Die abjekte moeder in M.S. Burger se Bloedfamilie (2012)
Die abjekte moeder in M.S. Burger se Bloedfamilie (2012) Frederick Botha, navorsingsgenoot, Departement Tale en Kommunikasie, Sol Plaatje Universiteit LitNet Akademies Jaargang 22(1) ISSN 1995-5928...
View ArticleThe abject mother in M.S. Burger’s Bloedfamilie (2012)
Abstract M.S. Burger debuted in 2012 with the short story collection Bloedfamilie (Blood relatives) consisting of 14 stories featuring a consistent unnamed first-person narrator (except for one story...
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Nuut by Tafelberg: Is jy orraait, Elizabeth? deur Rozaan de Wet Boer
Is jy orraait, Elizabeth? is ’n verhaal oor drie vroue wat dekades lank bevriend is en elkeen met hulle eie persoonlike probleme en gesinskwessies worstel. Dit is ’n roman wat diep menslike ervarings...
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New from Tafelberg: Our long walk to economic freedom by Johan Fourie
How did Einstein help create Eskom? Why can an Indonesian volcano explain the Great Trek? What do King Zwelithini and Charlemagne have in common? These are some of the questions Johan Fourie explores...
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Nuut by Jonathan Ball: Die Stellenbosch-Mafia by Pieter du Toit
“Comrade president, Stellenbosch is ’n groot probleem. Ons weet jy is na aan Stellenbosch … ons het Stellenbosch nie tot die parlement verkies nie. Ons het nie die Ruperts verkies nie.” – Die...
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Nuut by Lux Verbi: Bybelblokraaie deur Heidri Mittendorf
Heidri Mittendorf is 'n bekende en ervare blokkiesraaiselkenner en -opsteller. Die Bybelblokraaie bevat 70 blokraaie wat opgelos word met leidrade wat uit die Bybel nageslaan kan word asook 10...
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New from Kwela: If the dead could talk by Juliette Mnqeta
Azania receives a call to notify her of her estranged father’s death. This call prompts her to go to Knysna to seek answers about his life and the circumstances surrounding his death. Detective...
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LitNet: Jou hulpverlening
Klik hier om hierdie nuusbrief aanlyn te lees. | Click here to read this newsletter online.The post LitNet: Jou hulpverlening first appeared on LitNet.The post LitNet: Jou hulpverlening appeared first...
View ArticlePress release: Open Book Festival and Book Lounge present Youth Fest 2025:...
Open Book Festival announces its third annual Youth Festival, building on the momentum of previous years to create an even more dynamic celebration of youth literature and creativity. Youth Fest 2025...
View ArticleThe folly of a South Korean nuclear weapon
Writing in the pages of the authoritative journal Foreign Affairs (Jan/Feb 2025), Robert E Kelly and Min-hyung Kim make a compelling case for why South Korea should get a nuclear weapon. At first...
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Press release: Open Book Festival and Book Lounge present Youth Fest 2025
Open Book Festival announces its third annual Youth Festival, building on the momentum of previous years to create an even more dynamic celebration of youth literature and creativity. (Photo: provided)...
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Press release: Announcement of the winner of the Philida Literary Award in 2025
Hedley Twiddle is the recipient of the Philida Literary Award 2025. (Photo: provided) Today, on the tenth anniversary of André Brink’s death, we pay tribute to his life and work and announce that the...
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Die katartiese metode: ’n resensie
Die katartiese metode deur Jaco Fouché (Protea Boekhuis) Titel: Die katartiese metode Skrywer: Jaco Fouché Uitgewer: Protea Boekhuis ISBN: 9781485315834 Tronelle van Huysen, die hoofkarakter in Die...
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Wat sê Bettina? Staatsrede 2025: meesterklas in diplomasie
Foto’s vlnr deur Karabo Mdluli; Neil Markham; en Jacques Nel Bettina Wyngaard skryf ’n gereelde rubriek vir LitNet. Voor die staatsrede het ek op Bluesky die hoop uitgespreek dat die volgende...
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Afrikaanse resensies en boekgesprekke in Januarie 2025
Hier is PEN Afrikaans se oorsig van Afrikaanse resensies wat in Januarie 2025 verskyn het en digitaal beskikbaar is. Daar is ook skakels na boekbesprekings of -gesprekke en voorlesings wat op die radio...
View ArticleSouth Africa – and the world at large – will feel the impact of Trump’s...
Do not think for a moment that President Donald Trump’s threat to South Africa concerns only his warning to punish the country for its land reform policies or other overtly political issues and...
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Op dees aarde: ’n Asteroïed wat bots met die aarde?
’n Mosaïekbeeld van die asteroïed Bennu soos waargeneem deur NASA se OSIRIS-REx-ruimtetuig in 2018. Bennu is effens wyer as wat die Empire State-gebou hoog is en gevorm soos ’n tol. Dit wentel om die...
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I can buy myself flowers: Die waarhede van vrouwees met komedie én deernis omarm
Erika Breytenbach in I can buy myself flowers (Foto: Bronwyn Lloyd) I can buy myself flowers is een van twee toneelstukke uit die pen van Mike van Graan wat vandeesmaand by The Drama Factory op die...
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Die bevordering van kritiesetaalbewustheidsonderrig in die Afrikaansklaskamer
Die bevordering van kritiesetaalbewustheidsonderrig in die Afrikaansklaskamer Nadine Fouché-Karsten, Virtuele Instituut vir Afrikaans (VivA) en Elize Vos, Fakulteit Opvoedkunde, Noordwes-Universiteit...
View ArticleThe promotion of critical language awareness teaching in the Afrikaans classroom
Abstract Janks (2014:1) argues that all texts have a certain social influence: “[T]hey are designed to recruit us into their version of ‘the truth’”. In line with this view of language, Nelson...
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