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Klein Karoo National Arts Festival: Close, but no cigar

Lizette Louw by Lizette Louw 28 January 201510 February 2015

Just before the weekend I learned that the Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) had recently posted a Facebook statement informing the public that Steve Hofmeyr would not be performing at this year’s festival. The post continued to say that Hofmeyr had not, in fact, applied to participate, but that even if he had, the […]

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Christopher Hitchens not great, says this “atheist”

Rod MacKenzie by Rod MacKenzie 23 December 201123 December 2011

It depressed me a bit to write the title for this column, playing on one of the late Hitchen’s book titles, God is not Great. I think nothing can ever be achieved by slamming other people’s religious beliefs. Those people are going to continue holding on to their beliefs. Perhaps even more dearly. The attack […]

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