Saturdays with Jenny is about everything under the sun that Afropolitans are interested in. Battles, booze, bhabhalaza or boerewors, the show does it all. The show is all about lifestyle, South African style.
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English South AfricaReligion & SpiritualityAuthored by Jenny Crwys Williams
The fifth Hugh Masekela Heritage Festival takes place on November 9 at the Soweto Theatre in Jabulani. This year, the festival will celebrate the late musician’s 80th birthday in his absence. Celebrated South African musician, Thandiswa Mazwai will headline the festival and she will be joined by Masekela’s band with…
Deon Meyer is a South African crime fiction author and screenwriter. His books are translated into 27 languages world-wide. A former journalist, advertising copywriter. Deon has published thirteen novels and two short story collections.
Today we feature South African writer, Lesego Rampolokeng. Rampolokeng came to prominence in the 1980s, a very turbulent time in South Africa. His poetry often criticises the establishment. His first instalment of poetry was Horns for Hondo in 1991 and this was followed by End Beginnings in 1993. Lesego collaborates…
The South African Literary Awards take place on the 7th of November and many authors are hopeful that they will get the nod. The awards have honoured 133 authors and literary practitioners since their establishment in 2005. Take a listen to this clip that we have put together of some…
Finuala Dowling is a South African poet and writer whose latest offering, Pretend You Don’t Know Me brings together in one volume the best of her funny, poignant and idiosyncratic poetry from four earlier prize-winning collections, with a section devoted to new poems. It introduces this popular South African poet…
Fred Khumalo has been described as a ‘reluctant Zulu’, ‘clever black’ and an ‘equal opportunity offender’. He completed his MA in creative writing from Wits University with distinction and is the recipient of a Nieman Fellowship from Harvard University. A hundred and twenty years ago, seven thousand Zulu mineworkers walked…
Celebrated South African poet Lebo Mashile sees storytelling as a unique tool to inspire others and accelerate change. Through powerful spoken word performance, Mashile highlights the journey of democracy and human rights across the globe. Speaking at the Oslo Freedom Forum she shares her poem…
Are you a professional runner? How long did the 6,7 km take you to complete? Did you run last year? What made you decide to run again/of the first time?
What is the difference between this year’s walk and last year’s? What was the best at last year’s run and who won it? What can Afropolitans look forward to at the walk in terms of entertainment? What are some of the goodies that the winner can…
Winemaker and owner of Paserene Wines, Martin Smith has taken an unusual route in wine making. He has written a crime novel and is using chapters of it as labels for his latest wine collection. Smith was winemaker at the much-lauded Vilafonté in Stellenbosch for seven years before he embarked…
In this final segment of my conversation with Maxwell Gomera he talks about the amazing work done by the United Nations in preserving wild life in Africa.
The UN’s Director Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services, Maxwell Gomera says Africans must realise that wildlife is the continent’s greatest asset. I spoke to him about getting things done and making sense of our environment and the crisis that our world is in today, through story telling…
In Cape Curry & Koesisters, twin sisters Fatima and Gadija take us on a Cape Malay food trip, which is also a journey of life, as the recipes are linked with memories of their childhood on the Cape Flats. They believe in home cooking and recipes that are quick, easy…
5 Oct 2019 3AM
13 min
372 – 392
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