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2010 Johannesburg Arts Alive Festival: The Poetry Sessions
This year's Joburg Arts Alive Festival, which kicks off TODAY, 2 September, features two sets of poetry sessions that you won't want to miss. The first, entitled "Speak the …
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It's the news that was heard around the world... the world of SA Twitter, that is: Hayibo.com, the satirical website put together by Tom …
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Lorraine Adams of the New York Times Reviews Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed
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Ligloop, Tom Gouws se vierde bundel bestaan uit vier afdelings: “delftse doek”; “tentatief”; “kroniek van elia in afrika” en “jerusalemgangers revisited”. In “delftse doek” val die fokus op die DelftsePetra Müller prys Dan Sleigh by bekendstelling van Afstande
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