Poet Profile: Luleka Mhlanzi

Luleka Mhlanzi, author of Confiscated Identity is a South African published and performing poet, actress, creative writer and youth facilitator based in Pietermaritzburg. She is an agent for change and her footprint is spotted in various African youth change programs...

POET PROFILE: Kwena Peu

Born in Polokwane and bred in Mokopane Limpopo, Kwena Peu is a poet/spoken word artist, musician and theatre practitioner based in Bloemfontein South Africa.An experimentalist, he explores this quality with the unconventional performance of his poetry productions. His earliest encounters...

POET PROFILE: Nthabiseng JahRose Jafta

Nthabiseng JahRose Jafta is a South African and International Performing Poet, Writer, Author, Translator, Publisher, Library Book Distributor, Festival Curator, Virtual Planner, Artpreneur and Creative Strategist. She is currently admitted as an MA Scholar (Creative Writing) at Rhodes University, has...

Poet Profile: Xitha Makgeta

Xitha Makgeta is a South African, Pretoria based writer, poet, performer and art activist whoalso experiments with paint and videography. In (2008) he independently published his first studio record (E.P) titled In Fragments, followed by another studio record (E.P) titled...

On listening. And dreams. Poetry as an act of hope. by Vangile Gantsho

In thinking of poetry – both as a teacher and a practitioner – I am always listening for what the poem is trying to say. Listening to the music, and the ground. As a practitioner, I want to push myself...