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  • Wally Mongane Serote is South African Poet Laureate.

    Wally Mongane Serote is South African Poet Laureate.

    Wally Mongane Serote has been announced as the new South African Poet Laureate taking over a role that was previously filled by the late Keorapetse Kgositsile. The announcement was made at the South African Literary Awards on November 6, 2018. A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, typically…

  • South African Literary Awards 2015 nominees announced

    South African Literary Awards 2015 nominees announced

    Celebrating 10 years of growth and exhilarating success, the South African Literary Awards (SALA) will honour over 10 South African authors at a celebratory awards ceremony to be held at Tshwane Events Centre, Tshwane, Gauteng Province on November 7, 2015. The awards given are the Poetry Award, Literary Translators Award, Lifetime Achievement Literary Award, Posthumous…