The Spin Venek Experience by Sabelo Soko

Spin Venek is a recollection of images/memories with the purpose of finding inspiration for possible solutions to present-day problems. In this body of work, Sabelo Soko remembers "…umphakathi osezingeni… umphakath' okhuphuk' intaba kwehl' ok'sek'fihlakaleni… umphakathi onjengamanzi…" Over the years, Soko...

Poet Profile: Soetry

Born and bred in Pollen, a small village in Limpopo, Solly Ramatswi, also known as Soetry, moulds the imagery of his village to write poems about black boys and his experience. Having the experience of living in both the village...

Poet Profile: Hope Netshivhambe

Hope Netshivhambe was born and raised in Venda, South Africa. Hope is a creator, thinker, speaker and a spoken word artist. She started writing at the age of 17 and has not looked back since. Hope holds a marketing diploma...

Thuthukani Myeza takes 2nd Place at Coupe d’Afrique de Slam 2018

It is with great excitement that we announce to the country that our Slam Poetry representative in the Africa Cup of Slam Poetry 2018 held in Chad, Thuthukani Myeza came second in the competition. South African went face to face with...

Poetry Seen: Makhafula Vilakazi – Concerning Blacks

In his first solo show in five years, Makhafula Vilakazi has curated an expression of the quotidian blended with the ideological that concerns blackness in the settler republic. It is a complex mourning and rebellion that places the onus on...