Each year, South Africans observe 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children and recommit themselves to protecting the younger and more vulnerable members of society.   But what does it mean to observe such a time imaginatively?   Sarah Uheida is a multi-award-winning y...

It is notoriously difficult to remain fully alive in the present moment. Emotions related to the past and the future are always intruding on our awareness.   Sometimes, it takes a strong poem to teach us how to handle such intrusions imaginatively.   Mangaliso Buzani is a poet and lecturer...

The 2026 AVBOB Poetry Competition closes at 23:59 on 30 November 2025.   Fabulous prizes await the winners, whose names will be announced at a gala event towards the end of next year. The judges will select some of the strongest poems for inclusion in a glossy coffee-table book, which will also...