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‘Before Night Falls’: Reinaldo Arenas breaks down (in) Fidel Castro’s Cuba

Friday Percy Zvomuya - 22 Oct 2020

Reinaldo Arenas’s memoir reveals the contradiction of a revolutionary society ruled by an autocrat

The Portfolio: Nthikeng Mohlele

Friday Nthikeng Mohlele - 16 Oct 2020

A veteran author and part-time festival director, Nthikeng Mohlele can attest to the respective experiences being irreconcilable. Or are they?

Achmat Dangor: On writing and change

Friday Andries Walter Oliphant - 12 Sep 2020

Celebrated author and political activist Achmat Dangor died on Sunday at the age of 71. Here, in a 1990 interview published in Staffrider, he speaks to Andries Walter Oliphant about his work and aspects of South African literature and culture

Review: Biodun Olumuyiwa’s ‘In a Journey of Dreams’ is both timely and timeless

Friday Idowu Omoyele - 30 Jul 2020

Biodun Olumuyiwa has been writing since the late 1980s, but has only recently published his debut poetry collection

The Portfolio: Gilli Apter

Article Gilli Apter - 28 Feb 2020

South African comedian, writer and director Gilli Apter speaks about how hilarious content requires constant writing and feedback from the comedy community

The Portfolio: Lidudumalingani

Article Lidudumalingani - 29 Nov 2019

"At the heart of my work is what I choose to leave out. This is physically illustrated in framing a photograph."

A tribute to Ahmed Essop, teacher, writer and shining light of South Africa

Article Angelo Fick - 12 Jun 2019

Many revered Essop as a beloved teacher of English before he clashed with the apartheid authorities and was barred from teaching

The Portfolio: Phumlani Pikoli

Article Phumlani Pikoli - 31 May 2019

'The process of writing in solitude is still puzzling. How am I alone when I have so many people inside me?'

Slice of life: Skin shapes the way I am

Article Lester Kiewit - 3 May 2019

'Why do I write? Being born as the light-skinned girl in a dark-skinned neighbourhood gives you an interesting perspective'

Memoir the making of a novel

Article Shaun De Waal - 15 Mar 2019

Ivan Vladislavic explains that being true to the past is not so much about incidents as resonant details

Mohale Mashigo on all things books

Videos Staff Reporter - 15 Oct 2018

Author Mohale Mashigo speaks to the M&G about her writing process, early reading habits and she shares her challenge to her readers

Slice of life: Writing is painful but it heals

Article Zaza Hlalethwa - 15 Jun 2018

'It’s sort of like attending to a wound that has been festering under a Band-Aid'

Anglo American launches investment programme

Article Advertorial Supplement - 18 May 2018

The programme will support people involved in raising and educating children

The value of women’s labour: Being a writer, woman and mother in a patriarchal world

Article Staff Reporter - 17 Mar 2017

Authors Megan Ross and Sibongile Fisher talk about the challenges of maintaining a balance between work and family.

My journey of reading women, writing as a woman and growing a wide heart

Article Sisonke Msimang - 25 Aug 2016

Growing up, I was taught that reading was the key to life. Now I read to write.

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Transport Month

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special reports - 23 Oct 2020

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Disrupt the corrupt

special reports - 22 Oct 2020

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special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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Combatting wildlife crime in Southern Africa activity annual programme statement (APS) No. 04

special reports - 20 Oct 2020

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special reports - 19 Oct 2020

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