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  • Hindsight: South Africa, it is time to Study Apartheid

    We need to study Apartheid, we need to acknowledge it formally for what it was pre-democratic South Africa. And to what it is in post-Apartheid South Africa. Only when we have looked closely at it as a policy, better still, when we look at it as an Ideology our South African society through which the…

  • An apology to the reader: Rise

    Dear reader we’ve had a peep at Mzansi Magic’s (DStv Channel 161) EPG (Electronic Program Guide) for tonight’s schedule and we regret to inform you that instead of ‘Rise’ the channel has ‘Alex Cross’ scheduled for 22:00. This is sad considering we’ve recently reviewed the film. We would like to inform you that we’ve since…

  • Presence in absence

    A switch off occurs when you go off the grid of social media connectivity whereby you go amiss in the digital social life of people who have you listed as their friend knowingly or unknowingly. Quite a number of people could care less whether you are around at the best of times. Unless if you…

  • Diary entry 10 January

    What does it feel like when your phone is on the tv stand? Let’s increase the distance, what does it feel like when it is in another room or better still when you leave it at home only to discover during your trip to work or school that you are without it? Nerving isn’t? They…

  • Andrew Tshidiso Motjuoadi (Ico-Graph)

    1935, May 13: Andrew 1Tshidiso Motjuoadi is Born in Limpopo (formerly Known as Northern Transvaal) 1935 – 1960: 2there is a scarcity of documentation around the artist life during this period. 1961 – 1962: Studies in Durban and University of the North 1963: First one man show in Johannesburg 1964: Motjuoadi is commissioned to paint…

  • Diary Entry, Welcome back!

    Diary Entry, Welcome back! (05 Janary 2015

  • The Forgotten Kingdom

    The Forgotten Kingdom – thoughtful and provocative …(5dEF’points)

  • Intraparadoxical contemplation

    Since my ultimate task in my writings is preoccupied with drawing attention to the text what an opportunity it is when the writing tries to mimic behavior and how it develops around the preoccupation it takes in its stride. This is the opportunity that is afforded by producing the interview with the artist in textual…