Amidst the ruins, a piano stands
A song of a nation that will rise from the ruins.
Cusk’s latest novel, Second Place, explores the value of artistic lives
Arja Salafranca reviews Rachel Cusk’s Second Place, a thought-provoking but difficult read
Cocktail Corner – No 1… Gin and Bear It
The Ugly Negroni gin recipe is a different take on the classic negroni gin cocktail, substituting orange with grapefruit, shaken not stirred and using Ugly Gin.
The allure of trout and flyfishing
By Sam J Basch
Flyfishing is an art – certainly a skill. Those doing it well are impervious to the cold and discomfort of venturing out on a chilly morning in Dullstroom to outwit the trout. This they do using a lure to resemble a real insect and calling them strange names like Gold Ribbed Hare’s Ear and Red Eyed Damsel.
Let us loot, vandalise and eat because tomorrow we shall die (from Covid-19)
A hopeless nation is a dangerous nation. But a nation that craves for instant gratification at any cost is deadly. It’s like deliberately drinking from a poisoned chalice and continuing to live in oblivion, expecting to go unscathed.
From one unemployed graduate to another: Sizoy’thola kanjani sihlez’ekhoneni?
Being an unemployed graduate or active jobseeker can be discouraging and degrading, especially when it yields little to no results and you are faced with the economics of the stomach. However, the recent looting and vandalism of businesses in what has been dubbed a ‘failed insurrection’ in South Africa’s Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal provinces is not the answer. South Africa’s unemployed, especially the youth, should move away from the employment-seeking mentality and come up with innovative ideas to become self-employed and build towards entrepreneurship, writes Ndweni Ndweni.