The Northern Cape Department of Sport, Arts and Culture will be hosting the 11th Annual Provincial Writer's Festival. The three day event will be officially opened by MEC Bernice Sinxeve on Wednesday, 09 October 2019 @ 18h30 at the Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley. MEC Sinxeve will be accompanied by the former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of South Africa, Professor Barney Pityana. Professor Pityana will deliver a lecture focusing on the black intellectual tradition and its role in the evolution of higher education in South Africa.
The 2019 festival comes as the country celebrates 25 years of democracy and indigenous languages. This year the festival will feature book launches as well as panel discussions in various Northern Cape languages including Nama, Setswana, IsiXhosa and Afrikaans. There will also be other panel discussions focusing on various issues affecting literature.