Max is back! Kalk Bay Books & Umuzi invite you to the launch of the updated edition of Pale Native by Max du Preez The entire political landscape has changed since Max du Preez published his much acclaimed book Pale Native: Memories of a Renegade Reporter in 2003. This substantially revised edition has new chapters on the ‘bloodless coup’ of Polokwane, the demise (and updated assessment) of Thabo Mbeki, the Zuma and Malema Show, the rise of Cope,the 2009 election, the country’s slide into systemic corruption and the spectacular crash of the SABC, controversies in Afrikaner culture and politics (the... Continue Reading
Andrew Robertson’s poster exhibition, “Public Perception” opened at the Resolution Gallery in Parkwood last night. Welcome to a world controlled by the media. Public figures manage themselves as brands. They play up to the images and react to the labels imposed upon them by the media. Posters have always been one of the best ways to explore the status-quo in the political and social arena, even though advertising and propaganda were initially their main function. Subconscious images in our minds of these public figures are based on preconceived ideas and perception. In this exhibition the artist, Andy... Continue Reading
Brodie/Stevenson is pleased to present two new bodies of work by Lunga Kama. Kama’s new colour self-portrait, titled Ze (Xhosa for ‘nude’), comprises four separate panels and continues the artist’s investigations into imaging black masculinity. Specifically, Kama is interested in how aspects of sexuality and self-reflexivity are made manifest through representations of the physical body. Through these images Kama explores how all modes of subjectivity, including his own, carry within them aspects of the performative. As with previous self-portraits, the artist works in a studio without any assistance, styling the shots himself and using a self-timer. The resultant images... Continue Reading
Journalists at radio stations in Africa can submit radio scripts on healthy communities in sub-Saharan Africa to a competition. Deadline: November 1. Specifically, the competition aims to promote gender equality and encourages scripts that feature writing by women and men involved in farming and food production. To assist participants with scriptwriting, a free, ten-week online training course will be offered through the competition website. For more information visit: http://www.comminit.com/en/node/266027/376
Kalk Bay Books will host the Cape Town launch of Greg Mills’s Why Africa is Poor. With him on the panel to discuss this vital book, will be the Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille. Professor Robert Schrire from UCT will introduce the speakers. Good development examples now abound in East Asia and farther afield in other parts of Asia, and in Central America. But why then has Africa failed to realise its potential in half a century of independence? This book shows that African poverty is not because the world has denied the continent the market and financial means to... Continue Reading
