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Stark: Paul du Toit’s The Unlikely Secret Agent
DE KLERK OELOFSE

A very strange world …

Sparse, powerfully acted play brings the lives of anti-apartheid activist couple to the stage

  • Charles Leonard
7 min read
Khutjo Green and Nhlanhla Shabangu MVG Productions & Theatre on the Square cover Supplied by Daphne Kuhn
ART

Two new one-person shows present humorous but thought-provoking theatre

Theatre on the Square The New Abnormal and Country Duty by award-winning playwright Mike van Graan

  • Dimpho Masopha
2 min read
Van Graan has always shown extraordinary commitment to having the arts officially recognised and supported through national policy. (Jorge de Araujo)
AFRICAN CULTURAL POLICY NETWORK

‘Elusive Spring’ reveals South Africa today

Mike van Graan’s 2012 political thriller comes to life again ― and its themes are more relevant than ever

  • Heather Dugmore
4 min read
Black Thoughts: Writer and activist Achmat Dangor never shied from his personal odyssey of exploring uncertain terrain. (Paul Botes)
ACHMAT DANGOR

Achmat Dangor: On writing and change

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…

  • Andries Walter Oliphant
11 min read