Sabata Mpho Mokae

Some people are of the view that short stories, like poetry, are the fast food of literature, but one cannot doubt their importance. Sabata-Mpho Mokae looks at three recent collections of short stories to be published in South Africa.

Lebogang Lance Nawa is a poet whose relevance did not fade with the dawn of freedom. The issues he has dealt with in <i>Through the Eye of a Needle</i> are very contemporary, writes Sabata-mpho Mokae.

The stories in <i>Childhood: South Africans Recall Their Past </i>, tell of hope and the triumph of human spirit, even though they emanate from an era filled with anguish, pain and loss, writes Sabata-Mpho Mokae.

Author, Letepe Maisela, is a champion of black economic empowerment, but the empowerment in <i>The empowered native </i> is anything but economic, writes Sabata-mpho Mokae.

Two local writers share their best-kept secrets in a pocketbook filled with insights into the Jo’burg scene writes Sabata-mpho Mokae.

A new book by Gwen Ansell explores the history and politics of local jazz. It takes us back in time to when the circumstances of struggle politics influenced the composition of music, writes Sabata-Mpho Mokae.

Award-winning playwright Martin Koboekae has turned his hand to novels, and <i>Taung Wells</i> fails to disappoint. The author has treated his subject matter with the accuracy of a historian, writes Sabata-Mpho Mokae.