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[Let’s get Serious]: Reflection, by way of A Rant: I was Robbed, and this is How I Feel about It

I don’t know where to start. I have wanted to have something written down about the incident for almost two months now. I’m always starting paragraphs in my mind, then scrapping them.  They sound too whiney, too selfish, too naïve.  What I want to say is that I am angry. I am angry, and IContinue reading “[Let’s get Serious]: Reflection, by way of A Rant: I was Robbed, and this is How I Feel about It”

[Book Review]: I Read "Wolwedans in die Skemer", and Loved It

Title: Wolwedans in die Skemer Author: Leon van Nierop Year: 2012 Publisher: Tafelberg, an imprint of NB Publishers Length: 441 pages Language: Afrikaans     Wolwedans in die Skemer is the novelisation of a 2012 movie, which was based on an almost two-year long radio drama that was very well-received in the 1980s. Leon vanContinue reading “[Book Review]: I Read "Wolwedans in die Skemer", and Loved It”

Review: ISO are Experimenting with a New Sound on their latest EP, "PASSAGES"

A few months ago, I reviewed ISO’s latest EP for VARSITY. The review hasn’t been published, so I thought I’d share it here. Local music lovers know ISO (formerly known as “Isochronous”) as a rock band from Pretoria with four albums a number of local tours and a performance as the opening act for TwoContinue reading “Review: ISO are Experimenting with a New Sound on their latest EP, "PASSAGES"”

DVD Review: Pad Na Jou Hart

Huisgenoot Running time: 111 minutes Starring: Ivan Botha, Donnalee Roberts, Marius Weyers Director: Jaco Smit The variety and standard of films produced locally over the past four years or so has been quite impressive. Examples such as Jozi, Bakgat, Otelo Burning, Material, Hoofmeisie, Fanie Fourie’s Lobola, Copposites and many others are a testament to theContinue reading “DVD Review: Pad Na Jou Hart”

The Feature: Why You should Read "Unimportance"

An edited version of this article appears on the VARSITY website. Click here for that. This April, Thando Mgqolozana, author of A Man Who Is not A Man (2009) and Hear Me Alone(2011), will debut his third novel Unimportance. Before the release of the novel, I wanted  to find out a little more about theContinue reading “The Feature: Why You should Read "Unimportance"”

Celebs In the Buff, Girlish Giggles, and A Worthy Cause

One of the week’s hottest trending topics on social media was the March issue of Marie Claire magazine. This issue is the magazine’s annual Naked Issue, in which a selection of South Africa’s best-known media personalities bare it all between the pages of Marie Claire, in support of The Lunchbox Fund. While a group ofContinue reading “Celebs In the Buff, Girlish Giggles, and A Worthy Cause”

Seventeen Magazine South Africa has been Discontinued

For about seven years now, I have been an avid reader and loyal fan of Seventeen magazine. I have followed the South African edition through three editors’ tenures- from Justine Stafford, to Khwezi Magwaza until the final years with Janine Jellars. When I first heard that the magazine would no longer be published back inContinue reading “Seventeen Magazine South Africa has been Discontinued”