The Jakes Gerwel Foundation that strives to promote literature in the widest sense possible is presenting, together with NB Publishers, an exciting new mentorship programme for emerging writers.

Ons uitdagings raak al groter: werkloosheid, armoede, korrupsie, misdaad, onverdraagsaamheid en gebrekkige onderwys. Dit is egter nie nou die tyd vir wanhoop nie, want Suid-Afrika kán werk.

Van musiekfeeste tot straatkafees – digkuns is deesdae oral te sien en te hoor en in verskillende gedaantes. Die jong digters deel verhoë met rockers op groot musiekfeeste; lees verse in kroeë en is bykans so herkenbaar soos sepiesterre.

In the month in which the Foundation celebrates the legacy of Jakes Gerwel, Heinrich Gerwel remembers the lessons he learned from his father.