The Right2Know Campaign is greatly dismayed by the Film and Publication Board’s act of homophobic censorship. The FPB appeal board recently reclassified award winning film Inxeba to X18 with the classifiable elements of Sex, Language, Nudity, Violence and Prejudice. …
R2K rejects Publication Board’s ban Read Post »
The death of poet and activist Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile has robbed the art and literary world of a wordsmith, revolutionary and literary figure. Kgositsile, who was popularly known as “Bra Willie” and “Ntake KK” died on January 3, 2018, at…
Tribute to Professor Keorapetse Kgositsile Read Post »
Khwezi is an unpleasantly fascinating story written to restore the name, dignity and identity of a young woman who went by the pseudonym “Khwezi”. Writer and radio host Redi Tlhabi’s book is an account of the life of President Jacob…
Khwezi – The Remarkable Story Of Fezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo Read Post »
Register to exhibit at the JBF Festival from 14 Feb 2018 and enjoy the early bird discount of R500,00. Publishers & NGO’s who apply & pay before 31 March 2018 receive a R500 discount.Normal price full stand…
JBF – Call For The Early Bird Registration Read Post »
Award winning poet and Guest of the Jozi Book Fair 2017, held the audience in rapt attention on Saturday, 2 September when she performed some of her poems. Among other poems Patel performed ‘Shilling Love’, a poem that left those…
JOZI BOOK FAIR 2017 SPECIAL Read Post »
Tracy Ledger is a South African researcher in the field of economic development, with 25 years of research experience. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from the…
Conversation with Tracy Ledger on her book ‘An Empty Plate’ Read Post »
For just R1 for popcorn, and you can watch a movie at Buhle Sithela’s pop up cinema in Khayelitsha. It took two years, but Sithela, 22 years old, has realised his dream to bring cinema to the township with regular…
Pop up cinemas in Khayelitsha Read Post »
Community monitors from the Benchmarks Foundation (BF) attended the Jozi Book fair on 3 September 2017. Mmathapelo Thobajane…
Women Activists at the Jozi Book Fair Read Post »
The Jozi Book Fair (JBF) is thrilled to announce the launch of our two Guests of the 9th Jozi Book Fair Festival: Shailja Patel and Kopano Matlwa. The launch of the Guests will be on 3 June 2017, at the…
JBF Launches of the 2017 Guests of the Fair Read Post »
Period Pain is Kopano Matlwa’s third book published by Jacana Media and looks at a number of South African horror stories that we see almost daily in news headlines; from xenophobia and racism, to corrective rape and the nightmare that…
BOOK REVIEW: Period Pain by Kopano Matlwa Read Post »
“Plans together for after work today. Today today today. Take destiny in our? False hopes. Today. Plans to attend. Plans to attend to. Plans assembling in her mind on her mop. They’ve had enough of it…”Getting Rid Of It was…
BOOK REVIEW: Getting Rid Of It by Lindsey Collen Read Post »
On the 8th of March, International Women’s Day, Johannesburg residents were treated to a lecture hosted by the University of Johannesburg at SciBono Diversity Centre in Newtown. The audience was a diverse mix of students, high schoolers, workers…
Black Panther activist in Johannesburg Read Post »
