The shortlists for the 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards were announced at the The Mesh Club in Johannesburg on Saturday 14 May 2017. Congratulations to PEN SA members Yewande Omotoso, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, Mark Winkler, Zakes Mda, Kopano Matlwa, Christa Kuljian...
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The longlists for the 2017 Sunday Times Literary Awards, consisting of the Barry Ronge Fiction Prize and the Alan Paton Award for non-fiction, have been announced. The winners of the two categories will each receive R100 000. Congratulations to the...
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The announcement of the Homo naledi hominid fossils by Professor Lee Berger in September 2015 at Maropeng outside Johannesburg dominated the news and headlines for months internationally. The public reaction to the find indicated a fascination in the search for...
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Bishop Paul Verryn knew he had a problem when xenophobic violence erupted in South Africa in May 2008 and the threat of it spreading to Central Methodist Church in downtown Johannesburg became very real. Already there were over a thousand...
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