This book has been written for those who know to persevere. The number of pages is getting close to 600. But let me add this: every page of this book is worthwhile reading. The South African writer Irma Joubert knows how to tell a story. She takes time to do her research (she is a … Continue reading review PÉRSOMI, KIND VAN DIE BRAKRANT
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The writer of this book set in South Africa was born in the Eastern Cape (South Africa) in the year 1942. She worked in South Africa and Canada, studied Education in Canada and in 1994 she returned to her roots in South Africa. Even though she spent many years in Canada her works of fiction … Continue reading review DAUGHTERS OF THE TWILIGHT
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The small village Vergenoeg, set in South Africa, is a imaginary village. It has been made up by the writer Marita van der Vyver, South African born, but residing in France with her family. In this small village we are drawn into the final days of Adele Bothma, who has come home from hospital to … Continue reading review VERGENOEG
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This small booklet is a collection of writings (?) published after J.M. Coetzee (1940) received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003, just a year after he moved from his native South Africa to Australia. In this booklet we find the speech given by Coetzee when he accepted the Prize. In this speech he tells … Continue reading review HIJ EN ZIJN MAN
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We meet several doctors in a small hospital near a small town in a former homeland. The hospital is run down, empty wards, broken down rooms. The medical staff is not motivated to do its job. Patients can hardly find their way to the hospital that is almost depleted of medicine and material to help … Continue reading review THE GOOD DOCTOR
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Steven Otter (1973 – 2016) worked as a journalist for the Cape Argus. During his time he lived for a long time in one of the townships of Cape Town. After his time in Khayelitsha he returned to his studies of journalism. During his time in this township he tried to live like the other … Continue reading review KHAYELITSHA
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