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Jakes Gerwel Foundation’s Paulet House in Somerset East,
Eastern Cape, South Africa is home to writers.

· Our Stories and News ·

A blog by and about Paulet House and our writers

Erla-Mari Diedericks

Netwerk24: Erla-Mari Diedericks: Woorde wat soek na ’n boek om in te land | Words looking for a book to land in

Paulet House

Erla-Mari Diedericks skryf ’n brief aan Netwerk24 oor haar verwagtinge, selfvertwyfeling en vooropsigte vir die PEN dit neer skrywersprogram wat […]

Not Another Samoosa Run! by Nadia Cassim

Bosberg Book Writing residency alumn Nadia Cassim announces debut novel: Not Another Samoosa Run!

Paulet House

Nadia Cassim, who attended the Bosberg Book Writing residency at Paulet House in KwaNojoli in the Eastern Cape in 2023, […]

Ons vier Rashid Lombard | Celebrating Rashid Lombard

Ons vier Rashid Lombard | Celebrating Rashid Lombard

Paulet House

Die Jakes Gerwel-stigting betreur die verlies van Rashid Lombard, ’n bekroonde fotojoernalis en kulturele aktivis instrumenteel in die bevordering van […]

NATi Jong Sterre-toneelskryfprogram se inwonende skrywer | NATi Rising Stars playwriting programme's writer in residence: Jana Cilliers

NATi Jong Sterre-toneelskryfprogram se inwonende skrywer | NATi Rising Stars playwriting programme’s writer in residence: Jana Cilliers

Paulet House

In samewerking met die Suidoosterfees, Artscape en New Voices, en die ondersteuning van NATi, belê ons in die ontwikkeling van […]

Op soek na Nojoli en ’n samekoms in die Karoo

LitNet: Op soek na Nojoli en ’n samekoms in die Karoo | Looking for Nojoli and a gathering in the Karoo

Paulet House

Die LitNet-redaksie doen verslag op die Jakes Gerwel Stigting se navorsingsprojek oor die naamsverandering van Somerset-Oos in die Oos-Kaap na KwaNojoli in […]

KwaNojoli Launch

An Enriching Evening Sheds Light on This Question: Who Was Nojoli?

Paulet House

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation’s research project on the renaming of Somerset East in the Eastern Cape to KwaNojoli in 2023 […]

KwaNojoli Funksie

Luisterryke aand werp lig op dié vraag: Wie was Nojoli? 

Paulet House

Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting se navorsingsprojek oor die naamsverandering van Somerset-Oos in die Oos-Kaap na KwaNojoli in 2023 is op […]

UJ-Prys vir Afrikaans wenner

Wenner van die UJ-Debuutprys vir Afrikaans 2025: Baie geluk Gaireyah Fredericks

JGS Nuus

Die UJ-pryse word toegeken aan uitnemende tekste in enige genre wat oorspronklik in Afrikaans geskryf is en in die vorige kalenderjaar verskyn het. Die pryse […]

Please, don't call me moffie by Zubayr Charles

“Please, don’t call me moffie” by Zubayr Charles

Paulet House

Zubayr Charles, participant in the Kommadagga workshop in 2020, challenges homophobia in his latest play, Please, don’t call me moffie. […]

UJ-Prys vir Afrikaans Kortlys

UJ-pryse vir Afrikaans-kortlyste aangekondig: Baie geluk Gaireyah Fredericks en Danie Marais

JGS Nuus

Die UJ-pryse word toegeken aan uitnemende tekste in enige genre wat oorspronklik in Afrikaans geskryf is en in die vorige […]

PEN it down 2025

PEN it down | PEN dit neer: Deelnemers | Participants 2025

Paulet House

Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting werk in 2025 weer saam met PEN Afrikaans, PEN Suid-Afrika en twee internasionale sentrums – PEN […]

Jakes Gerwel Gesprekke 2025

Nog ’n suksesvolle Suidoosterfees agter die rug: Baie dankie

Theo Kemp

Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting is diep dankbaar teenoor ons vennote en borge, spesifiek die ATKV, Netwerk24 en die Suidoosterfees, Exclusive […]

Diana Ferrus-prys 2024: Baie geluk aan Gaireyah Fredericks, Dianne Du Toit Albertze en Yuwinn Kraukamp

Diana Ferrus-prys 2024: Baie geluk aan Gaireyah Fredericks, Dianne Du Toit Albertze en Yuwinn Kraukamp

JGS Nuus

Die Diana Ferrus-prys is vernoem na die bekroonde Suid-Afrikaanse digter, skrywer en aktivis, Dr. Diana Ferrus, as ’n huldeblyk aan […]

Love from a distance: a personal essay by Nixon Mateulah

Love From A Distance

Nixon Mateulah

In his latest personal essay, Nixon Mateulah writes about a man befriending a homeless person and the conversations they have […]

Nagtegaal-teksprys 2025: Baie geluk Dianne du Toit Albertze

Nagtegaal-teksprys 2025: Baie geluk Dianne du Toit Albertze

JGS Nuus

Dianne du Toit Albertze, voormalige deelnemer aan die NATi Jong Sterre-residensie in 2019, is die wenner van vanjaar se Nagtegaal-teksprys. […]

Die Eugene Maraisprys 2025

Die Eugène Maraisprys vir prosa: Baie geluk Gaireyah Fredericks

JGS Nuus

Die Raad van die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns het op 25 April 2025 die wenners van die Akademiepryse […]

PEN Afrikaans: Keith Lewis en Charl-Pierre Naudé

PEN Afrikaans gedigte- en kortverhaalkompetisie: Geluk aan Keith Lewis en Charl-Pierre Naudé

JGS Nuus

PEN Afrikaans het op 8 Junie 2024 ’n kortverhaal- sowel as ’n gedigskryfkompetisie in samewerking met die aanlyn platforms LitNet […]

HSSA Awards

The 10th NIHSS Awards: Congratulations Charl-Pierre Naudé and Lynthia Julius 

JGF News

The winners of the 10th National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) awards were announced on 27 March […]

Wilmot James

Daily Maverick: The silent epidemic – Mpox’s resurgence in Africa calls for urgent global health action

Wilmot James - Daily Maverick

In an article on Daily Maverick, Dr Wilmot James, one of the Jakes Gerwel Foundation’s trustees, writes about the mpox […]

LitNet-onderhoud: Theo Kemp gesels oor die Jakes Gerwel-gesprekke

LitNet-onderhoud: Theo Kemp gesels oor die Jakes Gerwel-gesprekke

Theo Kemp and Naomi Meyer - LitNet

Hier onder volg ’n onderhoud tussen Theo Kemp (die uitvoerende direkteur van die Jakes Gerwel Stigting) en Naomi Meyer (LitNet) […]

NFVF 2025

The NFVF releases the PESP 5 funding approvals: Congratulations Mpho Nkoana, Jane Mpholo-Mehlape and Deidré Jantjies

JGF News

The Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme 5 (PESP 5) allocates funds to seven arts disciplines namely; music, literature, visual arts, crafts, […]

Knaap: Jou eks en die city deur Tiaan la Grange

Knaap: “Jou eks en die city” deur Tiaan la Grange 

JGS Nuus

Tiaan la Grange, deelnemer aan die Kommadagga Slypskool in 2024, is ’n jong skrywer in Kaapstad. Sy studies onder leiding […]

SA Akademiepryse-kortlyste

SA Akademiepryse-kortlyste aangekondig: Baie geluk Kirby van der Merwe en Gaireyah Fredericks

JGS Nuus

Vanjaar is die tweede jaar dat die kortlyste van die SA Akademie se letterkundige pryse vooraf aangekondig word. Daar is […]

Huisgenoot: Wakkerboom deur Tiaan la Grange

Huisgenoot se kortverhaal: “Wakkerboom” deur Tiaan la Grange

Tiaan La Grange

Tiaan la Grange, deelnemer aan die Kommadagga Slypskool in 2024, is ’n jong skrywer in Kaapstad. Sy studies onder leiding […]

Die Belofte deur Tenita Kidelo

Huisgenoot se kortverhaal: “Die belofte” deur Tenita Kidelo

Tenita Kidelo

Tenita Kidelo, deelnemer aan die Kommadagga Slypskool in 2024, beskryf haarself as ’n Bolander met ’n Karoo-agtergrond. Sy het haar […]

Netwerk24‘‘Só lee djy ’n dramaturg die beste ken’’ deur Tasneem Daniels

Netwerk24: ‘‘Só lee djy ’n dramaturg die beste ken’’ deur Tasneem Daniels 

Tasneem Daniels

Tasneem Daniels, deelnemer aan die NATi Jong Sterre-program in 2019, skryf ’n huldeblyk aan dramaturg Athol Fugard. Dit het op […]

Zack Mtombeni’s debut film ‘‘Pheletso’’

Zack Mtombeni’s debut film: ‘‘Pheletso’’

Paulet House

Zack Mtombeni, a participant in the NATi Rising Stars Project of 2022, is not only a professional actor, but also […]

Vuyokazi Ngemntu

2025 Chris van Wyk Bursary recipient announced: Congratulations Vuyokazi Ngemntu

JGF News

Pan Macmillan announced on 11 March 2025 that Vuyokazi Ngemntu, participant in the Kommadagga Workshop of 2024, will be this […]

Netwerk24: Die 5 mascots wat die Kaap die beste stad maak

Netwerk24: “Die 5 mascots wat die Kaap die beste stad maak”

Tasneem Daniels

Vandat Kaapstad deur die gesaghebbende tydskrif TimeOut as “die beste stad ter wêreld” aangewys is, het Tasneem Daniels, deelnemer aan […]

Netwerk24 “Dit is hoe ’n mens liefde spel” Daneel Jantjies

Netwerk24: “Dit is hoe ’n mens liefde spel”

Daneel Jantjies

Daneel Jantjies, deelnemer aan die Kommadagga Slypskool in 2023, besin in ’n artikel op Netwerk24 oor wat liefde werklik is. […]

Jakes Gerwel Discussions bring a festival of voices and opinions to Suidoosterfees

JGF News

The Jakes Gerwel Discussions at Suidoosterfees, taking place from 30 April to 4 May at Artscape, is proudly brought to […]

Jakes Gerwel-gesprekke bring ’n fees van stemme en opinies na Suidoosterfees

JGS Nuus

Die Jakes Gerwel-gespreksreeks by die Suidoosterfees, wat vanaf 30 April tot 4 Mei by die Artscape plaasvind, word vanjaar met […]

Juliette Manitshana-Mnqeta

Interview with Juliette Manitshana-Mnqeta about her new novel, ‘If The Dead Could Talk’

Paulet House and Diane de Beer

Juliette Manitshana-Mnqeta is a legal transcriptionist and isiXhosa translator currently based in Knysna. In 2022, Mnqeta joined a group of […]

Keith Lewis

Keith Lewis se ‘Blue Boy Lagoon’ deel van NWU se sillabus

Paulet House

In ’n Facebook-post deel Keith Lewis, deelnemer aan die PEN dit neer-program in 2024, dat een van sy kortverhale, Blue […]

Crystal Donna Roberts

’n Huldeblyk aan | A Tribute to Crystal-Donna Roberts

Paulet House, Theolla Langenhoven and Tebello Mzamo

Ons neem met groot hartseer afskeid van Crystal-Donna Roberts. Sy was nie net ’n uitstekende aktrise nie, maar ook ’n […]

Theatre Review: Fragmented

A Shattered Reflection: Jane Mpholo-Mehlape’s ‘Fragmented’ Engulfs Audiences in a Visceral Theatrical Experience

Rondo Mpiti-Spies

Jane Mpholo-Mehlape’s solo performance, Fragmented, captivated audiences at the Performing Arts Centre of the Free State (PACOFS) on 23 February […]

The Salt Lesson

‘The Salt Lesson’ at Baxter Theatre’s Zabalaza Theatre Festival

JGF News

Sibuyiselo Sbuja Dywili, participant in the Brussels-to-Karoo Residency in 2024, is delighted to invite you to support his new play, […]

Valentine’s Day – A Moment of Love

Audrey Jantjies

Buffeljagsrivier Library, in conjunction with Buffeljagsrivier Correctional Centre held a Valentine’s Day function for the Book Club for Offenders on […]

Wilmot James

Daily Maverick: “Trump and Musk breathe poison rather than oxygen into our political cultures”

Wilmot James - Daily Maverick

In an article on Daily Maverick, Dr Wilmot James, one of the Jakes Gerwel Foundation’s trustees, comments on how President […]

Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu

Kommadagga-slypskool se inwonende skrywer | Kommadagga workshop’s writer in residence: Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu

Paulet House

Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting bied, in vennootskap met Huisgenoot en LitNet, ’n mentorskapprogram aan belowende opkomende kortverhaalskrywers. Die skrywers sal […]

Longhope TV Writing 2024

YOUNG TV WRITERS GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR THROUGH MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME 

JGF News

After four promising television scriptwriters completed the prestigious Longhope TV writing residency last year, they were recently offered internships at […]

Longhope TV-Skryf 2024

TELEVISIE-SKRYFPROJEK BIED UITSONDERLIKE ERVARINGE BY M-NET KANALE  

JGS Nuus

Nadat vier belowende televisiedraaiboekskrywers verlede jaar die gesogte Longhope TV-skryf-residensie voltooi het, is hulle onlangs internskappe by M-Net Kanale se […]

If the dead could walk Juliette Mnqeta

Juliette Manitshana-Mnqeta’s new book release, ‘If the Dead Could Talk’

JGF News

Juliette Manitshana-Mnqeta matriculated from Westerford High School in 2005. She is currently based in Plettenberg Bay and works as a […]

Read aloud 2025

World Read Aloud Day celebrated in the Blue Crane

Theo Kemp

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation celebrated World Read Aloud Day in style in KwaNojoli! The multitalented storyteller maestro, Dr. Gcina Mhlophe, […]

Boon-prys 2025

Boon 2025-kortlyste aangekondig: Baie geluk aan Gerda Dendooven

JGS Nuus

Die Boon-prys is ’n Vlaamse prys waar die beste Nederlandse boeke in kinder- en jeugliteratuur, fiksie en nie-fiksie bekroon word. […]

LitNet: Hoe los ons die onderwyskrisis op? Faeed Amardien se oplossings

LitNet: Hoe los ons die onderwyskrisis op? Faeed Amardien se oplossings

Faeed Amardien

Die LitNet-redaksie het aan Faeed Amardien, voormalige deelnemer aan die Bosberg-boekskryf-program in 2023, die volgende vraag gestel: Hier onder volg […]

Miela’s Box the Radio Drama to air on live FM Radio this Sunday (9 February 2025)

‘Miela’s Box’ (radio drama) to air on Live FM Radio this Sunday (9 February 2025)

JGF News

Miela’s Box is the first produced play by Tasneem Daniels, a playwright from Cape Town with a background in entertainment, […]

Mikayla Joy Brown se “Doll in the Dunes”

Fiëstas 2025-benoemings: Mikayla Joy Brown se “Poppie in the Dunes”

JGS Nuus

Die Fiëstas-paneel het in 2024 sewe kunstefeeste – KKNK, Suidoosterfees, Innibos, Vrystaat Kunstefees, Klein-Karoo Klassique, Momentum Beleggings Aardklop en Toyota […]

My surreal experience at the Longhope TV Writing residency at Paulet House

My surreal experience at the Longhope TV Writing residency at Paulet House 

Clarissa Theron

I am currently on honeymoon, sitting on a beach-front hotel balcony. I am warmly wrapped in a blanket, sipping at […]

Paulet House Stories Premolar extraction - Zama L. Moyo

Premolar extraction 

Zama Moyo

You must understand that as a guy of the high-sensitivity, deep-feeling variety, few things are more daunting than a visit […]

· Our Writers ·

The Jakes Gerwel Foundation is proud of the growing list of writers
who benefited so far from our various projects, offered at Paulet House.

Abduragman Adams | Adele Ross | Alexander Carlton Marshall | Alfred T.M. Rossouw | Allen Grootboom | Amy Jephta | André Trantraal | Andrico Goosen | Andries Bezuidenhout | Angela Briggs | Anna-Karien Otto | Audrey Jantjies | Ayanda Xaba | Bonisani Sibeko | Breyten Treurnicht | Bronwyn Davids | Brumelda Bell | Bryson Appels | Cara Rossouw | Carlo Daniels | Carlo Fortune | Charl-Pierre Naudé | Chase Rhys | Christoph Nix | Crystal-Donna Roberts | Curtley Pitt | Daneel Jantjies | Danie Kriek | Danie Marais | Daylen Jomique Tobias | Deidré Jantjies | Denver Breda | Dumisani Hlatswayo | Du Toit Albertze | Duwayne Lombard | Edna Ellman | Elodi Troskie | Emma Crebolder | Engela Ovies | Esmé Cupido | Fabian Rainers | Faeed Amardien | Fikry El Azzouzi | Fleur Pierets | Fourie Botha | François Bloemhof | Frazer Barry | Gaasitwe Setshedi | Gaireyah Fredericks | Gilbert van Zyl | Gita Fourie | Gabriel Plaatjies | Geralt Cloete | Gerda Dendooven | Gerhard Visagie | Hakkiesdraad Hartman | Hans Kisting | Helena Troskie | Heloïne Armstrong | Henque Heymans | Herschelle Benjamin | Jane Mpholo | Jemaine Julies | Jeremeo le Cordeur | Jeremy Vearey | Jodie Groener | Juliette Manitshana-Mnqeta | Kanya Viljoen | Keanen Engel | Keleabetswe Langa | Kenny Williams | Kerischnie Pheiffer | Khadija Tracy Heeger | Kirby van der Merwe | Kirsten Deane | Lebohang Mbalenhle Mazibuko | Lee-Ann van Rooi | Lisa-Anne Julien | Liziwe Ndalana | Loit Sôls | Lydia Gittens | Lynthia Julius | Margo Kotze | Mbulelo Grootboom | Melissa Myburgh | Mercy Kannemeyer | Mia Arderne | Miriam Telanie | Miriam Van Hee | Misha Krynauw | Miché van Wyk | Mikayla Brown | Miliswa Mbandazayo | Moniq Gouws | Monique Basson | Mphuthumi Ntabeni | Mpumelelo Kamkam | Naaim Briesies | Nadia Cassim | Naomi Meyer | Nathan Trantaal | Nele Van den Broeck | Neske Beks | Nico Klopper | Niël Coetzee | Niq Mhlongo | Nixon Mateulah | Noxolo Kheswa | Olivia M Coetzee | Palesa Shongwe | Paul Kammies | Rachelle Greeff | Rachida Lamrabet | Rafiek Mammon | Regardt Visser | Reginald Hufkie | Roland du Preez | Ronelda S Kamfer | Ross Jantjies | Ryan Pedro | Salvia Ockhuis | Sandile Ntuli | Sarie Marais-Nell | Shana Fife | Sharon Mogoaneng | Shireen Mall | Sibuyiselo Dywili | Sphamandla Dlakwe | Sphesihle Vusimuzi Qwabe | Sindiswa Busuku | Sindisa Masiza | Stephanie Cupido | Stephren Saayman | Susan Meiring | Suzette Kotzé-Myburgh | Tasneem Daniels | Tebello Mzamo | Temwani Mgunda | Tertius Kapp | Thabiso Mahlape| Theo Kemp | Theolla Langenhoven | Theresa de Necker | Tiffany Saterdaght | Tina Kruger | Tom Naegels | Tshegofatso Nkwane | Valda Jansen | Veronique Jephtas | Waldon Ewerts | Xolisa Ngubelanga | Yousra Benfquih | Yuwinn Kraukamp | Zack Mtombeni | Zama Lehlogonolo Moyo | Zolani Mahola | Zubayr Charles | Zubeida Jaffer

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