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Other non-UKZN Special Collections. Other special collections within UKZN. Other special collections within the National Library of SA. Centre for African Literary Studies. 27 (33) 260 6249. 27 (33) 260 6278. Encyclopedia of South African Arts. Http:/ www.esaach.org.za. The Encyclopedia of South African Arts, Culture and Heritage (ESAACH) is an encyclopedia intended to address the dearth of reference material in South African arts, culture and heritage studies. Http:/ www.literarytourism.co.za. From whic...

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SA bookworm: November 2008

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Tuesday, 25 November 2008. One in three women will be raped in her lifetime. This is a horrifying statistic that simply can't be ignored, especially in South Africa, where a. Woman or girl is raped every 26 seconds. Theron, UN Messenger of Peace. That's just over 1,661 rapes. Every single day -. 606,500 a year - excluding all other forms of sexual assault. A report by the Southern African Regional Poverty Network ( SARPN. Shows that the country has one of the highest per capita. Were raped in their lifet...

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RageforLight: June 2012

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012. The Dala Dala crests a bump. Swings in to pick us up. Conductor hanging out the window. Sliding door, bodies bulging. Out of the broad opening. In the van’s flank. Inside, a pool of faces, school uniforms. I search for space. Next to the seats there are. Smaller seats, that flip open,. And then there’s always the ledge. The conductor, thin youth,. Bangs on the roof,. Inside the Dala,. A young girl clutches her books, I. Can’t help reading. Neat. Of paragraphs, lines. Of a thin brush.

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RageforLight: September 2013

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Sunday, September 15, 2013. The posts by the quayside are rusting. They used to, I think, be painted green. But now they are mostly rust coloured, with hints of its former greenness. On the flagstones are fragments of nut-shells, remnants of cigarettes, smalls oases of weed popping up in between the stones. Our boat is placed well away from the smelliness of the fishing boats, on the other side of the pier. Of a boat a little ways away. Soft light with only a hint of sun. When the water fell against gent...

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SA bookworm: BE VERY AFRAID ...

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Wednesday, 10 September 2008. BE VERY AFRAID . As a communications consultant, part of my work involves developing communications strategies for large commercial and non-commercial organisations. For those of you who are unfamiliar with it, there's a concept in strategy called "the tipping point". Although I don't have much time to participate in social networking, earlier this week I was drawn to a debate on Thought Leader. The Mail and Guardian's. See Why, Zapiro? At 4:59 pm yesterday (. Hi Sindisiwe (...

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SA bookworm: BOOKWORM'S CHOICE: HAMMOCK DAYS

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Tuesday, 16 December 2008. BOOKWORM'S CHOICE: HAMMOCK DAYS. At last 16 December has arrived, marking an end to the lunacy of the last few weeks of the working year, and ushering in the long, lazy days of the summer holidays. Finally we can all take to our hammocks. Or beach chairs or pool loungers or overstuffed couches, as the case may be) with that pile of books we've been dying to read. But simply haven't had the chance to look at yet. Hot, Flat and Crowded. What the publishers say:. As in The World I...

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SA bookworm: October 2008

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Wednesday, 29 October 2008. BOOKWORM'S CHOICE: FROM ELECTRIC CAPITALISM TO THE HERETIC'S DAUGHTER. I confess that I can't keep up with all of the new books being released at the moment - it's a veritable embarrassment of riches. There are, however, a few that have really caught my eye, so here's my latest selection of new releases. Electric Capitalism: Recolonising Africa on the Power Grid. From the extraordinary HSRC. Press comes Electric Capitalism. The chapters focus primarily on South Africa due to i...

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SA bookworm: November 2009

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Wednesday, 4 November 2009. I've been scarce this year, I know, but there's been good reason . As concerns about crime. Have been growing across the country, Johannesburg has not escaped. The Joburg. Metropolitan area, which was formed in 2000 by the amalgamation of five previously independent municipalities, is (officially) home to 3.2 million people living in 1,006,930 households. Source: City of Johannesburg). It's also where 70% of the country's businesses have their headquarters. In the meantime, ke...