The author’s classic is reimagined through puppetry in a powerful stage adaptation
From critiques of apartheid to reflections on post-colonial identity, Southern African literature has chronicled the region’s history and shaped its trajectory to a just society
Does Putin fully understand its own reasons for its incursion into Ukraine – or does he just not care?
Compelling, popular theatre adaptations distil the very essence of written stories for audiences
Not many knew of the unheralded Zanzibari author who has steadily produced 10 novels
How race came to function as fuel to an exploitative economic system. Take the case of South Africa…
Behind JM Coetzee, the writer lauded for his ‘wonderfully brave, bold mind’ , is John Coetzee, the quiet man
Is there sufficient rigour to update the existing literary canon and infuse it with new voices that will themselves become canons in decades to come?
The author reimagines a voice and lets it fill the gaps of one of South Africa’s famous books
Nthikeng Mohlele has recast JM Coetzee’s character to explore the changed cultural environment
Author defines apartheid to describe situation in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Shaun de Waal applauds David Attwell’s survey of JM Coetzee’s manuscripts and notes to self.
A new kind of intellectual needs to join the ranks of those fighting for economic emancipation, writes Louise Ferreira.
The redeeming factor of the Jo’burg Art Fair was seeing one artist stand up for another, writes Percy Zvomuya.
Berlinde de Bruyckere’s sculpture on exhibition at Belgium’s Venice Biennale was inspired by South African author JM Coetzee.
JM Coetzee’s latest novel, with its highly efficent and clinical prose, is both befuddling and engaging.
‘JM Coetzee: A Life in Writing’ suffers from many problems, including a star-struck author, writes Imraan Coovadia.
Many felt that author JM Coetzee’s honorary doctorate speech at Wits was removed from the realities of SA education. Listen to the speech.
The sale of JM Coetzee’s archive to a Texan university revives the question of where South Africa’s literary heritage should be preserved.
The professional archive of JM Coetzee will be housed at the University of Texas’s Ransom Centre, offering a rare glimpse into the master storyteller.
