Storyteller Gcina Mhlope Doles Out Her Money Secrets

Storyteller Gcina Mhlope spills her spending secrets with Mamello Masote, admitting that she is “not very good with money”, and is an impulsive buyer. So what has been her biggest extravagance to date? – Her house by the sea.

What did your childhood experience teach you about money?

We hardly had any money, so I learnt to rely on myself.

What has been your biggest extravagance?

My house by the sea.

• Complete interview in the Sunday Times

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Siphiwo Mahala Reads isiXhosa Translation of When a Man Cries – Yakhal’ Indoda

Siphiwo Mahala recently visited Rhodes University as part of their English Department’s Spring Seminar Series, where he read from the isiXhosa translation of his novella When a Man Cries. Mahala, who is a native of Grahamstown, was returning not only to his home town, but his home language of isiXhosa by translating When a Man Cries into Yakhal’ Indoda, which tells the story of Themba, a man whose issues with masculinity culminate in abuse and guilt.

The English Department’s Spring Seminar Series continued this week, when one of Grahamstown’s own, Siphiwo Mahala, came home to present the isiXhosa translation of his novella “When a Man Cries” into “Yakhal’Indoda”.

“When a Man Cries” was originally written as a series of short stories. The fact that Mahala has himself been able to translate it into isiXhosa, and that a readership exists for it in that language, is very heartening for him; one of his goals at the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) is to encourage people to not only write in their own languages, but to read in them.

• Read the complete article at Rhodes University

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• Yakhal’ Indoda by Siphiwo Mahala
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• When a Man Cries by Siphiwo Mahala
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