TEN YEARS TEN YEARS of 1978-1988 NIAGAZINE Ten Years of 1978-1988 Edited by Andries Walter Oliphant and Ivan Vladislavi Ravan Pr
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TEN YEARS TEN YEARS OF 1978-1988 NIAGAZINE Ten Years of 1978-1988 Edited by Andries Walter Oliphant and Ivan Vladislavi Ravan Press Johannesburg 6 © The contributors as listed on the contents page of this book All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the copyright owner. Copyright is held by the individual contributors of all material, including all visual and graphic material. Anyone wishing to reproduce material from this publication should approach the individual contributors c/o the publishers. First published 1988 ISSN 0258-7211 Cover art (Train to Mitchells Plain) by Tyrone Appollis Stories set in 10 on 11pt Triumvirate Essays set in 10 on 12pt Times Poetry set in 9 on lOpt Times Typeset by Industrial Graphics (Pty) Ltd. Printed by Sigma Press (Pty) Ltd. Staffrider is published quarterly by Ravan Press Editor: Andries Walter Oliphant Assistant Editor: Ivan Vladislavi6 Editorial Advisors: Njabulo S Ndebele, Nadine Gordimer, Kelwyn Sole, Paul Weinberg, David Koloane, Gary Rathbone, Christopher van Wyk Designer: Jeff Lok Published by Ravan Press (Pty) Ltd P 0 Box 31134 Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2017 South Africa For Mike Kirkwood and all those Still Riding Contents P reface ............................................... First Editorial 1978 ............................ Staffrider ............................................ Remembering Staffrider .................... STORIES My Friend, the Outcast .................... My Other Cousin, Sitha ................... R iva .................................................... Man Against Himself ....................... Ngwana wa Azania ........................... Two-Dimensional .............................. Jazz ..................................................... Jobm an ............................................... The Prom ise ...................................... Mineworking ................................. The Prophetess .................................. M am lam bo ......................................... T o Fly ................................................ Go Away, We're Asleep .................... The Spirit of Two Worlds ................ PHOTOGRAPHY Staffrider and Documentary Photography ...................................... Photographic Section: Jimi Matthews, Mark Lavender, George Hallett, Judas Ngwenya, Ralph Ndawo, Lesley Lawson, Biddy Partridge, Jeeva Rajgopaul, Karl Sansom, Omar Badsha, David Goldblatt, Wendy Schwegmann, Paul Weinberg, Guy Tillim, Cedric Nunn, Santo Mofokeng A. W. Oliphant/Ivan Vladislavic .......... viii ........................................................... xi M eshack M abogoane ............................ xii M ike Kirkwood ..................................... 1 M tutuzeli M atshoba ......................... 12 M bulelo M zamane ........................... 29 Richard Rive ................................... 37 Joel M atlou ..................................... 47 M othobi M utloatse ........................... 58 Ahmed Essop ................................. 62 Peter W ilhelm ................................. 72 Achmat D angor ............................... 80 Gladys Thomas ............................... 99 Greg Latter ....................................... 109 Njabulo S. N debele ............................ 120 Bheki M aseko .................................... 136 Steve Jacobs ....................................... 145 J. M akunga ....................................... 151 Jayapraga Reddy ................................ 155 Joyce Ozynski ................................... 163 Between pages ....................... 164 and 165 INTERVIEW with Chris van Wyk.. A.W. Oliphant .................................. 165 POETRY Nineteen Seventy-Six ........................ The Moving Graves .......................... The New Anthem ............................. Petition to My Interrogators ............ It's Only Your Imagination .............. Forgotten People ............................... O upa M thimkulu .............................. 173 M asilo Rabothata ............................... 174 T. M akhetha ..................................... 175 K eith Gottschalk ................................ 176 Shabbir Banoobhai ............................. 178 N kathazo M nyayiza .......................... 179 T here is .............................................. Versions of Progress ......................... I, the H en .......................................... An Epitaph ......................................... We Can't Meet Here, Brother .......... My Mother ........................................ The Reason ........................................ A Young Man's Thoughts before June the 16th .............................................. When I Die ........................................ The Relationship ................................ T he Issue ............................................ Bra Bizza Dink According Change. Loveknots ........................................... Giovanni Jacopo Meditates (on his Regio Absens) .................................... Giovanni Jacopo Meditates (on a Species of Don) ................................. Let Me Be an Apple .......................... Laughing Xhosa Patients Gathered around a White Baby ........................ The Battle of Isandhlwana ................ A Visit to Isandhlwana ...................... The Day I Was Taken ....................... G irls .................................................... Learning to Drive .............................. On Top of the Magalies ................... Johannesburg November .................. Photograph of a Communist ............ What Is Death .................................... Tshisa-Nyama .................................... The Voortrekkers .............................. Silence in Jail! .................................... A Letter to Bandi.............................. I Am............................................. For Your Defence ............................. Freedom ............................................. Wooden Spoon .................................. The Local Games .............................. Era ................................ Just a Game ....................................... Black Recollections ........................... Ou China en die Amper-Intellectual ............................. Possibilities for a Man Hunted bySBs Afrika (MyPeace with Life) ............. Family Planning ................................ M afika G wala ................................... 180 M afika G wala................................... 183 Julius Chingono ..................... 185 Julius Chingono ................................. 185 Chris van W yk .................................. 186 Chris van W yk .................................. 187 Chris van W yk .................................. 188 Fhazel Johennesse .......... .................... 188 Muhammad Omarruddin .................... 189 Lionel A brahams ............................... 190 Lionel A brahams ............................... 191 Fhazel Johennesse .............................. 192 Cherry Clayton .................................. 193 D ouglas Livingstone ........................... 194 D ouglas Livingstone........................... 195 Leonard K oza .................................... 196 Roy J. Cotton .................................... 196 Mandla Ndlazi ...................... 197 M andla N dlazi.................................. 198 James M atthews ................................. 199 Roy J. Cotton .................................... 200 M aano Tuwani .................................. 201 M aano Tuwani .................................. 202 Patrick Cullinan ................................ 203 Peter Strauss ..................................... 205 A bia R. D iutloileng ........................... 206 D aizer M qhaba................................. 207 Sheila Fugard .................................... 208 Peter H orn ........................................ 209 K riben Pillay ..................................... 211 Themba M iya .................................... 212 M akhulu Ledwaba ............................. 213 M akhulu Ledwaba ............................. 213 K . Zwide .......................................... 213 Jeremy Gordin ................................... 214 Jaki Seroke ........................................ 215 Essop Patel ....................................... 215 Essop Patel ....................................... 216 Farouk Asvat ..................................... 217 Farouk Asvat ..................................... 218 Eugene Skeef .................................... 219 James Twala ...................................... 220 Time Has Run Out ........................... Bloody Tears on Mzimhlophe .......... Shaka .................................................. Gravity in the Hole ........................... Reluctant Neighbour ......................... When They Come Back ................... A Song of Africanisation .................. Zimbabwe on the Horizon ............... To the Ancestors ............................... Burning Log ...................................... We Have Heard the Blues ................ Our Immortal Mother ...................... Nowhere to Hide .............................. Cut .......................... N ight Falls ......................................... The Revolution of the Aged .....