Monthly Archives: October 2012

‘Die dood is die groot mistieke’: Ingrid Winterbach in gesprek met Louise Viljoen

Bekendstelling van Ingrid Winterbach se Die aanspraak van lewende wesens, 17 Oktober 2012, Protea Boekwinkel, Stellenbosch. JONATHAN AMID Die afwagting is verby; die oomblik het aangebreek: Die skrywer en kunstenaar Ingrid Winterbach, wat vroeër vanjaar aangewys is as die wenner […]

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Poetry Africa: challenging conventions

Poetry Africa on Tour, 13 October 2012, Cape Town International Convention Centre TAZNEEM WENTZEL Street lights and stars of the city night. Highway arteries and tar avenues. Folds, creases and faces written into the backdrop of the mountain. It was […]

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Dejavu: unlike anything you’ve seen before

Umthi presents FRM THE WOMB: NUTN NU, 25 September 2012, Department of English, Stellenbosch University KATE ELLIS-COLE It’s not often that one sees Khanyisile Mbongwa, InZync celebrity and founder of the organisation Umthi, in awe of an artist. But as […]

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Women writing, women publishing

My First Time: a women’s writing workshop, 21 September 2012, African Gender Institute, UCT Sarah Schäfer The day before the official launch of My First Time, a collection of autobiographical stories written by South African women, a women’s writing workshop […]

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