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GDP is stuck in the doldrums

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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
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Quilled or typed, it’s writ

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If we are not thinking of a quill, when we say someone has “penned” a book, are we thinking of a standard ballpoint pen?
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‘For 30 years, I kept running’

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Harry Garuba wrote his first collection of poems in 1982. It’s taken him 35 years to do a second
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United by an affinity with the blues

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The pairing of Nina Simone and Moses Sumney raises questions at the epicentre of life and love
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How Shakespeare fits our time

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The bard has been dead for 400 years, yet he speaks from the grave as clearly and wisely as ever.
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Rare Shakespeare folio worth millions turns up on Scottish Isle

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

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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.
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Should Shakespeare be taught in Africa’s classrooms?

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Is there a place for Shakespeare in African schools, or is his time long past?
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A bone to pick: After life’s fitful fever, let the Bard sleep on

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Should William Shakespeare's remains be disinterred?
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Shakespeare goes digital

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

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READING REVOLUTION: SHAKESPEARE ON ROBBEN ISLAND by Ashwin Desai (Unisa Press).
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Why does China love Shakespeare?

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Wen Jiabao's visit to Stratford was graceful cultural diplomacy -- but reflects China's real fascination with Shakespeare.
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British writers stage takeover on the boards in SA

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

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

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