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Rest in Peace Lesego Motsepe (28 April 1974 – 20 Jan 2014)

I last saw Lesego Motsepe performing poetry and singing at Constitution Hill’s  One Love One Heritage event on Heritage Day, 24 September 2013. And true to form, she was in great spirits, with a great big mile and just genuine...

Shut-up and Talk to me by Pariah Nqeto

Okay let’s talk… but please keep quiet You shall not SPEAK at all, but talk to me please We shall have this conversation in silence So I, like you, shall also keep silent You look at me – I look...

a call for submissions: Poems for Mandela

Dear Poets and Writers, Listening to poets and writers who shared their response to Madiba’s death, in a session organised by Write’s Associates to honour Nelson Mandela (sponsored by the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory), three of us (Pitika and...

What I Would Do For Love by Rishan Singh

I like talking to myself about love when family and friends are around braaing in th’ day, and sending ignorance my way. Send back Cupid’s kisses astray: friends of distant family or colleagues rambling, all I know is they here...

call for submissions: the Love potion

“At the risk of seeming ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided is guided by a great feeling of love.” Che Guevara Print quarterly number five will be titled The Love Potion This is a call for...