Latest articles on Phumlani Pikoli

Phumlani Pikoli and the art of quitting school to make it

Friday Kwanele Sosibo - 25 Sep 2020

Writer, skater and filmmaker Phumlani Pikoli says his artistic intention was ‘to play’

‘Adaptation’: New short fiction from Phumlani Pikoli

Friday Phumlani Pikoli - 18 May 2020

Phumlani Pikoli’s latest piece is a metafiction based on what could happen if spike jonze and Ira Glass met

Writers on lockdown

Friday Zaza Hlalethwa - 7 May 2020

Melinda Ferguson has gathered essays and stories from 40-plus contributors for Corona Chronicles

Pikoli’s Fish out of water

Article Theresa Mallinson - 25 Oct 2019

‘Born Freeloaders’ seems like a light read but under that is a layered look at post-apartheid privilege

Asia McDonald confronts her torment in The Same Pain

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 8 Feb 2019

The production examines how political and social conditions combine to produce an environment that is, quite literally, deadly for women.

Short, sharp prods at our psyche

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 9 Mar 2018

A collection of short stories flirts with surrealism in its rendering of the complex South African condition

The art of darkness

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Nov 2017

The trope of the anguished artist romanticises the acute mental suffering that afflicts some of those who find an escape in creativity

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Sarah Smit - 21 Oct 2020

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Finance probe into the Ingonyama Trust Board goes ahead

Paddy Harper - 20 Oct 2020

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Fake trafficking news targets migrants

Jan Bornman - 20 Oct 2020

Exaggerated reports on social media of human trafficking syndicates snatching people in broad daylight legitimate xenophobia while deflecting from the real problems in society

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special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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special reports - 19 Oct 2020

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special reports - 16 Oct 2020

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special reports - 16 Oct 2020

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special reports - 16 Oct 2020

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special reports - 16 Oct 2020

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special reports - 15 Oct 2020

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