Pavement Bookworm ‘just wants to tell stories’
Philani Dladla is a well-known feature of Joburg's streets. The Pavement Bookworm reads books and gives reviews to passers-by. If they like the review,...
The actors who would be Mandela
The life story of Nelson Mandela, a powerful tale of a charismatic lawyer and human rights activist whose work to dismantle apartheid landed him...
Books on the Fly in Cape Town
There are probably few places that conjure ambience more than a library with mahogany shelves crammed with books, all centered on a crackling fireplace....
Check out the Trailer for Neill Blomkamp’s Chappie (featuring Die Antwoord)
The much-anticipated trailer for Chappie is finally here! And it looks like South African Canadian writer-director Neill Blomkamp has got his mojo back.
Blomkamp has...
Review of Zelda La Grange’s “Good Morning, Mr Mandela”
Good Morning, Mr Mandela is a memoir verging on a romance of sorts between Zelda la Grange and her boss, Nelson Mandela, a man...
KAROO DIARY: New e-Books from Karoo Space!
This time of the year, you would usually not find Jules and me at home in Cradock.
We would be tootling around somewhere on a...
KAROO DIARY: A Silly Sense of Snow
Looking out at the vast and sunny Karoo Heartland today, you’d never think that less than two weeks ago we were all snow-stormed in.
Which...
South African Film to make World Premier at San Diego Film...
A Durban film, co-starring Capetonian Stelio Savante and SA child actor Sizo Motsoko, has been chosen as an Official Selection for the 2014 San Diego...
KAROO DIARY: Seeking Out Saskatchewan!
Last summer I had a thought and shared it with my wife Jules.
“Jules,” I said. “Imagine a South African sitting up north somewhere like...
SA Author exposes drugs, drama & racism in New York memoir
When Pretoria boy Ted Botha moved to New York City, he was not so much an immigrant as someone on the make – a...
