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The free festival is a cerebral playground for book enthusiasts, writers, and literary professionals. (Photo supplied)

Durban International Book Fair is a cerebral feast for literary enthusiasts

The festival runs until Sunday, and brings together over 250 authors, poets and creatives from South Africa and the globe

  • Des Erasmus
2 min read
YouTube screengrab of a James Matthew video by Yazeed Kamaldien on the channel Hello Slaapstad

Ramaphosa leads tributes for James Matthews

President Cyril Ramaphosa has paid tribute to Cape Town poet and author James Matthews as an impassioned but elegant chronicler of the struggle against apartheid. Matthews, regarded as one of the early Black Consciousness poets, died in Cape Town on Saturday. He was 95. “James Matthews’s voice will ring in our consciousness following his departure […]

  • Emsie Ferreira
3 min read