On the 21st of March, Equal Education will hold a march and a concert and hopes to bring about 15 000 people to the Grand Parade, Cape Town at 12 pm and a march will start at 2pm to Parliament. Trains transport people for free but get your ticket at EE. The marchers will reach Parliament at about 3pm and hand over the Memorandum. The demands of EE are: We need Norms and Standards for School Infrastructure, implementation of the settlement for the Mud schools, better school infrastructure and libraries for every school. Freshlyground and DJ OSKIDO will be the... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – The Wits Arts & Literature Experience is going over the edge in 2011, with an expanded programme that’s set to cement its standing as a proudly Joburg festival. Known this year simply as WALE 4.0, the festival gets underway on May 11th with Witsies On Parade – a spectacular, burlesque-themed parade that will move through the university’s different campuses. Recalling the Rag processions of old, now dialed up to the 21st century, Witsies On Parade will be cross-faculty, immediately emphasising the more wide-ranging aspect of WALE 4.0’s programming. “Although WALE is built around the artistic, literary... Continue Reading
14th TIME OF THE WRITER: FULL PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED Twenty-one prominent writers from a dozen different countries, will converge on Durban for a thought-provoking week of literary dialogue and exchange of ideas at the Time of the Writer international writers festival from 14 to 19 March. Hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts (University of Kwa-Zulu Natal) and with principal funding from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, this 14th edition of the festival, presents a packed programme of both day and evening activities. ‘Freedom of Expression’ will feature as an underlying thread within the festival and audiences can expect to... Continue Reading
This week at Kalk Bay Books…Meet international crime writer Sophie Hannah on Friday 4 March, touring South Africa with her new book, Lasting Damage Sophie Hannah is an international crime writer to keep an eye one. Fortunately, you can do so in person when she launches her latest book at Kalk Bay Books, when she will be in conversation with Donald Paul. The author of five bestselling psychological thrillers – Little Face, Hurting Distance, The Point of Rescue, The Other Half Lives and A Room Swept White – Sophie Hannah has received critical acclaim internationally. Little Face was longlisted for... Continue Reading
By Magnus Taylor, Royal African Society – Prof Stephen Chan, chairing this meeting, stated that this is a book of great importance. There is a tendency when discussing subjects such as land reform in Zimbabwe to talk about them without nuance. It is however important to develop our discussions in a more complex manner, recognising that – particularly in this situation – people are not dupes, and that there is much space for human agency and creativity. Crucially, in this example, discussion on land in Zimbabwe has largely been carried out by people who know very little about land. Professor... Continue Reading
