MBALI LITERARY AWARDS

The Mbali Literary Awards take place tonight (Nov 16th 2012) at Clocolan. Organisers announced this week that in addition to three other categories, a Special Lifetime Achievement award will also be dished out. SHORT-LISTED FOR AWARDS… Book of the year category: Free State of mind (by Jah Rose Jafta, Rita Chihawa) From where I stand (by George Rampai) Landscape from within (by Seipati Thomas)... Writers/Commentators on Literature category: Paul Lothane Kgang Abel Motheane (The Bookshelf column) Tiisetso Thiba... Promising newcomer of the year category: Sam Mothupi Mayibongwe Mpanda Ishmael Soqaga