On 6 September 1966, former prime minister Hendrik F. Verwoerd was assassinated in parliament by Demitrios Tsafendas. Whilst two books were published on this subject (Scholtz, 1967 & Schoeman, 1975), the individual ...

In July 1964 the list of banned publications in South Africa stood at 12 000 titles and increased rapidly thereafter. Between 1955 and 1971 thousands of titles were burned in municipal ovens. In this article the second ...

This article provides an overview of the field of poetry therapy by focussing on its origin in ancient civilizations, its earlier uses – which emphasise the therapeutic value of poetry – and the establishment of the worldwide ...

In 1984 the novel Storm Sevenster by Afrikaans poet Wessel Pretorius, caused havoc with rumours that publisher Perskor intended to submit the publication to the censorship board before accepting it for publication. This ...

This article focuses on aspects of identity in the Afrikaans poetry of Wopko Jensma, published in three volumes of poetry, and in various magazines. Jensma apparently strove towards a new, "free" South African identity, ...