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Young, strong-spirited and "got opinion", 24-year-old Ntsiki Mazwai has performed her own work at many hi-profile gigs, but says one of the highlights of her poetry career thus far was to be part of the 10th anniversary presidential inauguration poetry act, where she shared the stage with poetry greats Don Mattera, Lebo Mashile and Mac Manaka. She was chosen from a pool of over 5 000 entrants to be part of the Scamto Groundbreakers TV series, as part of which she travelled to the USA to represent South African poetry. She is part of the all-women, much-loved, Feela Sistah Spoken Word collective. She has been published in Don Mattera's souvenir book for 10 years of democracy. Her works can also be seen in the Timbila Special Edition. Outside of her poetry she runs a fashion label called House of MOBU, where she sells her exclusive beadwork range. Isizukulwana sanamhla … My generation Nadine Botha, a not-so-simple Free State farm girl comes to the big city atmosphere of small town Grahamstown, obtained a degree (of viability) in Philosophy, English and Theory of Art there. Now she is in Johannesburg. In some backwater commune room, selling herself in light of respectable employment. It's cyber, baby. Her pen itches to move. She has been published in donga, New Coin, Writing From Here, Aerial, Southern Rain, Botsotso and some other pavement zines. In 2003 she was invited to participate in the Crossing Border Word Festival in The Hague and released a self-publication, Compared to not eating tuna or chocolate. Ants moving the house millimetres is to be released by Deep South at the end of the year. That's it. She's lived, she's worked, the rest is anecdote. Reeling in the real bush Jo Prins was first published under the name Johannes Prins in 2001, together with 15 other poets, in Tafelberg's Nuwe Stemme 2. In 2002 he contributed to Protea Boekehuis's As die son kom oogknip and the poetry journal Karapaks. He works as a journalist for Beeld in Johannesburg and is a regular member of the editorial committee of Krit, the festival publication of KKNK. O Oh Carina Diedericks-Hugo (27) was born in Johannesburg and grew up in Pretoria and Cape Town. She matriculated from Herschel and studied BA (International Studies) and Honours in Afrikaans and Dutch at the University of Stellenbosch. She is currently busy with a Masters in Media Management at Stellenbosch. She is a writer of books for young people and works as a children's book publisher at Human & Rousseau. The Rockspider's Opera: Singing Afrikaans in an African pantomime Gabeba Baderoon is a media scholar, writer and poet. She is completing her PhD on images of Islam in South African media and culture at the University of Cape Town. She held an Associateship at the African Gender Institute in 2002, and was a delegate at the inaugural Oxford Muntada at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in 2003. Her publications have dealt with art, theatre and the body. She has also written for ThisDay newspaper, SL magazine and islamonline.net. Her poetry has appeared in New Contrast, Carapace, Illuminations, Matter and Feminist Studies. She has been nominated for the DaimlerChrysler Prize for South African Poetry for 2005, and her first collection of poetry, The Dream in the Next Body, will be published by Kwela Books/Snailpress in 2005. Still points George Alexander Hill was born in Elsies River on the Cape Flats some 29 years ago. His formative years were spent in Elsies River, but the family later decided to move because of the social conditions in the township. They moved to Kuils River, the northern part of the Cape Flats. George studied Journalism at Peninsula Technikon. During this time he got involved with the community radio station, Bush Radio. He worked as a producer and later trainer at Bush. He has worked at various media institutions, including YFM, the country's first ever youth radio station. There he went on to become the youngest head of news in the country and was also responsible for web content co-ordination and the production of an hour-long youth talk show called Youth Crossfire. He is a commentator on youth politics and culture and has participated in many forums. George is also a columnist and a published and performance poet. He is currently senior producer for AM and Midday Live on SAFM, based in Johannesburg. My generation … Jaco Jacobs (24) was born in the Karoo town of Carnarvon and is the author of 13 youth novels published by Lapa and Human & Rousseau since 2001. He has also published short stories and poetry in various journals and anthologies, and has translated a number of children's books. He completed a BA in Communication Science at the University of the Free State in 2001, and an honours degree in Afrikaans & Nederlands in 2002. He is currently editor of JIP, Joernaal and the book supplement at Volksblad in Bloemfontein. Waar is die nuwe geslag jong Afrikaanse skrywers? Where is the new generation of young Afrikaans writers? Clive E Smith: I'm 34 and live in Woodstock. All I ever wanted to be was a writer. I've been published for about 12 years. Adult literature, columns, novellas in both English and Afrikaans, agony columns, internet fantasy series writer and creator, and short stories in both languages, are amongst a few things I've done. I dabble in carpentry, building my own furniture from waste wood, gardening, bass guitar playing, weekend mechanic and my great love, cooking. I have no formal education. Everything I know I taught myself. I love books and read a lot and also buy lots of research and reference books for my library at home. I love music and still listen to and collect vinyl. I'm probably the only country music DJ in Africa, but I love it (it's massive at the moment). Skuldgevoelens, die barometer Guilt the barometer Izak de Vries is the father of a very busy two-year-old boy called Jabu. He is married to Elma, a medical doctor. He lives in the hope that when he and Jabu grow up he will have time to read the books he wants to read, see the films he wants to see and climb the mountains he wants to climb. His latest work, Rites of the ox, has just been published. The keyboard is mightier than the Trojans of moralism Karen Jeynes was first published in English Alive in high school. She then turned her hand to writing for the theatre and co-wrote I need. I want. I am, as well as being the sole author of Laying Blame, sky too big and her latest play, Everybody Else (is fucking perfect). She has also written for radio and short film, and her teenage novel Jacques Attack (co-authored with Nkuli Sibeko) is due for publication by New Africa Books later this year. When not writing she works in theatre as a stage manager, director and producer. Celebrity: the art of being famous in South Africa Herman Wasserman is the author of the short story collections Verdwaal and Aan die ander kant van die stad. He has also published several stories in collection volumes like Vonkfiksie and Uit die kontreie vandaan. He is the co-editor (together with Sean Jacobs) of the academic essay collection Shifting Selves: Postapartheid Essays on Media, Culture and Identity. He was born in Port Elizabeth on 29th July 1969 and matriculated at Durbanville High School in 1987. He studied literature and journalism at the University of Stellenbosch and obtained the BHons Joern, MA and DLitt degrees. He worked as an art columnist and book editor for Die Burger, and has been a senior lecturer in the Department of Journalism at the University of Stellenbosch since 2002. Braaivleis, sonneskyn en 'n noodtoestand Braaivleis, sunshine and a state of emergency Khulile Nxumalo: I was born in Diepkloof, Soweto, and went to school there and later in Swaziland. I then went to UCT, the University of Natal and Wits, where I focused on media and cultural studies. I have worked in television as a researcher, writer and director, and more recently as a producer. I did a documentary as part of the SABC1 Project 10 series this year. My book of poems, ten flapping elbows, mama, is due to be published by Deep South Press this year. I have two children and live in Johannesburg. Isitimela sihamba ngamalahle The train goes on coal Tom Dreyer was born in Cape Town in 1972. He studied at the University of Stellenbosch (BA and BA Hons in English) and at the University of Cape Town (MA in Creative Writing). In addition to short stories and poetry, his publications include the novels Erdvarkfontein and Stinkafrikaners. Stinkafrikaners was awarded the Eugène Marais Prize in 2001. Tom lives in Somerset West and works as a business analyst. Die mond het klaar gelag Strange orange world Lebogang Mashile is a writer, performer and actor who began writing in 1995 after she and her family moved back to South Africa after spending many years in the United States.        She has shared stages with artists such as Don Mattera, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Saul Williams, Pops Mohammed, the late Jackie Semela, Mutabaruka, Dennis Brutus and Jessica Care Moore. In 2003, Mashile co-founded the Feela Sistah Spoken Word Collective alongside Napo Masheane, Ntsiki Mazwai and Myesha Jenkins.        L'Atitudes is a 13-part television series on SABC in which Mashile travels across the country exploring relationships between South Africans and the spaces that they inhabit. She is currently working on her first cd/anthology with Oshun Publishers and Mutloase Arts Trust. Tepo Ya Mookodi A tangled web of rainbows

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