Pasgelaai
Calm
2014-01-10"One small drop of this quiet
Falling from the dappled shade, carried by the breeze"
Song for Aung (For Aung San Suu Kyi)
2014-01-10 "An ill-defined oasiswithin which freedom
finds an identity,
shape,
hue,
texture,
language."
Truth dies
2014-01-10 "Truth diesat the doorstep of fragmented "truths",
and the jostle for supremacy
becomes the norm."
The human species
2014-01-10"We entered this solid plane like asteroids
on a mission to kill without thought
So we domesticated the buffalo for an easy
merciful cut
befriended wolves to help us sniff rabbits ou"
Boere, hoere en Tommies
2014-01-10 "Nagenoeg 450 000 Britse soldate (Tommies) was betrokke by die Suid-Afrikaanse Oorlog (Anglo-Boereoorlog). Meer as die helfte van hulle het ten tye van oorlog op een of ander stadium ’n geslagsoordraagbare siekte opgedoen ..."
Maaltyd
2014-01-10"Sondae eet ons op die stoep. Dis die enigste stoflose dag van die week. Dan gaan lê die verstikkende stof wat die veetrokke van Maandae tot Saterdae op pad na Lappies se slagpale uitry. Na kerk maak ons 'n brunch – sommer net tamatie-en-kaas-snackwiches en tee – en dan sit ons buite op die smal stoep. Ek en Ma."
What Hidden Lies: Crime from up close
2014-01-10 "In Greek mythology, Persephone is the queen of the underworld. In the brilliant debut novel by celebrated scriptwriter and script editor Michelle Rowe, detective Persephone (Persy) Jonas ... is the plucky young woman tasked with navigating the underworld of a community where little is as it appears."
Nog 'n Afrika-reus
2014-01-09 Hierdie week neem ons afskeid van Eusebio, nie lank nadat ons dit ook moes doen van Madiba nie ... dis werklik hartseer.
retrob’leid
2014-01-08 v’n vroeg’l, groep-sonn’r-grens, Baas, slav’n,hoe jong’r, hoe bet’r, Baas was mos oortuig,
lat leef-’n-beef oor vad’rsidentiteit sou swyg,
kanti, deks’l’p doofpot’ was ma’ taaml’k dun
