experience of the world, her firm but generous moral sense, and her sharp, inquiring mind, Elsa Joubert represented the very best of the Afrikaans intellectual tradition. I am honoured to have been her friend."
Mma Africa
2020-09-03"Jy hoort by ’n wêreldkongres –
hervormer, strateeg, raadgewer, planmaker, volharder."
Press release: Madibaland World Literary Festival, 20–30 November 2020
2020-09-03"It’s going to be the festival of the year, beams Darryl David! 'It might very well be the only festival of the year, but boy will it make up for the many that we missed!'"
Press release: The Baxter renews its call to contribute just R30 per month to ensure its sustainability
2020-08-31While South Africa may be at level 2 in lockdown, it continues to be restrictive to operate optimally at the moment. Therefore, The Baxter strengthens its call to the public to become Baxter Coffee Angels.
You are never to kill a snake
2020-08-27"Retreat, slowly, without turning around,
over the field, past the dam, past the baby cow crying in its pen"
Reader impression: Prisoner 913 by Riaan de Villiers and Jan-Ad Stemmet
2020-08-27"Loose talk, especially pillow talk, can be dangerous. In the arms of a lover, Nelson Mandela’s wife, Winnie, whispers that Nelson will be visiting Durban."
"Acting is my favourite thing" – an interview with Kamvalethu Jonas
2020-08-27"What made me interested is the fact that I get to show the world what I can do, and I can use my energy on set – I am very energetic."
African Library: Behold the dreamers by Imbolo Mbue
2020-08-26"Permeated as it is by compassionate irony, this is a deeply satisfying novel, a narrative that feeds the soul and expands the understanding."
Press release: CPO Wind Quintet with pianist Pieter Grobler
2020-08-26Concerts Connect is proud to present the CPO Wind Quintet with pianist Pieter Grobler on 30 August 2020 from the spectacular Moondance Villa in Cape Town. The stream will start at 15:30 with an introduction to the venue, the artists and partner organisations. The concert will start at 16:00.
Reader impression: The accidental mayor: Herman Mashaba and the battle for Johannesburg by Michael Beaumont
2020-08-25"He is not a career politician. Mashaba’s decision to accept the call to leadership within the DA resulted from his desire to serve the people of Johannesburg."
Press release: The virtual launch of Heart of a strong woman by Xoliswa Nduneni-Ngema
2020-08-18You are invited to the launch of Heart of a strong woman by Xoliswa Nduneni-Ngema on 24 August 2020. She will be in conversation with Fred Khumalo.
Press release: Captivating new short dance film celebrates work of William Kentridge
2020-08-17In a world first, a captivating new short dance film created by Cape Town City Ballet and Norval Foundation honours the work of internationally acclaimed artist William Kentridge. In an imaginative marrying of ballet and sculpture, the online film is inspired by and set against a stage of Kentridge’s Why should I hesitate: sculpture exhibition.
LitNet and the Jakes Gerwel Foundation’s Kommadagga writing workshop
2020-08-14LitNet and the Jakes Gerwel Foundation will present a mentorship programme for promising young English and Afrikaans writers in Somerset East from 12 October to 1 November 2020. The programme is intended specifically for short-prose writers – applications are now open.
Bible story
2020-08-14"Now, my Prince, I can hear your chariots
thundering towards the once sublime city
you left behind, and I tremble, my Prince"
LAW FOR ALL’s Top 10: "When justice meant the world had to stop, so Ayanda could dream" by Sumayya Mohamed
2020-08-14"And the people came together to lift South Africa up again. To love her again, appreciate her beauty and appreciate that they themselves were enough."
On the frontline: Interview with Reverend June Dolley Major
2020-08-06"Society covers up for husbands, fathers, grandfathers, neighbours who rape. We watch movies and there is so much sex and violence and the hero in the movie is mostly seen to have many sexual conquests. So sadly, rape is normalised."
LAW FOR ALL’s Top 10: "Brave" by Monnica Rampine
2020-08-06"I hope you forgive me, Ma. I thought this was the only way to make the pain go away."