Recent Publications
Inside an Eyeball by Zeenit Saban-Jacobs
The collection deals with strange and mysterious subject matter such as mysticism, surrealism, Middle Eastern mythology, and dreams.
Joburg / Jozi / Egoli Poetry Anthology
Some months ago Mike Alfred and I decided to compile an anthology of new poems about Joburg. There have been many written in the past but we felt we needed
Studies in Khoisan Verbs by Basil du Toit
Du Toit draws on his childhood years in Botswana (the Bechuanaland Protectorate, as it was in those days) to examine questions of language identity and entitlement.
Down the Baakens / Underworld by Brian Walter
The text reflects on the past, and many of the troubles we face today were wrought in the past. The text is indeed a quest for kindness in the face
Notes from the Dream Kingdom by K. G. Goddard
“The genesis of this long poem lies in a twelve-year sojourn in Saudi Arabia, where I worked, teaching at a university in the oil-rich eastern province of that country.
A Place to Night in by Frank Meintjies
In this poetry collection, Frank Meintjies navigates, to quote one of the poems, “the land, the land, the land” and engages with issues of dislocation, diverse landscapes, nature, attachments to
Rubble by Abu Bakr Solomons
In this, his third collection of poetry, Solomons foregrounds portraits as well as memories of personal shifts, and reflections in the context of a broad national and global milieu ruptured,
Hungry on arrival by Kabelo Mofokeng
My collection embraces different kinds of poetry. Some poems come via my home in Pimville Soweto, the urban sounds and multilingual speech patterns as I move through it. Other poems
u-Grand, Malume? by Sizakele Nkosi
“u-Grand, Malume? (Zulu slang: are you ok, Uncle?) is dedicated to two uncles who were victims of the antiapartheid struggle. The poems are my way of bringing Jabulani Maswanganye’s spirit
Zabalaza Republic by Sihle Ntuli
“Zabalaza Republic reiterates the need for my people to find value in our blackness. For my generation, the battle against white supremacy culture has taken on psychological implications echoing sentiments
Everybody is a Bridge by Anton Krueger
The same poet who observes that ‘Everybody is a bridge’, then asks in Zen -fashion, “Is it me, or is it you?/ are you reflection or projection / or the
Once Removed by David Mann
The stories in Once Removed traverse the theatres, artist studios and archives that characterise the world of contemporary art and performance. But they also zero in on the homes, private
Igoli Egoli by Salimah Valiani
IGoli EGoli is a sociopolitical reading of Johannesburg/iGoli, drawing on its famous, and not so famed, people, places, plants and pronouncements. Featuring the city’s well known and lesser known histories,
Latest Features
Studies in Khoisan Verbs by Basil du Toit
Du Toit draws on his childhood years in Botswana (the Bechuanaland Protectorate, as it was in those days) to examine questions of language identity and entitlement.
Blakcmoon – Mick Raubenheimer
“It is said that writing about music is the equivalent of dancing about architecture. Mick Raubenheimer, however, grasps in Bukowskian prose the embodied, emotional and cerebral
NEW: Jana van Niekerk
Jana van Niekerk is a South African writer living in Cape Town. Her short stories and poetry appear in multiple journals including New Coin, New Contrast,
John Mateer: This Nostalgia
John Mateer’s parents were born in Cape Town, living there until their twenties. From his early childhood, their nostalgia for The Cape was influential on him,
Whine of a dog by Rory Kilalea
A yellow haze hid the kopjes. A lonely farmhouse on the arid veldt. Madge sighed. Too hot and still, as hours gnawed away at the blistering
In The Wake’s Album Launch
Expectation as a human feature is naturally flawed. This entity, very easily and perhaps deceptively so as someone more cynical might say; promises a lot without
Maxwell the Gorilla and the Archbishop of Soshanguve by Angifi Proctor Dladla
Botsotso has long admired the work of the late Angifi Proctor Dladla, and valued him as a friend, artist and cultural activist, so we were very