By Lidudumalingani Our hotel in Durban, Blue Waters, not only stares into the ocean but its blue and white paint catches the sun as it rises. One morning, after a jog, I saw the glint of the sun, showing off...
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Congratulations to PEN SA member Fred Khumalo on being awarded a Multilingualism Award for his book #ZuptasMustFall, and Other Rants by the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB). Khumalo received an award in the Language and Literature Category: Language and...
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PEN SA members Efemia Chela and Helen Moffett edited Short Story Day Africa‘s 2017 anthology Migrations along with Bongani Kona. Stories by PEN SA members Fred Khumalo, Arja Salafranca and Karen Jennings are included in the anthology. The story of...
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‘Be quiet and be calm, my countrymen, for what is taking place is exactly what you came to do… Brothers, we are drilling the death drill .’ – Reverend Isaac Wauchope Dyobha Paris, 1958. A skirmish in a world-famous restaurant...
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Who are these Guptas who are so powerful, they’re distributing cabinet posts like matrons handing out condoms at a brothel? Who do Americans think they are, accusing Trevor Noah of ‘stealing’ a joke from one of their comedians? Is Sizakele...
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