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Category: Essay

  • Plot Holes Don’t Exist in Murder Stories: The Case of “Trompoppie”

    March 3, 2024

    I enjoyed the series, and I was fascinated by how it covered up quite glaring issues with its plot. Since the casting, acting, dialogue, and cinematography were exceptional →

  • A Fiction Review of The Best South African Novel

    February 20, 2024

    Tintswalo is flying back to Oliver Tambo International Airport. She is the winning Rugby World Cup team’s captain. Her father is with her. He is a prominent coal mine manager turned politician. As they enter South African airspace, Tintswalo receives a text message. It gives her a quest. Unless she can solve the mystery of… →

  • Emily Dickinson’s “The Chariot” is an Insult to Death

    February 4, 2024

    How much control does a writer have after their work is published? In an example of Emily Dickinson, an editor gave her poem “The Chariot” its title after her Death. This is not uncommon in Dickinson’s oeuvre. Most of her poems were not written for publication purposes. Many later, anthologised poems came from letters to friends and… →

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Kris Van der Bijl frequently covers South African literature, Western Cape business news, and Southern African politics and culture.

His work can be found in the likes of World Literature Today, Wasafiri, News24, and Cape Business News.


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