Book Review: Hullo, Bu-Bye, Koko, Come In by Koleka Putuma

reviewed by Vus'umuzi Phakathi This draft begins with a disco of friends in discourse. The conversation is centered around influential individuals in Evaton, one of the oldest townships in the Vaal Triangle; the friends dance at length about how the...

Stake Of The Nation By Vus’umuzi Phakathi

[tabby title="Poet Bio"] Abakwaskebhe bafika,betshetha amalanga omisa umthombokakhokho,kamkhulu,kababa.Ulimi soladuba,Ifu elimunyama elathwal' uZulu lona seladuka,Ngakho ngizibika kanjani ngomlomo oswel’ulimi?Angani olwab' ulimi bona basiboleka,Olude, olunzima kanjalo futhi oluhle umasikhuleka,Phela ngowabo umdali esimkhonzayo,Elabo idamu esiliphuzayo,Liyaphuphum' ekhaya akekho okhuzayo.Phuthuma Zulu!Khuza Zulu, ikhaya liyaminza olwandle!ngikhuza...

On Conjunctions (Asyndeton, Syndeton, and Polysyndeton) by Vus’umuzi Phakathi

In the basics of Grammar we find an intimate relationship, within the parts of speech, between the Conjunction and the Punctuation. The understanding of this relationship, looking into which to use, where to place it, when to omit it, when...

Whose Laureate is it anyway?

The announcement of Prof Mongane Wally Serote as South Africa’s 3rd Poet Laureate has drawn a weird mixture of both praise and ire from poets and some in the literary world. To say the decision to have Ntate Serote as...

Poetry Seen: 12 Years A Poet by Vus’umuzi Phakathi (28 October 2017)

12 Years A Poet presented and performed by Vus’umuzi Phakathi is set to showcase on Saturday 28 October 2017 at the Wits Great Hall, Johannesburg. The one-man-show is a reflection of Phakathi’s journey as a poet through the years as...