My podcasts
The Victor Dlamini Literary Podcast
Dale Hefer on the Victor Dlamini Literary Podcast
My colleague and friend Dale Hefer will publish her new book, From Witblitz to Vuvuzelas, with Oshun this year. I had the pleasure of writing the foreword. Here is her book's blurb: Founding director of Chillibush Communications (Pty) Ltd Dale Hefer started her company in 1998 as a one-woman show. Operating ... 13 January 2010, 12:09 pm
Podcast with the Fiery Sindiwe Magona
Franschhoek is one of South Africa’s most elegantly tranquil villages, and it provided a most appropriate backdrop for my conversation with the writer Sindiwe Magona earlier this year. Magona is more than a writer, in fact: she is also a dynamic storyteller, which was quickly affirmed during our chat. Her techniques borrow from the traditions of village storytelling but she is ... 29 June 2009, 12:13 pm
Podcast with South Africa’s Great Homme des Lettres, André Brink
André Brink is one of the world's major writers - and has been so for several decades. He is best-known as a novelist, but has also distinguished himself as a lecturer, poet and essayist. An homme des lettres of the kind that are far and few between in South Africa, his fascination with language can be felt in ... 3 June 2009, 3:13 pm
Eben Venter on the Victor Dlamini Literary Podcast
Fear is ever-present amongst South Africans. The gated communities, elaborate self-protection systems and security seminars reflect both the reality of the violence in our society and the paranoia that accompanies it. Eben Venter explores this fear in his novel, Trencherman - a translation from the Afrikaans original, Horrelpoot, by ... 20 May 2009, 10:09 pm