A Cat Called Bongani Madondo
He should have been a Sophiatown heavy. With his two-tone brogues, tweed jackets, and occasional bowtie, he looks like something straight...
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- Jul 15, 2014
- 6 min
Whose literature is it anyway?
It was inevitable that the defiance, dissent, resistance and protest against Apartheid should be reflected in South Africa’s literary...
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- Jul 14, 2014
- 4 min
Nadine Gordimer’s shining literary voice
It tells us something about Nadine Gordimer that Raks Morakabe Seakhoa, the untiring champion of South African letters, used to call her...
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- Jun 26, 2012
- 3 min
Lichawe lemachawe Mshengu Shabalala, We Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Mshengu wena lowatsatsa emajaha lahlabelako ngemavi lesingatange siweve, wabalolonga kutsi baphe umhlaba wonkhe umculo welizinga...
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- Dec 20, 2011
- 8 min
Joburg’s Inner City Blues
Urban renewal, gentrification, inner city rejuvenation, call it what you will, awaits every ageing city. When done well, it is more than...