March 21, 2010
An excellent piece of personal-history reportage, set in 1962, brought to you by Guernicamag.com:Michael and I checked around for remedies. First we had a lot of energetic sex, even though we were hardly in the mood. That didn’t work. One night I sat in an extremely hot bath in my walk-up on Waverly Place while Michael fed me a whole quart of gin, jelly jar glass by jelly jar glass.... (read more)
March 19, 2010
March 19, 2010
Zebra Press brings you a preview of the exciting new collection of SA writing on hours and cities edited by Louis Greenberg, Home Away - to be launched in April. Watch out for the first pages of each of the 24 stories, which will be run in hourly sequence every day.
March 19, 2010
Uitspraak: wortel
March 19, 2010
Afrikaanse skrywer Alba Bouwer vier hierde week haar negentigste verjaarsdag. Bouwer is ondermeer bekend vir haar kinderboek en vir Rivierplaas: 'n Alba Bouwer-omnibus. Willem de Vries gesels met haar geliefdes en kollegas oor 'n merkwaardige vrou en haar kosbare bydraes tot Afrikaanse letterkunde. Die doyenne van Afrikaanse kinderliteratuur, Alba Bouwer, is vandag 90 jaar oud.Haar dekades lange skrywerslewe sy was ’n tydgenoot... (read more)
March 19, 2010
South African artist, William Kentridge is currently in New York, having directed a production of Shostakovich's The Nose. Top Billing presenter, Jeannie D, interviewed Kentridge for the latest issue of the popular magazine programme. 
March 19, 2010
Web Tech Law has written a four-part series about the new Companies Act. In this segment, part 4, they deal particularly with Standards of Conduct as set out in the Act. Sections 75 to 77 are relevant to directors, prescribed officers and members of board committees: One of the most fundamental changes introduced by the New Act relates to the standard of conduct expected from directors, prescribed... (read more)
March 19, 2010
Taking her inspiration from Tom Chatfield's Fun Inc. and a 10-hour experience with Myst 15 years ago, Ann Donald strays slightly from the world of books to the world of games in this week's column.About 15 years ago I bought my first Apple Mac, which... (read more)
March 19, 2010
Talking at the launch of African Security Governance: Emerging Issues, editor of the book Gavin Cawthra emphasised the collaborative nature of the project, acknowledging the contributions of many different researchers at various universities throughout the African region. ... (read more) March 19, 2010
Alert! Cameroonian novelist Léonora Miano - lately in South Africa at the Time of the Writer - is not happy with her US publishers, Bison Books, aka The University of Nebraska Press. Seems the press has ... (read more)
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March 21, 2010, 12:34 am All-round good advice, much appreciated Damaria. Just read Corduroy Mansions [...]
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