“It’s a day when we don’t have to go to school,” said Lennox, a boy in my grade 8 class […]

If I remember correctly, I arrived at night. We had taken a really long drive for around two hours before […]

Arriving at Paulet House When we arrived at Paulet House, it was raining. For me, rain holds a deep cultural […]

Where do I even begin? My time at the Paulet House for the Longhope TV Writing residency was absolutely wonderful. […]

In ’n artikel op LitNet skryf Annari van der Merwe, een van die Jakes Gerwel Stigting se trustees, oor haar […]

Vanjaar se NATi Jong Sterre deelnemers (Diano October, Franka Kirby, Mikyall Harris, Mosa Rabannye en Nelandi Boshoff) het die laaste […]

Recently I reviewed the Entertaining Children contest for LitNet. It is a magic show hosted by the College of Magic […]

It’s eight o’clock and already the sun is scorching here at Pearston Primary. At Paulet House, we were up early […]

Jakes Gerwel is vanjaar al 12 jaar oorlede. Hy het op 28 November 2012 ná ’n hartomleidingsoperasie in die Netcare […]

“Close the gate so the cows don’t get in,” the granddaughter of Walter Battiss said. We laughed as we clambered […]

Dis agtuur en die son is al skerp hier by Pearston Primêr. Ons was vroeg uit die vere by Paulet […]

Die Chris Barnard-kortverhaalprys, vernoem na die Hertzogprys-bekroonde skrywer, is vanjaar weer aanbied nadat dit vir twee jaar nie toegeken is […]

Mpho Nkoana is a passionate writer and an emerging talent in the film industry. During his three-year diploma in motion picture […]

Men in dirty overalls are decorating the streets of the city for my visit They are planting rows of white poles on […]

The winners of the 19th edition of South African Literary Awards (SALA) were announced at an awards ceremony on 7 […]

Poetree Publications presents its quarterly discussion, introducing aspiring authors to the basics and beginning steps to self-publishing in South Africa. […]

Miché van Wyk, voormalige deelnemer aan die NATi Jong Sterre-residensie, is op 28 Oktober tydens ’n toekenningsgeleentheid by die Nooitgedacht-wynlandgoed […]

Zubayr Charles, participant in the Kommadagga workshop in 2020 and in Artscape’s 2024 New Voices programme this year and writer […]

Diano October is vanjaar saam met vier ander belowende jong dramaturge gekies vir deelname aan die NATi Jong Sterre-projek-2024. Onder […]

Nelandi Boshoff is vanjaar saam met vier ander belowende jong dramaturge gekies vir deelname aan die NATi Jong Sterre-projek-2024. Onder […]

Franka Kirby is vanjaar saam met vier ander belowende jong dramaturge gekies vir deelname aan die NATi Jong Sterre-projek-2024. Onder […]

What goes into the life of the mind? Historian Sandra Swart, novelist Lebo Mazibuko, and writer and film-maker Deidré Jantjies […]

Die wenners van die 2024 Woordtrofees is op 28 Oktober tydens ’n toekenningsgeleentheid by die Nooitgedacht-wynlandgoed bekroon. Die wenners het […]

Chase Rhys, deelnemer aan die Brussel tot Karoo-residensie in 2019 en die NYC Fellowship, se artikel oor sy tyd by […]

Ons Klyntji is die eerste en oudste Afrikaanse tydskrif, gestig in die jaar 1896. Dit herleef as ’n zine in […]

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation invites donors to sponsor a Christmas gift valued at R50 per learner. Each gift will include […]

Mikyall Harris is vanjaar saam met vier ander belowende jong dramaturge gekies vir deelname aan die NATi Jong Sterre-projek 2024. […]

On Thursday, 3 October, a test audience witnessed a staged reading of the upcoming play this bra’s a psycho, written […]

Dis met groot opgewondenheid dat die Jakes Gerwel Stigting en M-Net Kanale die verkose kandidate bekend maak vir hul gesamentlike […]

It’s with great excitement that the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and M-Net Channels are announcing the chosen candidates for their joint […]

Die Stellenbosch Toyota Woordfees vereer jaarliks met die Woordtrofees kunstenaars wat uitnemend presteer het tydens daardie jaar se fees. Die […]

Die South African Literary Awards (SALA), wat in 2005 deur The wRite Associates gestig is, gee erkenning aan die werk […]

Staying at Paulet House in KwaNjoli was nothing short of extraordinary. As I reflect on the time spent there, it […]

Die kleintjies weet al: As hulle daai grys bakkie sien aankom op die stofpad, is dit sulke tyd. Konserttyd. Dicky […]

Artscape and the Suidoosterfees, in association with the City of Cape Town, proudly present their New Voices programme supported by […]

Die South African Literary Awards (SALA), georganiseer deur The wRite Associates, het baie skrywers vereer sedert hulle in 2005 gestig […]

’n Homesick poem geskryf deur Tasneem Daniels te’wyl sy innie buiteland gewoon’t   Ek verlang narrie Kaap.  Narrie soetgeid en souteragheid […]

Jane Mpholo, a young, dynamic South African woman from Botshabelo in the Free State, and one of our previous mentees […]

I’m writing this from my bed in Oslo, Norway. A little over three months have passed since I put my […]

Abuse always comes with more questions than answers. Why stay? is the violent question that most victims of abuse are […]

When the executive director of Jakes Gerwel Foundation, Theo Kemp, approached me with a proposal of collating the views of […]

It’s with great excitement that the Jakes Gerwel Foundation, LitNet and Huisgenoot announce their chosen candidates for the fifth annual […]

Book launch Charl-Pierre Naudé is a South African poet, novelist, published philosopher and participant in this year’s Brussels to Karoo […]

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation is grateful to Nal’ibali for recently offering their assistance in training our 40 reading assistants. Dr […]

The second edition of The Ingcayizivele Book Festival will be held on Saturday 21 September 2024 in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, South […]

Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting, LitNet en Huisgenoot maak met groot opgewondenheid hul verkose kandidate bekend vir die vyfde Kommadagga-slypskool wat […]

Mia Arderne is a Cape-Town based writer with by lines in, for example, the Mail & Guardian, New Frame, Africa […]

Dit is altyd ’n vreugde om die skryfwerk van skrywers wat tyd by Paulet Huis deurgebring het by boekbekendstellings of […]

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation and Oude Leeskamer in Stellenbosch are thrilled to announce that Lebo Mazibuko is the recipient of […]

Die ATKV-Woordveertjies bekroon jaarliks uitsonderlike prestasies rondom die Afrikaanse woord. Hulle vereer bydraes oor ’n breë spektrum – van woordeboeke […]