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Making tracks: The Blue Train, which is kept in mint condition, has a luxurious observation area, from which to watch the passing scenery. (Photos: Rafs Mayet)

The Blue Train: A trip of luxury, stunning vistas and scenes of devastation

Trainspotter Rafs Mayet’s maiden Blue Train voyage evokes his family history and comparisons to other locomotive rides he has taken

Bhekizizwe Peterson pictured with National Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)  awards judge Professor Hlonipha Mokoena in 2018, after a book he co-edited won a prize. (Image courtesy of NIHSS)

Great heart of African literature: Bheki Peterson’s expansive vision of the world

Having conducted the bulk of his study during apartheid, which informed his scholarship, Peterson left us with provocations for the future

‘Throughout her life

The dance of memory

Coming to terms with the politics of nostalgia amid the myths of the Rainbow Nation is hard to do

At least two individuals named in the document have been the victims of crime recently

Mystery document alleges Numsa is bent on regime change

The trade union is concerned that the paper’s circulation is part of a trend to destabilise its plans to form a United Front opposed to the ANC.

Poet and protester Dennis Brutus dies

Poet and former political prisoner Dennis Brutus, who fought apartheid in words and deeds, has died at the age of 85.

Poet, activist Dennis Brutus dies

Poet and former political prisoner Dennis Brutus, who fought apartheid in words and deeds, has died at the age of 85.

Who would I be?

Kopano Matlwa is the winner of the EU Literary Award 2006/07, for her novel <i>Coconut</i>. This is an extract.