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"It is a moving portrait of artists losing their sight, the one thing they depend on most."

You are invited to the launch of Being Shelley by Qarnita Loxton on the 25th of November. 

"Most of my books deal with issues that affect women, and it’s hard to rank these in terms of importance."

You are invited to the launch of Will South Africa be okay? on Thursday 21 November 2019 at The Book Lounge in Cape Town, where the author, Jan-Jan Joubert, will be in conversation with Mbuyiseni Ndlozi.

"Melissa slaag ongetwyfeld daarin om die leser vasgenael te hou, van begin tot einde."

You are invited to the launch of For the love of the land by Ivor Price and Kobus Louwrens.

“She walks with her head
Higher than yours.
She carries no shame.”

“Harry’s burgeoning social life left Sue lonely and angry. In an effort to pick up the pieces, she had a makeover and tried to reconnect with him. She popped into his office to collect him for dinner after work, but found the office deserted.”

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) has today revealed the details of an exciting new exhibition, presenting works from its collection in a new and reimagined format.

“They can’t hurt our words,
Sylvia. Let us dance, then, in the arms
of our lovers, and our friends”

"An emphasis on the transfer of generic skills is rapidly becoming a core foundation of education policy, curriculum and pedagogy. The emerging 4IR knower is touted as a future-proof knower."

“Mr Hicks cursed and stormed out into the reception room and said, sir, what is the problem, sir? He summed the stranger up and said, I know your sort. I have been taken in by your sort before, and then he ordered Fiona to call Sergeant Marais.”

"Overall, the book sheds light on the darker workings of a massive industry. But it also provides much-needed insight into SARS and the world of tax collection."

"It is the achievement of Serpell’s novel to be at once complex and lucid, to evoke a Zambian past, present and (imagined) future both ironically and compassionately."

"I think he is a figure of reconciliation already. What he's achieved, where he came from, how he lives his life is all part of his story."

Forever Plaid is running at Pieter Toerien’s Theatre On The Bay  from 6–23 November.   

"Bongani J Kubheka had an easy smile, and a reason for it: the young singer had won ATKV Muziqanto in 2018, and he has picked up his first Fleur du Cap Award in April 2019. Right now, he is in Germany for the Neue Stimmen Singing Competition in Gütersloh."

“And, beyond those continents, in a tiny boat sailing off beyond the map, were – theoretically, for a short while – the two of us.”

When Siya Kolisi leads the Springboks out onto the field at the Rugby World Cup in September 2019, it will be the crowning glory of an incredible journey that began on the impoverished streets of Zwide, a township outside Port Elizabeth.

“I got used to the locked-up freedom
The hate-fuelled love of my kingdom”