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A selection of Jensma's poems appeared, with a brief biography, in the anthology Ten South African Poets edited and introduced by Adam Schwartzman (Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1999). There is an online appreciation of Jensma's poetry and art works, with quotations and some biographical details, by Tony McGregor entitled I write you from afar ...
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The quality of drinking water in Johannesburg is a lauded feature of the city, [11] and city residents once saw not buying bottled water as a political statement. [ 12 ] However, the unreliability of the water supply network in the rural areas [ 13 ] has started to become a feature of large cities.
Mike Alfred is a South African poet, journalist, and historian who lives in Muizenberg Cape Town. His poems have been widely published in anthologies and literary journals. . He has produced six collections of poetry and three books and many articles and papers about the city and people of Johannesbu
Makhosazana (Khosi) Xaba was born in Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to Glenrose Nomvula Mbatha and Rueben Bejanmin Xaba, the second of five children. [2] She has an MA degree in creative writing from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) and is working on a biography of Noni Jabavu.
Burger's critique places Putuma's use of the water as a literary device within the context of other South African poets, such as Ronelda S Kamfer. [21] The poem "Water" has become a key text for literary explorations of hydrocolonialism. [22] Pieterse emphasises Putuma's writing about black womanhood, alongside the poet Sindiswa Busuku-Mathese ...
Chris Mann was born in Port Elizabeth in 1948 and went to Diocesan College (Bishops) in Rondebosch, Cape Town.He studied English and Philosophy at the University of the Witwatersrand, and went to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar where he was awarded an MA in English Language and Literature.
Keorapetse William Kgositsile OIS (19 September 1938 – 3 January 2018), also known by his pen name Bra Willie, was a South African Tswana poet, journalist and political activist.