One way of measuring the worth of any dictionary is not only noting what has been included but, more crucially, what has been left out.
Nigerian singer Asa’s travels between the old and the new worlds have elements of a grand narrative.
Helen Zille: the DA will increasingly focus on this hidden realm, which men claim women may not speak about.
Percy Zvomuya speaks to five prominent South African scriptwriters about the trials and tribulations of writing for local soaps.
Percy Zvomuya interviews the original dub poet — Linton Kwesi Johnson — ahead of his SA tour.
Zimbabwean poet Chirikure Chirikure will lead a concert aimed at raising awareness on Zimbabwe at Bassline. Precy Zvomuya spoke to him.
In between juggling a campaign trail and two stage shows, Pieter-Dirk Uys makes time for breakfast with Percy Zvomuya.
Has Mandla Langa found the grail of the grand South African novel? Percy Zvomuya investigates.
The Exclusive Books at Maponya Mall in Soweto is different from its older siblings in the suburbs.
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/ 28 February 2009
The ANC revolution will be televised, starting this weekend, on SABC and e.tv.
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/ 18 February 2009
Megan Voysey-Braig’s fascinating debut novel <i>Till We Can Keep an Animal </i> was awarded the European Union Literary Award last year.
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/ 3 February 2009
Chiwoniso Maraire is at the forefront of world music. Percy Zvomuya speaks to her about the gender awareness that is her inspiration.
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/ 23 January 2009
The Sandton Convention Centre hosted yet another fashion extravaganza this week as the Audi Jo’burg Fashion Week kicked off.
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/ 23 January 2009
Percy Zvomuya catches up with two Nigerian fashion designers here for a special showing of their work as part of Audi Jo’burg Fashion Week.
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/ 24 December 2008
<i>Mail & Guardian</i> reviewers celebrate the page-turners and head-turners in their Best Reads of 2008.
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/ 11 December 2008
MultiChoice Africa recently announced a 26% growth in its subscribers. Percy Zvomuya speaks to the head of its Nigeria operations.
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/ 4 December 2008
Unlike in the West, where many works of fiction first see the light of day in literary journals, most of our local works appear in book form first.
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/ 4 December 2008
Percy Zvomuya speaks to an African journalist who has made a substantial contribution to the profession.
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/ 25 November 2008
Insomnia can be a wonderful thing, as Percy Zvomuya discovered.
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/ 20 November 2008
Zachariah Rapola’s Noma Award-winning short-story collection could be the beginnings of a dream literary life. Percy Zvomuya talks to its author.
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/ 14 November 2008
IN MEMORIAM: Miriam "Zenzi" Makeba was born in Prospect township in Johannesburg. Her father, Caswell, was Xhosa; her mother, Christina, was Swazi.
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/ 7 November 2008
"Growth has now reached levels where it is significantly improved year on year," a Saarf statement says.
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/ 31 October 2008
On stage as the Queen of the Night in <i>The Magic Flute — Impempe Yomlingo</i>, Pauline Malefane has a foreboding and imperious presence.
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/ 30 October 2008
The South African government has earmarked R300-million in the foreign affairs budget vote to assist Zimbabwe’s struggling agricultural sector.
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/ 30 October 2008
Stephen Townley Basset’s life pursuit is to reproduce the technical complexity of San rock art, writes
Percy Zvomuya.
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/ 17 October 2008
Book reviews: <i>The Eye of the Leopard</i> by Henning Mankell and <i>’Sister outsiders'</i> Devarakshanam Govinden.
Musician Thomas Mapfumo may well be the prophet in the aphorism: "Only in his hometown is a prophet without honour."
Jamaica is the cradle of reggae and its offshoot, dancehall. Yet outsiders appropriate it.
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/ 21 September 2008
The <i>M&G</i> spoke to commentators, analysts, activists, business people and NGOs about their expectations and fears over the Zim agreement.
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/ 18 September 2008
Percy Zvomuya reports on a new brand of kiddies’ music that doesn’t ‘dumb it down’.
Percy Zvomuya speaks to Oliver Mtukudzi about the changing context of his music.
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/ 5 September 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s oil largesse could come at a cost to South Africa, an oil analyst said this week.