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"Live theatre is a moment to become silent and reflect on life; it’s a moment to peek into something you might not know; it’s a moment to relieve yourself from something that’s causing adversity, or even to confront it creatively."

"It’s difficult to talk about the status of South African theatre without sounding very cynical,  but it is my opinion that many works that are actually really important and should be seen are often poorly attended and funded and therefore cannot gain traction or travel so that more audiences can see them."

"Even though it falls under the entertainment industry, theatre provokes discussions, teaches, and can be therapeutic. It takes a big team to get an idea into fruition. It takes a special team to leave an everlasting mark on someone’s life, be it visually or solely the performance aspect. Theatre moves."

Die Akademieraad het die hoogste waardering vir die onbaatsugtige manier waarop Anne-Marie Beukes die Akademie met onderskeiding vir bykans twee termyne vanaf 1 Junie 2019 gedien het.

"I am one of the 12 commissioned artists for the Lucky Pakkie programme. This is a very fun initiative where artists are granted 15 minutes, unconventional space, 30 chairs and two sets of lights … and what they come up with is entirely up to them."

"Although water and sanitation service delivery is a local government function in South Africa, it will likely be – like electricity supply – much more prominent in voters’ minds in the upcoming May 2024 national and provincial elections. Voter frustrations about the state of these services recently have boiled over in numerous locations, and may well influence how people vote at national and provincial level."

"This year’s theme for Time of the Writer was 'Reflections, resonance and revival'. Watching the diverse panels online strangely focused my attention on these concepts in ways that maybe an in-person attendance wouldn’t have."

"But it is fantastical, in ways which aren’t entirely positive, to read a contemporary novel which treats the very thin bubble of glamour in the city without asking about the facts lying right within the bubble ..."

"Mary Shelley’s life story underpins Bella Baxter’s story of emancipation."

Hoe verskil ’n skrywer se debuut van sy latere werke?

"Somerset-Oos is ’n Oos-Kaapse dorp. Dit is een van die vormendste streke van Suid-Afrika ten opsigte van ons moderne geskiedenis. ’n Bepaalde misterie omklee die wêreld hier, ’n 'binnensmondsheid', ’n historiese gemompel, ’n helderoordagse slaaplopendheid, iets wat jy dink jy van geweet het, maar eintlik net halfpad van gehoor het."

"World Theatre Day, especially in South Africa, represents a day on which one can reflect on years of authentic storytelling and breaking barriers in a country blessed with diversity and cultural richness."

Die 28ste KKNK is vandag halfpad en dié fees bied vanjaar 'n kuur vir elke kwaal aan feesgangers. In die teaters is daar ’n keuse van vitamien drama, musiekmoetie, dansdoepa en proesstroop met die Feesmark wat daagliks hope bied vir smulpape en markievrate.

"[I]n this book she has less 'chosen' the events of her own life than been strong enough to grasp, grapple with and capture them – laid them, you might say, as if on a mortuary slab. Except, mercifully, she didn’t die."

"Any serious writer with purpose will agree that the opportunity to collaborate in dialogue with a diverse group of writers from across the world in various disciplines is a sure way to grow personally as a writer and broaden your scope."

"My antie het redelik kennis, maar daar is toenemend vrae oor die rate wat mamme Essie (my ouma) of ouma Annie (my oumagrootjie) gebruik het en wat verlore gegaan het. 'Waarom het ons dit nie neergeskryf nie?' is ’n gereelde vraag en ek het soveel berou. Ek het altyd gedink ek sal genoeg tyd hê om dit neer te skryf. Ek het dit nooit neergeskryf nie en baie van hierdie kennis het verlore gegaan."

"Ek noem dit veral omdat Hans, soos sy vader, ’n hoflike luisteraar, geesdriftige historikus en genealoog was en altyd bereid was om te help."

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Die boekbekendstellings van Duifeling deur Lize Albertyn-du Toit vind onderskeidelik in Pretoria en Wellington plaas.

"In elke joernalis se loopbaan is daar seker maar ’n paar stories wat jou vir altyd sal bybly. Vir my was Arthur se verhaal so 'n storie – een wat jare gewag het om geskryf te word."