By Rasvanth Chunylall
Many writers have embraced twitter as a medium to engage with fans, develop their brand identities, share news stories and express their thoughts and opinions. This month “On the Twitter Trail” has a Heritage Month theme in celebration of our rich cultural heritage as South Africans. Here are some September highlights from the twitter accounts of a few KZN writers.
Celebrating. Writing. Thinking. Always grateful. A little sad. A heart full of happy.
— Shafinaaz Hassim (@shafinaaz) September 09, 2014
Love your body. Feed it healthy food. Exercise it. Make it dance. Let it sleep.
— Tumelo Khoza (@TumeloKhoza) September 09, 2014
“Thank you” is the most profuse and profound arrangement of words I’ve ever used or encountered.
— Shafinaaz Hassim (@shafinaaz) September 09, 2014
A little bit of that floaty feeling after spending time lapping sun, sand, ocean and wonder in gorgeous Durban. I will always be back.
— Shafinaaz Hassim (@shafinaaz) September 12, 2014
@pmnewton Just thinking about the waste of life&love under the Apartheid regime makes me want to scream, so I write books instead!
— Malla Nunn (@MallaNunn) September 13, 2014
So, do you think this Jonathan of the synagogue church will show his ability to raise the dead as his building has killed his followers?
— Eric Miyeni (@EricMiyeni) September 17, 2014
Obama said of Ebola scourge in West Africa: “Patients are being turned away” from hospitals. Because that doesn’t happen in America.
— Azad Essa (@azadessa) September 17, 2014
What on earth are we eating? | South Africa has been declared “the third-fattest nation in the world” | bit.ly/1tnhlSF
— Azad Essa (@azadessa) September 18, 2014
The story re: Sierre Leone entering a lock down for three days reads like a witch hunt straight out of the Middle Ages #Ebola
— Azad Essa (@azadessa) September 18, 2014
Feeling the excitement, Spud 3 hitting the big screen soon. Spud 3 Official Trailer (2mins): youtu.be/REWiyRKpqqg via @YouTube
— John van de Ruit (@johnvanderuit) September 19, 2014
The youth of today must reject the notion that my generation is the only authority on democracy in SA. Find your voice. #youthleadership
— Jay Naidoo(@Jay_Naidoo) September 19, 2014
#HappyHeritageDay We dreamt of a rainbow nation. We built the foundation in 1994. Now is the time to implement it. pic.twitter.com/nniJB7zzmw
— Jay Naidoo(@Jay_Naidoo) September 24, 2014
#HappyHeritageDay Being positive means building hope for the next generation & speaking truth to power. pic.twitter.com/zcJFPCn26E
— Jay Naidoo(@Jay_Naidoo) September 24, 2014
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his” @FawziaPeer @leftyspeaks @Chomskiet@Simapeerkarani
— Nazia Peer (@PeerNazia) September 29, 2014
“There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.” – Tom Robbins
— Michelle McGrane (@MichelleMcGrane) September 30, 2014
My children danced in their first hail storm today – drenched & happy, what a special afternoon 🙂
— Melissa Delport (@melissadelport) September 30, 2014
“Writers make national literature, while translators make universal literature.” – José Saramago #InternationalTranslationDay
— Michelle McGrane (@MichelleMcGrane) September 30, 2014
