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, 20146 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, 20144 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, 20123 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, 20118 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...
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