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Joburg Film Festival film review: Amazing grace – a concert

Réney Warrington Books and writers 2019-11-21

"Your enjoyment of this film hinges on whether you are an Aretha Franklin fan or not."

The sad fact is beautiful, trauma is just like fire, and giving regret the once-over

Abigail George New writing 2019-11-20

“You’re mine, love, but
you belong to another, and as a man
you belong to the world.”

Joburg Film Festival film review: 8 – unconvincing

Réney Warrington Film 2019-11-19

"You must commend the South African film industry, where budgets are small, for attempting genres other than slapstick or drama, slightly more commercially viable options."

Joburg Film Festival film review: Hero – it should’ve been more

Réney Warrington Film 2019-11-19

"The extraordinary story is there – war hero, law expert, survivor, charmer – but the movie fails its subject dismally."

Joburg Film Festival film review: Luce – the sustained menace will haunt you

Réney Warrington Film 2019-11-19

"It could set in motion such thought-provoking and justifiable, yet completely conflicting, interpretations, that one could argue for weeks on end. It is marvellous."

Joburg Film Festival film review: Vision portraits – interesting topic, average film

Réney Warrington Film 2019-11-19

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

Book launch: Being Shelley by Qarnita Loxton

LitNet Books and writers 2019-11-15

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

An interview with Fiona Snyckers

Janet van Eeden, Fiona Snyckers Books and writers 2019-11-15

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

Book launch: Will South Africa be okay? by Jan-Jan Joubert

LitNet Jonathan Ball-portaal 2019-11-14

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.

Resensie: Shadow flicker deur Melissa A Volker

Yolanda du Toit Resensies 2019-11-14

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

Book launch: For the love of the land by Ivor Price and Kobus Louwrens

LitNet Jonathan Ball-portaal 2019-11-13

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

You did not take her Honour

Liberty Delsouiller New writing 2019-11-12

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

All the king's horses

Ester October New writing 2019-11-12

“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.”

Press release: Zeitz MOCAA Collection reimagined in Two Together

LitNet Lifestyle and entertainment 2019-11-07

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.

Where they can’t hurt me and Sylvia Plath

Abigail George New writing 2019-11-06

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

“In the belly of the beast”: South Africa’s education discourses associated with the fourth industrial revolution (4IR)

Aslam Fataar Universiteitseminaar | University Seminar 2019-11-06

"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."

Disgust

Ferdi Wheeler New writing 2019-11-06

“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.”

Reader impression: Tobacco wars by Johann van Loggerenberg

Clifford Roberts Books and writers 2019-11-06

"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."

The African Library: The old drift by Namwali Serpell

Annie Gagiano Books and writers 2019-11-04

"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."

Siya Kolisi – against all odds: an interview with Jeremy Daniel

Naomi Meyer, Jeremy Daniel Books and writers 2019-10-31

"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."

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