Tag: Mbokodo Awards

  • Koleka Putuma wins at Mbokodo Awards 2017

    Koleka Putuma wins at Mbokodo Awards 2017

    Koleka Putuma was recognised as a Rising Star at the South African Mbokodo Awards 2017. On the 9th of August 1956, over 20 000 women marched in unison to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to hand over a petition to the then South African prime minister Hans (JG) Strijdom. The petition was against the introduction…

  • Lauren Beukes and Mbali Vilakazi win South African Mbokodo Awards 2015

    Lauren Beukes and Mbali Vilakazi were the big winners at this Friday’s Mbokodo Awards 2015 hosted at the Johannesburg City Hall. The Mbokodo awards are given to South African women who have done big things in the South African arts. The categories are quite a few and include Creative Writing, poetry, promotion of language and…

  • Poets, novelists for South African Mbokodo Awards

    Poets, novelists for South African Mbokodo Awards

    The Mbokodo Awards are presented annually to recognise women in the arts, highlighting the contribution by women to the ongoing development of the arts in South Africa. As you can expect, there are ladies who have been nominated for this award who we cover regularly on this blog. In creative writing, those nominated are Rehana…