The curse of the ill-fated apartheid-era imbongi

The politics of apartheid constrained both the substance and the form of David Manisi's poetry.

An important journey not yet completed

Isobel Dixon's latest collection of poetry initiates a move away from "the precious milk and honey of nostalgia".

Speaking our silences

In all her poetry Ingrid de Kok has deftly pushed at the boundaries of what can be said and reminded us of what we would rather forget.

Out of love with South Africa

Introduced by Antjie Krog, Ingrid de Kok and Denis Hirson will discuss their poems at the festival.

In verse and prose, Benghazi liberates speech

Freedom of speech is the name of the game in Revolution Square where new publications have blossomed and women recite poetry in public.

Quo vadis university education?

Graduations took place all over the country last month. Flashbulbs popped on stages as chancellors conferred degrees on the bowed heads of thousands.

You are what you read

There are too many local aspirant writers with limited reading lists and bad editors, writes Percy Zvomuya.

Panacea for Philistines

According to the festival organisers it will feature a poet of "high excellence who reflects Dennis's passion for human rights and integrity".

Durban theatre picks: August 27 2010

There's a rare opportunity to catch one of Ionesco's strangest plays this weekend.

Renaissance woman of punks

Patti Smith’s memoir, Just Kids, captures all the elements that made 1970s New York so exciting.

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