SUIDOOSTERFEES 2022
27 APRIL – 1 MAY
ARTSCAPE THEATRE, CAPE TOWN
Jakes Gerwel Discussions
Presented by the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and the ATKV
The Jakes Gerwel Discussions are supported by the ATKV, NB Publishers, Jonathan Ball, Protea Books, Jacana Media, Penguin Random House SA, the Afrikaans Language Council and the Afrikaans Language Museum and Monument.
All events are free to the public, but limited seats are available due to Covid-19 restrictions. If you want to attend, please send an email to theo@jgf.org.za to secure your spot.
Krotoa – wat beteken sy vandag?
With Willa Boezak, Diana Ferrus, Andrew Smith, Amanda ‘Khoinoi’ Stone and Calvyn Gilfellan
Language: Afr
Venue: ATKV Isibaya
Date and time: 27 April 10:00
Duration: 90 min
Krotoa is a controversial figure for people who regard her a “sell-out” to Jan van Riebeeck. But for others she is a heroic woman, far ahead of her time, who united opposing worlds. How should we think today about this historical figure when we consider issues like “race” and “identity”?
As die katjiepiering blom
With Audrey Jantjies and Ronelda S Kamfer
Language: Afr
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 27 April 11:30
Duration: 60 min
In 2020 Audrey Jantjies participated in the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and NB Publishers’ mentorship programme for upcoming writers. Her debut novel, As die katjiepiering blom, is the beautiful result. She is in conversation with Ronelda Kamfer about the story of Lea Floris who, after making a naïve decision that changes the course of her life, runs away from the world of poor farmworkers in the Overberg.
’n Baie lang brief aan my dogter
With Marita van der Vyver and Cintaine Schutte
Language: Afr
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 27 April 13:00
Duration: 60 min
’n Baie lang brief aan my dogter is the hugely popular Marita van der Vyver’s moving youth memoir. The book examines her early years, and is a love letter to a daughter, a language and a country. But above all, it is a mother’s attempt to make sense of the reckless, unkind world her daughter is now entering. Cintaine Schutte, who recently starred in Marita’s Die dinge van ’n kind, talks to the author.
The secrets of our freedom fighters
With Ronnie Kasrils and Anthony Butler
Language: Eng
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 28 April 10:00
Duration: 60 min
Ronnie Kasrils joined the Struggle after the Sharpeville-massacre. For almost three decades, he worked in exile as an underground uMkhonto we Sizwe-operative, serving the ANC and SACP’s cause. After 1994, he was appointed by the new government in several ministerial positions. Anthony Butler prompts Ronnie about his book, International Brigade Against Apartheid: Secrets of the War that Liberated South Africa, detailing the stories of people who were secretly involved in the liberation struggle.
Remembering what you wanted to forget
With Bronwyn Davids, Shana Fife and Francois Bloemhof
Language: Eng
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 28 April 11:30
Duration: 60 min
Bronwyn Davids’ memoir, Dearest Lansdowne, describes the impact of forced removals on her community. Shana Fife’s Ougat recounts the unsettling tale of her growing up on the Cape Flats. Bronwyn’s first-hand experience of disenfranchisement links to Shana’s exploration of being uprooted. Both authors are journalists and attended the 2019 mentorship programme for aspiring authors, presented by the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and NB Publishers. Francois Bloemhof will interview them.
Kompoun
With Ronelda S Kamfer and Anastasia de Vries
Language: Afr
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 28 April 13:00
Duration: 60 min
Award-winning poet Ronelda S Kamfer’s debut novel will leave no reader indifferent. Kompoun tells the story of the friendship between a group of cousins, hurled together in a struggle for survival in a cruel world. As they try to sever ties with the older generation, they discover that it’s impossible to escape the ties that bind families. Ronelda worked on Kompoun during the Foundation and PEN Afrikaans’s writers’ residence in 2019.
Pravin Gordhan – Joining the dots
With Jonathan Ancer, Chris Whitfield and Thuli Madonsela
Language: Eng
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 29 April 10:00
Duration: 60 min
After Jacob Zuma had fired Pravin Gordhan as finance minister, Gordhan pleaded with South Africans to “join the dots” about what was really happening. In Joining the Dots, Jonathan Ancer and Chris Whitfield examine Gordhan’s stature as a public figure. Some see him as a beacon of hope while others regard him as the enemy. The authors will share their views about Gordhan’s position in South African politics, and about what happened behind the scenes during one of the most extraordinary periods in our recent history.
Too white; too Coloured – where do I fit in?
With Ismail Lagardien, Ivan Johnson and Ivor Price
Language: Afr, Eng
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 29 April 11:30
Duration: 60 min
Veteran journalist Ismail Lagardien explores the concepts of identity and belonging in Too White to be Coloured, Too Coloured to be Black. He recounts his childhood years, working as a journalist in the turbulent 80s, his time in England and his return to the “New South Africa”. In But he speaks so well, Ivan Johnson’s gripping memoir, the author describes his experiences of growing up on the Cape Flats, joining the Struggle and achieving success in a lily-white advertising world. Ivor Price conducts the conversation.
Making us and breaking us – Elections from the days of Shaka to Cyril
With Matthew Blackman, Nick Dall and Marianne Thamm
Language: Eng
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 29 April 13:00
Duration: 60 min
There are many prominent turning points in South Africa’s history – when the country became a Union, the dark days of Apartheid, the first democratic elections … But how much do we actually know of what happened behind the scenes? In their controversial Spoilt Ballots, Matthew Blackman and Nick Dall shake the skeletons from the closet. They speak to Marianne Thamm about almost forgotten historical “elections”, like when King Shaka was executed, and when Cyril Ramaphosa walked away victoriously at Nasrec in 2017.
Eugene
With Kirby van der Merwe and Ingrid Jones
Language: Afr
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 29 April 14:30
Duration: 60 min
Eugene knows all about the world of skollies, gangsters, muggers and crooks. He is streetwise, even if he looks like somebody from the upper-middle class these days. But now, many years later, Eugene is charged with murder. Kirby van der Merwe talks about his compelling novel about friendship and betrayal. While working on the book, Kirby was a writer in residence at Paulet House in Somerset East, hosted by the Jakes Gerwel Foundation and PEN Afrikaans.
Vele tongvalle, een taal
With Jeremy Vearey, Anzil Kulsen, Elvis Saal and Gerda Odendaal
Language: Afr
Venue: ATKV Isibaya
Date and time: 30 April 10:00
Duration: 60 min
Is Afrikaans any different from Standard Afrikaans? Where do varieties like Khoi Afrikaans, Cape Afrikaans, Muslim Afrikaans – to name but a few – fit in? The panellists cover topics such as the origin and nature of the language. Festivalgoers can also enjoy Afrikaans aan die praat – a colourful exhibition on the history of the language’s origins.
What happened to the country of Steve Biko?
With Hlumelo Biko and Bongani Kona
Language: Eng
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 30 April 11:30
Duration: 60 min
In Black Consciousness – A Love Story, the son of Mamphela Ramphele and the late Steve Biko, Hlumelo, pens the tale of his famous parents’ love for each other. It also tells the story of how the Black Consciousness Movement was started in the 1970s by a group of principled, ambitious students at Natal University. Their message to black people of autonomy and self-love, accelerated extraordinary changes in South Africa. But how meaningful are concepts pertaining to black identity and Ubuntu in the country today? What would Steve Biko’s verdict be if he was still alive?
Opdrifsel
With Philip Rademeyer, Brendan Daniels, Tinarie van Wyk Loots and Cornelia Faasen
Language: Afr
Venue: ATKV Innovation Lounge
Date and time: 30 April 13:15
Duration: 60 min
Cornelia Faasen is in conversation with the playwright and actors of the stirring drama Opdrifsel on this year’s festival programme. The award-winning play explores how a mourning couple lose themselves and each other after the death of their teenage son. Watch the play and join the discussion of this moving story, now also available as a book.
