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Tropenmuseum word bedreig (Aflewering 2)
2011-11-09 Die afgelope tyd het dit behoorlik gegons op Nederlandse kultuurgebied. Staatsekretaris Ben Knapen het op 12 Oktober die Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT) in kennis gestel dat hulle jaarlikse subsidie van 20 miljoen euro vanaf Januarie 2013 gestop sal word.
Ernst Marais talks to Naomi Meyer about the language debate which once again flared up at the University of Stellenbosch
2011-11-08The language issue is an ongoing debate at the University of Stellenbosch. What is your solution to the problem? Stellenbosch University (SU) must make a firm pronouncement that it is primarily an Afrikaans university where Afrikaans is the main language of tuition.
LitNet Akademies-resensie-essay: Biografie van 'n bende: Die storie van Fokofpolisiekar
2011-11-02 Musiek het veral sedert die sestigerjare van die vorige eeu ’n belangrike medium geword waarin maatskaplike, kulturele en politiese kwessies in verskillende musiekbewegings verken is.
Writer and director Tim Greene on his feature film Skeem
2011-11-01 Tim, Skeem seemed to burst on to the scene out of nowhere. As a film writer I know this can’t be true. What inspired this film and how did the script come to fruition?
In defence of lost causes: giving the devil his due
2011-11-01 Despite being at best a contested figure within the canon of contemporary South African sculpture, Dylan Lewis somehow manages to perpetually show his works in public. Abri de Swardt traverses exclusive golf courses, millionaire country ...
Tropenmuseum, Afrikaans en môre (Aflewering 1)
2011-11-01 Die afgelope twee weke het dit behoorlik gegons op Nederlandse kultuurgebied. Opnuut het die publiek geskok gereageer op besparingsmaatreëls van die huidige kabinet. Hierdie keer het dit die Tropenmuseum geraak. Die Tropenmuseum het ...
Mike van Graan on the “arts campus”, Africa 101
2011-10-27 Africa 101 explored contemporary trends, icons and innovations in African music, literature, cinema, dance, theatre, visual art and cultural tourism. It took place in the Artscape from 24 to 29 October 2011.
Die ewige kind
2011-10-26 Daar kan nie veralgemenend oor die kind gepraat word nie, net soos daar nie veralgemenend oor die grootmens gepraat kan word nie. Die mens, oud sowel as jonk, is steeds wordende en toon, in watter fase van wording ook, die “infinite variety” waarvan Shakespeare skryf.
Nuwe voorsitter van die ATR praat, óók uit Amsterdam
2011-10-25 Op 18 November is Michael le Cordeur verkies tot die nuwe voorsitter van die Afrikaanse Taalraad (ATR). Le Cordeur is ’n onderwysman van formaat. Tans is hy as dosent verbonde aan die Fakulteit ...
South African collector-artist Siemon Allen on his ''collection projects''
2011-10-21 For the past decade South African collector-artist Siemon Allen has been exploring the image of South Africa through a series of “collection projects”. Combining his passions for music and collecting, his studio practice investigates how ...
Holland word Kaaps!
2011-10-13Die “hiphopera” Afrikaaps het pas ’n Nederlandse speelvak beleef, met optredes in stede soos Amersfoort, Den Haag, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem en Utrecht. Menán van Heerden was daar.
Copying, circulating, concealing and contesting in Cape Town’s reading cultures
2011-10-13 As an outcome of this boekjol the social movement Equal Education will hand over a fully stocked and functioning library to Matthew Goniwe High School in Khayelitsha. I’m a product of a Cape township high school and I remember that the library was kept under lock and key in the principal’s office, more for the benefit of reporting to the school inspector that no books had been lost or stolen
Die rustelose kind van Worcester: ’n digter sonder erkenning
2011-10-13 Dis tyd dat die uitgewers hul trots in hul sak steek en die erkenning aan Floris Brown gee wat hom toekom. Of gaan ons, soos in die geval van ’n ander reus en bruin gemeenskapsdigter, Adam Small, wag totdat dit reeds te laat is?