The Time of the Writer Festival returns with a bold hybrid vision, using literature to challenge power, amplify voices and reconnect communities across borders
Hatang, who had already resigned, was placed on special leave in May after some employees complained about his behaviour
The foundation said it had received complaints from some staff members in relation to Hatang’s ‘past conduct’
Antjie Krog’s latest collection of poems, which were written in Afrikaans, has been translated by another poet, Karen Press
The renowned author’s foundational anti-colonial work deserves more than a dogmatic reading
From the virtual Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival to live theatre back on stage at the Baxter in Cape Town, we’ve got you covered
Celebrated author and political activist Achmat Dangor died on Sunday at the age of 71. Here, in a 1990 interview published in Staffrider, he speaks to Andries Walter Oliphant…
Behind JM Coetzee, the writer lauded for his ‘wonderfully brave, bold mind’ , is John Coetzee, the quiet man
In this excerpt from his new book, <i>The Cry of Winnie Mandela</i>, Njabulo Ndebele investigates the formative experiences of the ‘girl of Bizana’.
This is a war that follows from the driven logic of inventing the ultimate means of destruction. The resulting weapons, accumulated over years of well-funded military research,…
