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Sy eerste enkelsnit, “Wynland”, gaan nie net oor die streek se vrug self nie, maar is eerder ’n liefdeslied wat die mooi van liefwees beskryf.

"If 'corrupted' in his title seems like an exaggeration, read the book. It is soul-destroying to see such evidence of institutions that ought to be custodians of the highest standards in civil society being so susceptible to looting, extortion, fraud, bullying, even assassinations. Many of our universities are in the same state as the most beleaguered of our municipalities and state-owned enterprises."

Stellenbosch Craft Drinks Festival returns to the annual events calendar on 7 October 2023 in the scenic Jan Marais Nature Reserve.

"Ons moet weet in hoeveel moeilikheid ons is. Ons kan nie meer bekostig om anderpad te kyk nie, om eerder nie te weet nie."

In their programme She/Her, clarinettist Maria du Toit and pianist Vera Kooper perform music by female composers of various nationalities, eras and musical styles. / In hul program She/Her voer klarinetspeler Maria du Toit en pianis Vera Kooper musiek deur vroulike komponiste van verskeie nasionaliteite, eras en musiekstyle, uit. 

"It is impossible to skim through Bridget Pitt’s brilliantly crafted and meticulously researched historical novel, which relates its story from 1862 to July 1879. Eye brother horn is like a rip current by which the reader is swept into an inescapable historical reality."

Die probleem is nie samewerking met Afrika, Suid-Amerika en China nie. Juis nie. Wat is dan fout? Hoe het dit gebeur dat Nigerië en Egipte deesdae vir Afrika verteenwoordig en ons land gewoon verder en verder na rommelstatus val?

"Wat hierdie boek laat uitstaan bo ander, is die humor. En daar is humor vir beide grootmense en kinders."

He was told he would never cycle again. But South African ultra-endurance cyclist Grant Lottering doesn’t take no for an answer.

Her hard-won insights are based on her own experience. Turning her golden rules into action, you too can watch the results unfold as you achieve financial freedom.

Confrontation is a memoir based on real events. Set in the early nineties, it follows the journey of a child growing up in South-Africa’s season of change.

Ella Blumenthal’s story of surviving the Holocaust and building a new life in South Africa is a lesson in resilience, attitude and joy.

Dis toe sy by ’n stowwerige boekwinkel instap dat Mia besef dis waar sy wil werk. Kort voor lank vind sy haar voete én verloor sy haar hart.

Op Saterdag 27 Mei 2023 bied die Afrikaanse Taalmuseum en -monument ’n gratis werkswinkel aan oor Afrikadag, moedertale, Khoekhoen en Moslem-Afrikaans, wat afgesluit sal word met pragtige koormusiek en ’n marimba-opvoering. Willa Boezak sal die werkswinkel aanbied.

Gesoek: ’n videogreep oor Afrikatale ter ere van die vasteland se maand! Ter viering van #Afrikamaand en die Internasionale Dekade van Inheemse Tale (2022–2032) wil die Afrikaanse Taalmuseum en -monument (ATM) Afrikaans en mede-Afrikatale met ’n videokompetisie vier.

"... I think the gold in running a competition like this is seeing just how differently people come at it, how rich and wide the inspiration."

"South Africa is a nation that experiences constant crises and undergoes vast amounts of emotional stress, so I’m looking at how we turn to fiction to write reparative and cathartic narratives for and about ourselves."

We need to consider what it means to name shared spaces, what roles these names play in social dynamics, and how these names can be managed. Papers with a focus on minority and indigenous names, including sign languages, are encouraged in particular.

"Ten spyte van versekeringe van regeringskant dat Suid-Afrika neutraal staan in die Russies-Oekraïense oorlog, glo ek dat ons politici se sentimente met Rusland lê. Dalk het hulle selfs wapens voorsien. Of hulle wapens voorsien het of nie, is uiteindelik irrelevant."

"The strength of Pitt’s writing is her rare ability to repudiate without judgement or condemnation. Her arguments, worn with artistic lightness, go beyond mere politicising."