Author/Writer | Finding my place in this world | She/They | M&G 200 Young South African 2023
Krugersdorp, South Africa
Joined May 2012
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You can buy Those Who Live In Cages in all good bookstores and online here takealot.com/those-who-live-… or on the Jacana website jacana.co.za/product/those-w…
So much to do
So much to see
Only so many pain meds
Before it kills me
Or whatever Smash Mouth said.
So last year I got to participate in one of the coolest Writing concepts, FicSci, where a bunch of creative writers go to Stellenbosch and listen to a series of lectures by a visiting scientist. Our scientist was an award winning geologist. – at Krugersdorp, South Africa
All that was required of us was to listen, eat well and produce a work of fiction informed by what we are learning. The scientist is told to deliver the lecture like he would to his community. Fast forward to one year later and our collection is available for free download! – at Krugersdorp, South Africa
I wrote a story called Gateway to Forever inspired by the Rising Star caves and the graves found there. Go have a read tu. africanminds.co.za/ficsci-04… – at Krugersdorp, South Africa
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No. You are not the only one. It is not organic. And our @GovernmentZA through a minister is talking about "We will not tolerate..." and not realizing that our very nationhood is at stake. We are in the middle of an unprecedented information war. It requires gravitas and modern tools of communication and engagement. Who stands to benefit from this is the first question. What opportunities does a weakened and fragmented nation offer to South Africa's adversaries is the second question.
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📺Thinking about The Polygamist through the lens of my recent research.
If Blood & Water shows how streaming platforms reward globally legible aesthetics, The Polygamist suggests that cultural specificity can travel too.
Perhaps one of the defining features of contemporary television is that stories can travel and that audiences are increasingly willing to travel with them.🤔
📺Had the pleasure of presenting at the 76th International Communication Association (ICA)
My presentation, From Yizo Yizo to Blood & Water: Youth, Identity and the Platformisation of South African Television, explored how South African youth representation has shifted from the grounded, multilingual realities of public service television to the aspirational, globally legible aesthetics of the streaming era.
As someone whose research sits at the intersection of South African television history and popular culture it was especially meaningful to share this work with an international community of scholars and practitioners. The conversations continue.
This year has been a good one for books in South Africa man. First Onezwa and now Sue AND we are getting a novel from Keletso in 2027. Its awesome! – at Kagiso, South Africa
Quick question to those who know me, would you come to the function if I did some dramatic readings from White Chalk and read some unreleased stories from my MA thesis?? Like would that be something you would come see for free??
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Before I did @Idembeka I never thought of myself as a poet. That changed after @TA_4Short’s workshop (I still quote their 5 F’s for poetry). Many thanks to Idembeka and its wonderful instructors. And thank you always @thelavendercia and @soulfiru for your insightful feedback🫶🏾✨.
New poetry in @IseleMagazine
Thank you to the editors for giving this piece a home🫶🏾✨.
iselemagazine.com/2026/04/30…
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Congratulations to one of our #Thekgang #TechGangsters student volunteer app developers for the #bookvaluechain 🎓
Well done J 👏
#ReadersAreLeaders
Why would someone ask me why I would post my results on here? What has happened to this place since I left
Now that my MA is done and dusted, I need to get back to life and take my Substack seriously. Also hello world.
We may have never met but your impact on me cannot be overstated. Rest in peace, icon, legend. First Diana Ferrus and now Soli Philander its too much 😭
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Because Disability Rights are Human Rights
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CALL FOR PITCHES: Minority Africa invites writers, journalists and filmmakers to submit pitches for stories focused on minorities in Africa. Solutions stories about how marginalised groups / people are responding are more likely to be commissioned.
🔗 t.ly/AHeSL
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Good Morning
Please help me make rent.
Im in court again on the 4th Feb.
Its almost over.
Thank you so much
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🎶📺Jazz was deeply ingrained in the DNA of Black-forward mass communication in South Africa so much so that a majority of television title sequences were composed by jazz artists.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s what I think of as the “nation-building renaissance”popular TV shows used jazz to evoke a shared sense of belonging. Isidingo, Backstage, Generations, nearly all the defining theme songs of that era were rooted in jazz.
