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GDP is stuck in the doldrums

Article Thando Maeko - 6 Mar 2020

The latest economic figures and the effect of the coronavirus on the global economy are bad news for South Africa’s already tepid domestic growth outlook

Quilled or typed, it’s writ

Article Shaun De Waal - 16 Aug 2019

If we are not thinking of a quill, when we say someone has “penned” a book, are we thinking of a standard ballpoint pen?

‘For 30 years, I kept running’

Article Idowu Omoyele - 5 Jan 2018

Harry Garuba wrote his first collection of poems in 1982. It’s taken him 35 years to do a second

United by an affinity with the blues

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Dec 2017

The pairing of Nina Simone and Moses Sumney raises questions at the epicentre of life and love

How Shakespeare fits our time

Article Darryl Accone - 2 May 2016

The bard has been dead for 400 years, yet he speaks from the grave as clearly and wisely as ever.

Rare Shakespeare folio worth millions turns up on Scottish Isle

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Apr 2016

Four hundred years after the death of world-renowned playwright William Shakespeare, a rare folio of his work from the 1600s has been found.

Refugees get a boost from Shakespeare’s Hamlet

Article Mark Brown - 4 Feb 2016

People holed up in a grim Calais camp could no doubt identify with the tortured Danish prince during a performance by actors from Shakespeare’s Globe.

Should Shakespeare be taught in Africa’s classrooms?

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Aug 2015

Is there a place for Shakespeare in African schools, or is his time long past?

A bone to pick: After life’s fitful fever, let the Bard sleep on

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Apr 2015

Should William Shakespeare's remains be disinterred?

Shakespeare goes digital

Article Natasha Baker - 5 Nov 2012

William Shakespeare's plays are getting a 21st century-style makeover in the form of new apps for tablets and smart phones.

Shakespeare behind prison walls

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Mar 2012

READING REVOLUTION: SHAKESPEARE ON ROBBEN ISLAND by Ashwin Desai (Unisa Press).

Why does China love Shakespeare?

Article Frances Wood - 29 Jun 2011

Wen Jiabao's visit to Stratford was graceful cultural diplomacy -- but reflects China's real fascination with Shakespeare.

British writers stage takeover on the boards in SA

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Apr 2010

Patrick Marber and William Shakespeare, along with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton, are this season's unlikely headline acts in Johannesburg.

Of Shakespeare and detachment

Article Staff Reporter - 23 Sep 2008

At work a few weeks ago I began to see sudden flashes of light, which was strange for a cloudless day in Port Elizabeth...

Sci-fi stars do Shakespeare

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Aug 2008

It's <i>Hamlet</i>, but not as we know it.

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