# Rhodes University alumnus and current Master’s student, Lazarus Kgageng, has officially published his debut novel, The Chords of a Hymn. The novel confronts themes of gender-based violence, queer identity, parental expectations, and survival. The book was accepted and selected for publication through the 2024 Publish’d Afrika Magazine Adopt-An-Author Programme. Kgageng says The Chords of a […]
# The 78th Cannes Film Festival has added more movies to its official selection for this year. These include Die, My Love starring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart’s The Chronology of Water, and Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t! Hollywood will have a large presence with already confirmed Tom Cruise premiering Mission: Impossible — The […]
# Die minister van Sport, Kuns en Kultuur, Gayton McKenzie, lei vandag ʼn spesiale viering ter ere van Katrina Essau by die Upington Inn in die Noord-Kaap. Sy word wyd erken as ʼn lewende menslike skat en gerespekteerde figuur in die bewaring van die N|uu-taal en Khoi-San-kultuurerfenis. Die departement se woordvoerder, Stacey-Lee Khojane, sê die […]
# Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, will lead a special celebration in honour of Katrina Essau at the Upington Inn in the Northern Cape today. Essau is widely recognised as a living human treasure and a revered figure in the preservation of the N|uu language and Khoi-San cultural heritage. The department’s spokesperson, […]
# Die 64-jarige Tania Morkel het haar doelwit om 64-duisend-rand in te samel, bereik nadat sy 38 van 64 beplande klimtogte teen Tafelberg voltooi het. Die poging is ter ere van die Wildernis-soek-en-reddingspan wat haar lewe in 2023 gered het ná ʼn byna noodlottige val. Morkel sê haar vasberadenheid het sterk gebly ondanks terugslae soos […]
# ʼn BA-student aan die Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal, Anelisa Ngubane, moedig studente aan om ʼn geleentheid om in die buiteland te studeer, met ope arms en ʼn oop gemoed aan te gryp. Die 23-jarige student het onlangs ʼn semester by die Universiteit van Tours in Frankryk deurgebring. Ngubane se hoofvakke is Digitale Kuns en Frans, […]
# Sixty-four-year-old Tania Morkel has surpassed her 64-thousand-rand fundraising goal after completing 38 of 64 planned Table Mountain climbs. The challenge honours the Wilderness Search And Rescue team who saved her life following a near-fatal fall in 2023. Despite setbacks, including illness and personal strain, Morkel says her determination remains strong. She aims to continue […]
# University of KwaZulu-Natal Bachelor of Arts student, Anelisa Ngubane, is encouraging students to embrace the opportunity of studying abroad with an open heart and mind. The 23-year-old recently spent a semester abroad at the University of Tours in Tours, France. Ngubane, who is majoring in Digital Art and French, says the experience significantly enhanced […]
# Dis vandag Wêreld-boekedag waarop boeke, skrywers, illustreerders en bowenal, lesers, wêreldwyd gevier word. Vanjaar se tema handel oor die verskeidenheid boeke vir elke smaak. Die Verenigde Nasies-agentskap UNESCO sê die tema beklemtoon hoe belangrik insluiting en verskeidenheid in lees is. Hy moedig lesers aan om verskillende stemme, standpunte en kulture deur letterkunde te ondersoek […]
