André Wiesner: Professional Writer • Editor  • Media Developer

Firebreak Studios

Novelist, poet and painter Zakes Mda speaks about prophecy, slaughter, TV philistines, writing, bee-keeping - and his novel, "The Heart of Redness”.

Zakes Mda
Text Box: The then-leader of the Official Opposition, the Democratic Alliance, is asked where he got his gift of the gab – and what misconceptions the public have of him. Answer: “That I am arrogant.” Text Box: Tony Leon Text Box: “When I commit to a viewpoint, a goal, or an action,” said the then-leader of the New National Party, “it takes a ton of dynamite to move me from that course …”

Marthinus Van Schalkwyk

The hard-as-nails TV investigative journalist is a Zulu princess who loves romantic movies—and also happens to be an Italian property magnate.

Debora Patta

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