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The Writer’s Pact with the Reader

  When my cousins and I were growing up, we spent school holidays at my aunt’s house in Pretoria, where we’d spend evenings listening to bedtime stories about ghosts. I still remember the one that used...

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The Unremarkable Nat Nakasa

  Nat Nakasa, as a writer who came up during the Drum era, was unremarkable. Sure, he could write some things. First for Drum magazine, then for a literary magazine he founded called The Classic. He...

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Blessed with Vitality

  Nadia Davids’ novel should be near the top of every South African’s reading list     To read Nadia Davids’ debut novel, An Imperfect Blessing, is to understand more about the “coloured” community in...

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Far from Perfect, Much Like Joburg

  Frank is just another writer. You know the type: mildly talented, satchel overflowing with literary gold by authors he hopes to emulate one day and a penchant for beer. He can be found at a bar near...

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Should All Drugs Be Legalised?

  Chasing the Scream: The First and the Last Days of the War on Drugs by John Hari         We already have regulated ways of selling two of the deadliest drugs on earth, so why not regulate the rest?...

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