KOBUS Moolman admits he still cannot quite believe that his latest poetry anthology, A Book of Rooms (Deep South, 2014), has won the African Poetry Book Fund’s 2015 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry.
The prize was judged by award-winning poet and scholar Gabeba Baderoon and for his efforts Moolman, who teaches creative writing at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, will receive $5,000. Continue reading
Remember the Seventies? The period of great changes in the music scene, when icons were made, horizons were stretched and musicians broke out of their boxes and went where their dreams (and substances) took them!
Yes. Then revel in a bit of nostalgia when the Hexagon Theatre at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg hosts This is the Seventies in the Hexagon Dive on January 29, 30 and 31 and February 4, 5 and 6. Continue reading
Last year’s schools’ short story competition winners.
THE 19th Time of the Writer hosted by the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu-Natal invites South African high school pupils to submit their short stories for the annual Schools Short Story Competition by Friday, February 26. Continue reading
IN his book, South Africa’s Insurgent Citizens, Julian Brown has chosen to look at the actions of ordinary South Africans across the country in an effort to understand contemporary politics from a ground-level perspective.
It’s a timely release given the recent #FeesMustFall protests which erupted on university campuses across South Africa recently. Continue reading
Shona Johnson and Verne Rowin Munsamy
Kids of all ages, shapes and sizes, are invited to come to ‘The Hex’ for some jolly surprises; for a merry morning of magic and mirth, with the Teeniest Tiniest Circus on Earth!
The colourful children’s show, The Fantastical Flea Circus, heads for Pietermaritzburg for the first time, for a short season at the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Hexagon Theatre in Scottsville from December 8 to 12. Continue reading
WHILE KickStArt Theatre Company walked off with the lion’s share of the prizes at The Mercury Durban Theatre Awards at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on Monday, November 23, this year’s event also saw a host of new talent picking up awards.
THE annual Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) and the Durban FilmMart (DFM) will take place from June 16 to 26, 2016, while the DFM will take place from June 17 to 20, 2016.
The events have been rescheduled due to a clash with the 21st International Aids Conference, which takes place at the end of July 2016. The AIDS conference will be using both the Elangeni and Maharani hotels, which are traditionally used as a festival and market hub. Continue reading
This weekend is the last chance for fans of Ian von Memerty and Vivienne Lawrence to see their show, Fantastic 50!, at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre on the Howard College campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The show runs until November 22. Continue reading
Kwena Ramahuta
The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal is hosting the 2015 Jazz and Jazz and Popular music recitals on Tuesday, November 24 and Wednesday, November 25, at 6 pm. Continue reading
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