Die Jakes Gerwel Stigting, PEN Afrikaans en PEN South Africa wag tans graag aansoeke in vir ’n residensieprogram wat ten […]
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The Jakes Gerwel Foundation, PEN Afrikaans and PEN South Africa are inviting applications for a three-week uninterrupted writing residency in […]
Thursday night was full of fun and laughter, then of course, Friday morning was filled with exhaustion as we slept […]
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Dis nie okay dat jy honger moet slaap nie boeta.Dis nie okay om honger skool toe te gaan nie sussie.Dis […]
“Ek het gevries. Dis wat trauma aan jou doen. Ek weet daardie kind gaan grootword en die persoon wat hy […]
The Jakes Gerwel Foundation (JGF), PEN Afrikaans and PEN South Africa welcome submissions for their fifth annual Uninterrupted Time to […]
Source: Thesis Eleven, 115(1) 7–24
Source: https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/opinion/a-lump-in-my-throat-called-gj-gerwel-1917797
Source: http://www.dispatchlive.co.za/opinion/2017/11/28/opinion-gerwel-died-humble-man-integrity-intact/
“No matter what anyone tells you,”
warns Marlene, “Jakes had a good laugh at all those who wanted to make him so important. He wasn’t a little god and never wanted to be.”
“Ek stem steeds met Jakes saam. Daar is hoop dat ons mekaar as broers en susters sal sien.”
“Synde self ’n stroomoploper by tye, het dit hom nie gepla as kollegas sy menings uitgedaag het nie.”
[Agtergrond: Begin van die soek na diamante in Kimberley, rondom 1869 /70 en verder. Kgotsafalang is op pad soontoe.] Kgotsafalang […]
Anyway, the workshops were scheduled from Thursday to the following Monday. We arrived in Lesotho late in the afternoon and […]
For a year, it was the home you lived to return to every quarter. It was a time of several […]
“Ons wens graag Phoebe Gerwel van harte geluk met haar verjaarsdag. As stigterslid van die Jakes Gerwel Foundation en die skenking van […]
It was a sunny Thursday morning, and I was excited for the day. On this special day, I would travel […]
Op die kar, op pad deur die Tradouw-pas, verduidelik Hannes aan Kinna se mense, dat hy, Baster en Wilhelm, op […]
Ons is ’n spul lotbeklaers. Elkeen van ons moan oor iets wat pla. En vir elke een wat oor iets erger as my lot kla, sink my empatiese siel dieper en dieper die afgrond in. Dié een se jong seun is op pad na dwelmverslawing, daai een se suster se dogter is swanger in haar matriekjaar. Dié een se broer is ’n willie-werker wat nie sy kinders kan onderhou nie. Ek verbeel my ons lyk soos die voëls wat op die telefoondrade sit en vergadering hou.
Daarom is dit vir die gemeenskap so ’n harde slag toe hulle op ‘n môre verneem, daar word oral en […]
It wasn’t always gloomy, this belief thing. I remember during one of our late night drunk moments; a friend of […]
“Although our focus is on the development of South African writers, it is imperative to create a platform for our […]