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The Portfolio: Percy Mabandu
Friday
/ 11 December 2020

The Portfolio: Percy Mabandu

Writer and visual artist Percy Mabandu talks about the energy of his portrait of Bra Winston Mankuku Ngozi, entitled ‘The Bull’

By Percy Mabandu
‘Adaptation’: New short fiction from Phumlani Pikoli
Friday
/ 18 May 2020

‘Adaptation’: New short fiction from Phumlani Pikoli

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

By Phumlani Pikoli
Ombud okays media naming high-profile, probable gender-harm perpetrators
Article
/ 23 November 2017

Ombud okays media naming high-profile, probable gender-harm perpetrators

Publications can now identify a person alleged to have done such harm, but defamation rules still apply

By Phillip De Wet
Atlanta’s finest, ‘Poisoned Pasts’ and December tunes are on our lists this week
Article
/ 28 October 2016

Atlanta’s finest, ‘Poisoned Pasts’ and December tunes are on our lists this week

The Lists this week were compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela and senior arts writer Kwanele Sosibo.

By Arts Desk
Migrants: Unexpected guests trapped in time and space
Article
/ 8 October 2015

Migrants: Unexpected guests trapped in time and space

The outsider has always held a fascination for artists and writers, helping to shape our view of those who exist in a state of perpetual transition.

By Sean Otoole 1
Eliza Kentridge’s stilled soul reveals the intimate
Article
/ 23 July 2015

Eliza Kentridge’s stilled soul reveals the intimate

The beautiful poems written by a ‘quieted’ Eliza Kentridge could well be viewed as visual art.

By Staff Reporter
Israel’s path ‘worse than apartheid’
Article
/ 4 July 2014

Israel’s path ‘worse than apartheid’

Noam Chomsky states that if Israel is boycotted, the same fate should befall the United States. He further believes that a boycott could backfire.

By Ian Black
Picaresque with closure
Article
/ 24 April 2014

Picaresque with closure

An appreciation of the Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who has died aged 87, by American novelist Edmund White.

By Edmund White
African writing blurs into ‘world’ literature
Article
/ 3 April 2014

African writing blurs into ‘world’ literature

Initiatives such as the Kwani Trust and Femrite are helping to keep a beleaguered readership alive.

By Staff Reporter
Skip the small talk
Article
/ 14 June 2013

Skip the small talk

JM Coetzee believes it has ‘artistic sensibility’ but Small Things is unsatisfactory on so many levels.

By Percy Zvomuya
Chomsky: ‘No individual changes anything alone’
Article
/ 26 March 2013

Chomsky: ‘No individual changes anything alone’

Noam Chomsky is one of the world’s most controversial thinkers. Now 84, he reflects on his work, events in Syria and Israel, and the love of his life.

By Staff Reporter
Write to us
Article
/ 18 February 2013

Write to us

<em>M&G</em> Health would like to hear from you.

By Amy Green
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Article
/ 8 August 2008

Bard of the Gulag

Towering figure of Russian literature and politics who revealed the true horrors of Stalin’s labour camps.

By Staff Reporter

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