Former homeland residents won their restitution claims but delays in property transfers and compensation grants mean the land now lies derelict.
Sibusile Xaba puts his individual stamp on the guitar and lets his ancestors do the talking.
The Time of the Writer festival isn’t all about reading. At ‘Notes on Music’, book chapters are represented through sound and musical composition.
Local writer sets a new agenda and moves the Time of the Writer Festival out of its ivory tower.
The Mail & Guardian speaks to African Flavour Books owner Fortescue Helepi at the Time of the Writer festival hosted in Durban this week.
The Durban unveiling of Mishka Hoosen’s first novel was a cacophony of meandering threads, yet there was something oddly appealing about it.
Authors and audiences attempt to chart a new path for the literary world and knowledge production at this year’s Time of the Writer festival.
Co-curator of the Time of the Writer festival Thando Mgqolozana speaks to the Mail & Guardian about decolonising literary systems in South Africa.
Singer Msaki still prefers the quiet of East London even as she readies for the world stage.
Students have embraced the struggle song invoking Solomon Mahlangu, who was hanged by the apartheid government and inspired the film Kalushi.