Ndumiso Zondi’s three must-reads – The Mail & Guardian

Ndumiso Zondi’s three must-reads – The Mail & Guardian

I once lived in Pietermaritzburg. I arrived there tired, tired of Johannesburg, tired of the noise, the urgency, the performance of becoming. I had no plan whatsoever, only a quiet need to breathe again. It remains the best decision of my life. What I found was not spectacle. It was sincerity. An arts scene that did not reach for polish or permission. People making do with what they had and somehow creating everything they needed.  A poetry sess…