By Chris Mann, Wordfest Convenor and PEN SA member ‘Mr Pikoli, I hear that you’re investigating the Commissioner of Police’. ‘Yes, Mr President’. ‘Mr Pikoli, I want you to stop the investigation.’ ‘Mr President, I can’t do that.’ Vusi Pikoli,...
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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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PEN SA member Niq Mhlongo writes about The Marabi Dance by Modikwe Dikobe: There is a book that when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was your old friend or a relative of yours...
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By Karina M. Szczurek “Wow it looks even crazier on a news stand. Look mom, I’m on the cover of Time magazine,” Trevor Noah tweeted on 4 March. +++Call it serendipity, but the very same day I was on Skype...
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PEN SA Executive Vice-President Mandla Langa shared his poem “We Beg Your Pardon South Africa” on Twitter yesterday, writing that “Nostalgic souls have asked me to post one of my earliest poems which they feel has resonance with aspects of...
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