Ezekiel Kekana

A few days ago, I posted an online article about how a hotel in Sandton has robots serving its patrons as waitresses. The commentary that ensured…

DD Mabuza’s rise to the deputy president position has earned him respect as one of the smartest politicians in the country. To his political allies, this rise showed…

Johannesburg and New York are similar, concrete jungles. Big cities of dreams where hustling is the name of the game. Joburg is a city where people get…

The year 2020 has been one that has forced people across the world to unite in the fight against two pandemics. First, it is the new…

It is often said that good things come to those who wait. And boy oh boy, we have waited 12 years before feeding our hungry reading…

I believe the word ‘amasimba’(shit) reoccurs in this book more than all the books I have read this year, put together. Just to put it into perspective, I…

The evilness of the white system rule like colonialism and apartheid in South Africa was that it destroyed many souls, marriages, livelihoods, and bonds among couples…

One of the most amazing things after reading a novel is the warm feeling inside of immediately craving a sequel.  This highlights the good quality of…

Whenever Kaizer Chiefs’ supporters reminisce about ‘operation vat allas’, that is the season which the team won every cup competition that was on offer back in 2001. The…

Spoiler warning: The following review discloses important twists in “Critical But, Stable.” Breathtakingly, unputdownable, stunning, page-turner, entertaining, poignant, and profound, those are some of the superlatives…

Moses Phakoe, Bianca Goodson, Mosilo Mothepu, Imraahn Ismail-Mukaddam, Thabiso Zulu, Jimmy Mohlala, Michelle Mitchley, Simphiwe Mayisela, ‘James Nogu’, Brain Currin, and Doctor Radebe.  If you are…

The orange cover of the book and an uncouth title are the pull factors that led me to read the latest work of Kagiso Msimango. Forgive me,…

When it was announced that Iman Rappetti will be returning to the radio airwaves a few months back, my heart was full of joy and happiness.…

If there was Twitter and Facebook back in 1991, Xoliswa Nduneni-Ngema would have trended the whole Friday of December 20th that year and the weekend that followed.…

Ntate Dikgang Moseneke, our deputy chief justice, our freedom fighter, our arbitrator, our law teacher, our father, and our esteemed jurist. Ntate Moseneke is so many…

In villages, townships, and cities in South Africa, you are bound to cross paths with Manyano women draped in their red, white, and black colours and…

Upon receiving my copy of Jen Thorpe’s latest offering, The Fall. One question which truly raced through my mind was, is it the fall of patriarchy and…

Tumelo Buthelezi is a literary-works creative and a founding member of the Ink Gallery, a movement that promotes an interest in reading. In July of 2018, he released his debut book titled, The Last Sentence published by BlackBird Books. In this interview with EW Blog editor, Ezekiel Kekana, Tumelo reflects on his debut book, what inspired the title, and he has a strong message to the perpetrators of violence directed to women and children.

The month of August has been a very gruesome one for many South Africans. The scourge of gender-based violence and femicide continues to dominate news headlines…

Rosina Mogothlane, Mpho Kekana, Lerato Mabuse, Mmabatho Ledwaba, Dineo Lekalalala, Suzzane Kekana, (all from my own village in Zebediela) Eudy Simelane, Valencia Farmer, Susan Rhode, Charmaine…