Winning works in the UJ Prize for South African Writing in English ranged from reimagining the plaasroman genre to poetry word-paintings.
Noted novelist Zakes Mda and debut writer Penny Busetto take the University of Johannesburg awards.
Noted novelist Zakes Mda and debut writer Penny Busetto have won the University of Johannesburg awards with "Rachel’s Blue" and "The Story of Anna P".
UJ Prize winners Lauren Beukes and Dominique Botha have penned well-crafted novels that are innovative and refreshing reads.
To mark novelist Nadine Gordimer’s 90th birthday, Craig MacKenzie celebrates how her work has astutely interpreted the tenor of our times.
The African National Congress’ subsequent behaviour is changing how the movement will be viewed in the future, writes Craig MacKenzie.
The marginalisation of local languages will continue and nonstandard English is the future to embrace.
Two novels set in Jo’burg, Cape Town and London take the UJ prizes.
This substantial offering from UKZN Press is very much about the now.
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The sale of JM Coetzee’s archive to a Texan
university revives the question of where South Africa’s literary heritage should be preserved.