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Uiteindelik weet hy: Ons sal altyd alles slegs ten dele ken, en ons moet ’n manier vind om elke dag met dié wete saam te leef.

"Klasgids is daar vir verryking, vir onderwysers wat nie tyd het om ’n teks vir hersiening in die klas uit te werk nie, vir onderwysers wat wil seker maak dat hulle standaard op die regte vlak is."

The 16th South African Literary Awards ceremony was held on 7 November 2021. Here is the complete list of winners.

"Damon Galgut, after several shortlist nominations, has finally received the global acknowledgement he richly deserves," said Steve Connolly, CEO of Penguin Random House SA and Damon’s local publisher.

"This remarkable collection runs to 200 pages of poems by 40 black women, some of whom are familiar crowd-drawers – think Nikki Giovanni, Gabeba Baderoon, Warsan Shire – while others have smaller but no less committed audiences."

"Aanvanklik is die leser net so in die duister soos Kristien: Wie het die moord gepleeg en waarom? Waar is Louw?"

Infused with rhythm and melody, Zakes Mda’s new novel invites you to travel from Lesotho’s Mountain Kingdom to the City of Gold through the history of Famo.

"Ek hoop dat hierdie mense se sigbaarheid ander sal inspireer om kasdeure oop te skop. Makliker gesê as gedaan, ek weet."

"Nou begin die groot uitdaging: Sy ma glo dobbel is doodsonde, so hoe op aarde gaan hulle die geld by haar uitkry?"

Damon Galgut's latest novel, The Promise, has been shortlisted for one of the world's most prestigious literary prizes, the Booker Prize. The announcement was made during an online event on Tuesday evening.

“Die ATKV is dankbaar vir elke skrywer wat vir Afrikaanse lesers die geleentheid te gee om hul horisonne te verbreed al was dit net met reise op die rusbank. Baie geluk aan elke wenner.”

Die ATKV-Skryfskool van die Noordwes-Universiteit (NWU), in samewerking met die liefdesverhaaluitgewer Penguin Random House Romanza, bied op twee Saterdae in Oktober (2 en 16 Oktober 2021) ’n aanlyn slypskool in die skryf van liefdesverhale aan.

"Should a lack of direct, unmediated experience mean that you automatically have to sit back and shut up? Where to after the listening part of the journey or contract has been fulfilled?"

"Dit is ’n interessante versameling van bydraers en daar is beslis geen oorhoofse argument vir of teen emigrasie aanwesig nie. Die boek bepleit eerder verdraagsaamheid van verskillende opinies."

"Die inhoud van die dossier is ook nie volledig in die hof aangebied nie, so ek het deeglik daardeur gelees en heelwat bykomende inligting gekry uit onder meer beëdigde verklarings wat nie volledig in die hof voorgelees is nie."

"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."

"Damon Galgut’s The promise was just longlisted for the Booker Prize and many observers, including this one, believe this is the year Galgut wins it." 

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

"Die boek strek veel verder as streppies en fyn goetertjies – dit ontwikkel in ’n sielkundige riller wat ek nog selde in Afrikaans teëgekom het."

"You might not be able to stop the event from happening, but you can avoid being blindsided by it."