Pasgelaai
Sy hou van haar Cane (P)
2012-07-12 "Ek het nie van die pastei wat sy uit die goedheid van haar hart vir my gebak het geëet nie. Jy sou ook nie as jy weet wat sy inhad toe sy hom gebak het nie."
Letters with feeling: The Post Office supports The National Schools Festival
2012-07-11 The Post Office was invited to St Andrew’s Preparatory School to speak to 220 children about letter-writing and the meaning of stamps, as part of their commitment towards the Schools Festival in Grahamstown.
Hunkering
2012-07-11Party aande was ek onder die illusie dat jy dít in my wakker gemaak het, dat dit jy was wat my in die kas geboender het. Daardie aande het woede my die tralies van my sel laat skud.
Nicky Grieshaber discusses his book, the empowerment of clear communication and macaroni and cheese
2012-07-11 "Served on a potato rosti with avocado and crème fraiche, my mom loved the salmon." Nicky Grieshaber talks about common spelling mistakes and communication – and about his book Diacs and Quirks in a Nutshell – Afrikaans Spelling Explained.
A rift right through the pink community
2012-07-11"Not only are we being hunted and victimised by those outside who hate us – but now we are being hunted by predators inside our own community as well!"
Wanneer iets wat jy nie gedoen het nie, jou in die moeilikheid laat beland
2012-07-11 "In die meeste gevalle waar mense in ons howe van strafbare manslag aangekla word, is dit omdat hulle iets positief gedóén het wat hul in die moeilikheid laat beland het ... In Russel se geval is hy egter nie daarvan aangekla dat hy iets positiefs gedóén het nie; hy het juis versúim om iets positief te doen, naamlik om vir Mostert te sê dat die krag intussen aangeskakel is."
SA-illustreerders: Aletta Dorfling
2012-07-11 Aletta Dorfling oor haar illustrasies: "My werk neig dikwels tot die makabere ..." Stem jy saam?
7de Laan geen reënboog nie
2012-07-11 "So sal Maria altyd die skoonmaker wees en Aggie word altyd deur Paula geboelie en tot haar nie-amptelike persoonlike assistent gereduseer." Jason Lloyd spoel sy mond uit oor 7de Laan.
Selfone: kla hulle aan
2012-07-11 Dis uiters dwaas en gevaarlik om op 'n selfoon te praat terwyl jy 'n voertuig bestuur.
LitNet vs die nuusbrief
2012-07-11 Ek raak effe deurmekaar met die keuse of ek julle webblad of die weeklikse nuusbrief moet lees.
Diacs and Quirks in a Nutshell bruikbaar vir tweedetaalsprekers van Afrikaans
2012-07-11"Nicky Grieshaber se Diacs and Quirks in a Nutshell – Afrikaans spelling explained is ’n bruikbare gids vir beide tweedetaalsprekers van Afrikaans én persone wat betrokke is by die onderrig van Afrikaans as addisionele taal, veral vir die aanleer en onderrig van die onderliggende beginsels van Afrikaanse spelreëls."
National Arts Festival Celebrates 2012 Fringe Excellence
2012-07-10 The National Arts Festival announced the winners of the coveted Gold and Silver 2012 Standard Bank Ovation Awards, and a slew of special awards, at a function held in Grahamstown on 8 July.
Kline Smith takes top honours at NAF Student Theatre Festival
2012-07-10 "An emotional and overwhelmed Kline Smith from the University of KZN (Pietermaritzburg) was awarded the first ever South African Post Office Cape Triangular Award for the best director and writer at the 2012 Student Theatre Festival at the National Arts Festival, Grahamstown."
National Arts Festival: London Road
2012-07-10 "Through the unlikely friendship which blossoms between Rosa and Stella, each struggling with a physical illness – as well as a disease of a different nature, loneliness – we come to believe in the possibility of establishing deep and lasting connections with others and the ability to find humour even in the darkest of places."