Psychologist, Academic and Author of By the Fading Light, Ashraf Kagee reviews his book The Fading Light which is set in Salt River in the shadow of the Sharpeville Massacre of 1960. It focuses on the lives of three young boys and how they come to confront an awful truth. [...]
Award-winning author Ashraf Kagee’s second novel, By the Fading Light tells a dazzling tale of the loss of innocence. Set in Salt River, Cape Town in 1960 this exquisitely told novel follows four friends on the cusp of adolescence. A shocking murder sets in motion several discoveries about their world, [...]
Podcast. In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser: Episode 1. “Mind your language: should you ever vocalise offensive words?” “In this edition of In The Ring With Eusebius McKaiser, I ask whether Professor Adam Habib, director at SOAS, is a racist who should be fired for vocalising the N-word in a webinar [...]
A tale about the end of boyhood, and the burning away of innocence while a country is set alight. That’s how Ashraf Kagee’s coming novel is described by one writer and broadcaster. Kagee has written a novel about three friends in 1960, the year of the Sharpeville massacre.
Inspired by Antjie Krog’s poem, Marital Psalm, Kopano Ratele published an article, “More Stories about Mother’s Splashing Cunt and Father’s Perished Cock, Please”, on Debating Ideas, a section of African Arguments, a pan-African platform for news, investigation and opinion. You can read more articles from Debating Ideas here – 22 [...]
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In the face of vaccine hesitancy, trust is a key component. South African public figures have an important role to play as role models and examples to others that receiving the Covid-19 vaccine is imperative for their own health as well as the health and wellbeing of our society. https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-02-10-south-africa-needs-a-massive-awareness-campaign-to-overcome-covid-vaccine-hesitancy/
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Anthony Naidoo Psychology Department Stellenbosch University 2 September 2020 After a fire destroyed the roof and top storey of the Wilcocks Building on the 10 December 2010, a unique opportunity was afforded Stellenbosch University to reconsider its heritage, legacy and its future. The university was also fast approaching its centennial [...]
