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Jakes Gerwel-gespreksreeks by die SuidoosterfeesAangebied deur die Jakes Gerwel Stigting die ATKV en Netwerk24 In samewerking met The Obsession StoreMet […]
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Jakes Gerwel Discussions bring a festival of voices and opinions to Suidoosterfees
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
Die Jakes Gerwel-gespreksreeks by die Suidoosterfees, wat vanaf 30 April tot 4 Mei by die Artscape plaasvind, word vanjaar met […]
Interview with Juliette Manitshana-Mnqeta about her new novel, ‘If The Dead Could Talk’
Juliette Manitshana-Mnqeta is a legal transcriptionist and isiXhosa translator currently based in Knysna. In 2022, Mnqeta joined a group of […]
Keith Lewis se ‘Blue Boy Lagoon’ deel van NWU se sillabus
In ’n Facebook-post deel Keith Lewis, deelnemer aan die PEN dit neer-program in 2024, dat een van sy kortverhale, Blue […]
’n Huldeblyk aan | A Tribute to Crystal-Donna Roberts
Ons neem met groot hartseer afskeid van Crystal-Donna Roberts. Sy was nie net ’n uitstekende aktrise nie, maar ook ’n […]
Karooseun van Vosburg
Jakes Gerwel-gespreksreeks by die SuidoosterfeesAangebied deur die Jakes Gerwel Stigting die ATKV en Netwerk24 In samewerking met Protea Boekhuis Met […]
A Shattered Reflection: Jane Mpholo-Mehlape’s ‘Fragmented’ Engulfs Audiences in a Visceral Theatrical Experience
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’ at Baxter Theatre’s Zabalaza Theatre Festival
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
Buffeljagsrivier Library, in conjunction with Buffeljagsrivier Correctional Centre held a Valentine’s Day function for the Book Club for Offenders on […]
Conversations with a serial killer
Jakes Gerwel-gespreksreeks by die SuidoosterfeesAangebied deur die Jakes Gerwel Stigting die ATKV en Netwerk24 In samewerking met Jonathan Ball Publishers, […]
Daily Maverick: “Trump and Musk breathe poison rather than oxygen into our political cultures”
In an article on Daily Maverick, Dr Wilmot James, one of the Jakes Gerwel Foundation’s trustees, comments on how President […]
Kommadagga-slypskool se inwonende skrywer | Kommadagga workshop’s writer in residence: Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting bied, in vennootskap met Huisgenoot en LitNet, ’n mentorskapprogram aan belowende opkomende kortverhaalskrywers. Die skrywers sal […]
The Truth about Cape Slavery
Jakes Gerwel-gespreksreeks by die SuidoosterfeesAangebied deur die Jakes Gerwel Stigting die ATKV en Netwerk24 In samewerking met Tafelberg Met Patric […]
YOUNG TV WRITERS GET A FOOT IN THE DOOR THROUGH MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME
After four promising television scriptwriters completed the prestigious Longhope TV writing residency last year, they were recently offered internships at […]
TELEVISIE-SKRYFPROJEK BIED UITSONDERLIKE ERVARINGE BY M-NET KANALE
Nadat vier belowende televisiedraaiboekskrywers verlede jaar die gesogte Longhope TV-skryf-residensie voltooi het, is hulle onlangs internskappe by M-Net Kanale se […]
Rooisand | Crimson Sands
Jakes Gerwel-gespreksreeks by die SuidoosterfeesAangebied deur die Jakes Gerwel Stigting die ATKV en Netwerk24 In samewerking met Human & Rousseau […]
Persvryheid – ons sal nie stilbly nie
Jakes Gerwel-gespreksreeks by die SuidoosterfeesAangebied deur die Jakes Gerwel Stigting die ATKV en Netwerk24 In samewerking met Tafelberg, Penguin Random […]
Juliette Manitshana-Mnqeta’s new book release, ‘If the Dead Could Talk’
Juliette Manitshana-Mnqeta matriculated from Westerford High School in 2005. She is currently based in Plettenberg Bay and works as a […]
World Read Aloud Day celebrated in the Blue Crane
The Jakes Gerwel Foundation celebrated World Read Aloud Day in style in KwaNojoli! The multitalented storyteller maestro, Dr. Gcina Mhlophe, […]
Boon 2025-kortlyste aangekondig: Baie geluk aan Gerda Dendooven
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
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’ (radio drama) to air on Live FM Radio this Sunday (9 February 2025)
Miela’s Box is the first produced play by Tasneem Daniels, a playwright from Cape Town with a background in entertainment, […]
Fiëstas 2025-benoemings: Mikayla Joy Brown se “Poppie in the Dunes”
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
I am currently on honeymoon, sitting on a beach-front hotel balcony. I am warmly wrapped in a blanket, sipping at […]
Premolar extraction
You must understand that as a guy of the high-sensitivity, deep-feeling variety, few things are more daunting than a visit […]
Fiëstas 2025-benoemings: Baie geluk aan Miché van Wyk
Die Fiëstas-paneel het in 2024 sewe kunstefeeste – KKNK, Suidoosterfees, Innibos, Vrystaat Kunstefees, Klein-Karoo Klassique, Momentum Beleggings Aardklop en Toyota […]
Bosberg Boekskryf | Bosberg Book Writing: Deelnemers | Participants 2025
Dis met groot opgewondenheid dat die Jakes Gerwel Stigting die verkose kandidate bekend maak vir vanjaar se Bosberg-boekskryf-program: Enrico Hartzenberg, […]
Reconciliation Day reflections 2024/2025
“It’s a day when we don’t have to go to school,” said Lennox, a boy in my grade 8 class […]
Prose-fiction
If I remember correctly, I arrived at night. We had taken a really long drive for around two hours before […]
Ending 2024 with a bang: My experience at Paulet House
Arriving at Paulet House When we arrived at Paulet House, it was raining. For me, rain holds a deep cultural […]
Time really does fly when you’re having fun
Where do I even begin? My time at the Paulet House for the Longhope TV Writing residency was absolutely wonderful. […]
LitNet: “My kennismaking met Breyten Breytenbach, die maer man met die groen trui”
In ’n artikel op LitNet skryf Annari van der Merwe, een van die Jakes Gerwel Stigting se trustees, oor haar […]
NATi Jong Sterre gesels | NATi Rising Stars interviews
Vanjaar se NATi Jong Sterre deelnemers (Diano October, Franka Kirby, Mikyall Harris, Mosa Rabannye en Nelandi Boshoff) het die laaste […]
Magic, comedy and trickster life
Recently I reviewed the Entertaining Children contest for LitNet. It is a magic show hosted by the College of Magic […]
All the photos I didn’t take
It’s eight o’clock and already the sun is scorching here at Pearston Primary. At Paulet House, we were up early […]
LitNet-rubriek: “Notas ter herinnering aan Jakes Gerwel, die Karooseun van die plaas Malvern”
Jakes Gerwel is vanjaar al 12 jaar oorlede. Hy het op 28 November 2012 ná ’n hartomleidingsoperasie in die Netcare […]
Winter in KwaNojoli
“Close the gate so the cows don’t get in,” the granddaughter of Walter Battiss said. We laughed as we clambered […]
Al die foto’s wat ek nie geneem het nie
Dis agtuur en die son is al skerp hier by Pearston Primêr. Ons was vroeg uit die vere by Paulet […]
Die Chris Barnard-kortverhaalpryswenners aangekondig: Baie geluk aan Curtley Pitt
Die Chris Barnard-kortverhaalprys, vernoem na die Hertzogprys-bekroonde skrywer, is vanjaar weer aanbied nadat dit vir twee jaar nie toegeken is […]
The TUT Film Awards: Congratulations to Mpho Nkoana
Mpho Nkoana is a passionate writer and an emerging talent in the film industry. During his three-year diploma in motion picture […]
The President’s Visit
Men in dirty overalls are decorating the streets of the city for my visit They are planting rows of white poles on […]
SALA 2024 winners announced: Congratulations to Sihle Qwabe and Deidré Jantjies
The winners of the 19th edition of South African Literary Awards (SALA) were announced at an awards ceremony on 7 […]
Self-publishing 101: A beginner’s guide – with Ayanda Xaba
Poetree Publications presents its quarterly discussion, introducing aspiring authors to the basics and beginning steps to self-publishing in South Africa. […]
‘Die Burger’: Miché van Wyk, ’n Nama-kind met ’n roeping om mense se stories lewend te hou
Miché van Wyk, voormalige deelnemer aan die NATi Jong Sterre-residensie, is op 28 Oktober tydens ’n toekenningsgeleentheid by die Nooitgedacht-wynlandgoed […]
The Cape Creative Collective: “I’m Not Okay” by Zubayr Charles
Zubayr Charles, participant in the Kommadagga workshop in 2020 and in Artscape’s 2024 New Voices programme this year and writer […]
LitNet-onderhoud: Diano October, een van Suidoosterfees se NATi Jong Sterre
Diano October is vanjaar saam met vier ander belowende jong dramaturge gekies vir deelname aan die NATi Jong Sterre-projek-2024. Onder […]
LitNet-onderhoud: Nelandi Boshoff, een van Suidoosterfees se NATi Jong Sterre
Nelandi Boshoff is vanjaar saam met vier ander belowende jong dramaturge gekies vir deelname aan die NATi Jong Sterre-projek-2024. Onder […]
LitNet-onderhoud: Franka Kirby, een van Suidoosterfees se NATi Jong Sterre
Franka Kirby is vanjaar saam met vier ander belowende jong dramaturge gekies vir deelname aan die NATi Jong Sterre-projek-2024. Onder […]
Oude Leeskamer event: Ideas into words, words into ideas
What goes into the life of the mind? Historian Sandra Swart, novelist Lebo Mazibuko, and writer and film-maker Deidré Jantjies […]
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The Jakes Gerwel Foundation is proud of the growing list of writers
who benefited so far from our various projects, offered at Paulet House.