Compelling, popular theatre adaptations distil the very essence of written stories for audiences
Arts education is critical, because it has the capacity to liberate learners from economic, social and political forces. What’s needed is funding, training and political will
Langston Hughes and Bloke Modisane took the art of letter writing seriously, but what else did their relationship entail?
The history of clubbing in Jo’burg is less about physical space and fading memories, but about the sheer, frightful necessity of dancing
Having conducted the bulk of his study during apartheid, which informed his scholarship, Peterson left us with provocations for the future
Author, actress, philanthropist, singer and translator Rami Chuene fits a lot into her life
Stephen Gray made an immense, long contribution to the South African literary landscape across many genres, but it was poetry that he described as ‘the main activity of my life’
Celebrated author and political activist Achmat Dangor died on Sunday
at the age of 71. Here, in a 1990 interview published in Staffrider, he speaks to Andries Walter
Oliphant about his work and aspects of South African literature and culture