This book is a delicate balancing act seeking the colours between the starkness of black and white.
What characterises South African writing since 1994 and distinguishes it from its past? This edited excerpt from Leon de Kock’s book offers answers.
What is the real issue facing South African writers after apartheid?
The author’s recent R1.5-million Windham Campbell award for fiction could not have come sooner, writes Leon de Kock.
Andre Brink made SA’s drama of oppression far more readable than either of South Africa’s Nobel laureates ever did or could, writes Leon de Kock.
Mzilikazi wa Afrika has valiantly exposed political skullduggery with his brave investigative reporting.
Where to now for the South African writer of fiction in English? asks Leon de Kock.
Antjie Krog has diverged from the popular route of cheer and optimism in South Africa, describing instead a country devoid of common ground.
A conceptually explosive poetry event will take place on the Spier wine estate outside Stellenbosch on May 10 and 11.
A badly drafted law easily allows anyone to censor the content of websites hosted in South Africa, writes Leon de Kock