/ 30 May 1997

Mda takes M-Net prize

ZAKES MDA has won this year’s R50 000 M-Net Book Prize in the English category for his novel Ways of Dying (Oxford University Press). Karel Schoeman won in the Afrikaans category for his novel Verkenning (Human &Rousseau), and Ncedile Saule took the laurels in the Nguni category for Ukhozi Olumaphiko (Via Afrika), while Ruth Phasha got the Sotho languages prize for her book Ke Sehlola (Read Well/Shuter &Shooter).

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