Tag: Soweto Under The Apricot Tree

  • Niq Mhlongo wins Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English Fiction 2019.

    Niq Mhlongo wins Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English Fiction 2019.

    Niq Mhlongo won the Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English Fiction 2019 at the Media24 Book Prize 2019 for Soweto, Under the Apricot Tree on June 13, 2019. Media24, the print media arm of South African media company Naspers, owns Jonathan Ball Publishers and NB Publishers which has the imprints Human & Rousseau, Tafelberg, Kwela…

  • South Africa’s Media24 Book Prizes 2019 shortlists announced.

    South Africa’s Media24 Book Prizes 2019 shortlists announced.

    The shortlists for South Africa’s Media24 Book Prizes 2019 were announced on May 13, 2019. Media24 is the print media arm of the South African media company Naspers. The organisation owns several publishers in its portfolio of investments like Jonathan Ball Publishers as well as NB Publishers which has the imprints Human & Rousseau, Tafelberg,…

  • Niq Mhlongo’s “Nailed” for Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

    Niq Mhlongo’s “Nailed” for Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa.

    Niq Mhlongo’s short story Nailed is set to make it on stage at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, South Africa in February. Nailed is a short story from the Soweto Under The Apricot Tree short story collection. Niq Mhlongo isn’t unfamiliar to followers of the African literary scene. He emerged in 2004 with his debut…