Contents and Contributors

Contents: Comment, A. W. Oliphant. Stories: An Owl on the Rooftop, Linda Colleen Saunders; Makoti, Makhanda Senzangakhona; The Rod, Richard J. Mann; SB’s, Jiggs; Flags, Medals and Anthems, Gavin Mabie. Essays: Writing and Being, Nadine Gordimer; ‘Literacy Language’ and the ‘Language of the People’ in the Contemporary SA English Poetry, Phaswane Mpe; The Poetry of Mafika Gwala, Thengani H. Ngwenya; Dugmore Boetie and the South African Literature, Mark Beittel. Poetry: Two Poems, Ntombintombi Mabika; Two Poems, Abner Nyamende; Deep Sea Burning, Mpho Nawa; Two Poems, Ntombintombi Mabika; Khutsana, R.E. Moloke; His Excellency the Ambassador of the State of Palestine, Keith Gottschalk; Tunnel Vision, George Candy; Offers, Phil du Plessis; Spirits, Sue Mathieson; Child of Africa, Linda Colleen Saunders; Two Poems, Robert Siwangaza; Two Poems, Annemarie van Niekerk; Group Areas, Ebrahim Alexander; Three Poems, Lisa Combrink; B.H., Eli Coelho; Namibian Nites, Carsten Knoch; Three Poems, Deela Khan; Changes, Mohamed Patel; By Strandfontein, Leonard Koza; On Graduating, Mohamed Patel; Three Poems, Leonard Koza; Three Poems B.M.C. Kayiro; Grand Parade, Carol Edson; Translation of Two Poems by Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo, Stephan Gray; Three Poems, Carol Edson; Workers Day (May Day 1992), Morakabe Mabika; Ba a Ntena, Ba a Tella, R.E. Moloke. Photographs: People in Creativity and Culture, Andrew Bannister; Work from the Photo Lab. Paintings and Graphics: Landscape, Karen Herber; Demoiselles de Codesa, Vincent Baloyi; On the Day of the Festival, Nhlanla Xaba; Untitled 2, Sylvester Khosa; Germiston Sheds, Thomas Nkuna; Landscape and Silos, Walter Meyer; Springbok Safari IV, Karen Harber; Untitled 3, Sylvester Khosa. Report: COSAW Monthly Debate Series.