Comments for Zukiswa Wanner

Comment on 1GOAL? Yea, whatever! by tiah

tiah — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:14:55 +0000

Very good post. Thank you.

Funny aside, one of the first women I met after moving back to South Africa asked me, “When do Americans celebrate Christmas?” When I told her the 25th of December, she was horrified: “How can it be a holiday when it’s so cold?” Poor Bob, we should all send him woolly caps and sympathy cards.

Comment on Ghana Our Ghana by Kirsty

Kirsty — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:22:56 +0000

I’ve been buoyed and made proud by the way African teams have conducted themselves in this tournament – and not just in terms of football. Look at the stroppy French who whined and mutineed with things weren’t going well! And the English, who are still pointing fingers at each other and at their coach! The Brazilians have gone home in shock because they have a sense of entitlement that makes them arrogant! And in all these home nations there are vitriolic, malicious press waiting to criticise.
The Ghanaian team typefied the dignity and happy team-spirit that all the African nations showed. I was DEVASTATED by the game that sent them home. But they have a lot to be proud of, and they are being celebrated in their country, and their continent, the way they should be.

Comment on Note to Journalists by Loudrastress

Loudrastress — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:43:38 +0000

eish, zooks, i wonder whether getting someone else who HAS read your book to come into the studio might not work better – then you can have some kind of conversation, right? i feel you on the “not all publicity is good publicity”. another writer, nomboniso gasa, says: “my vanity would not allow me to ask questions and make judgements when i have not even read the writer’s book”. i couldn’t agree with her more and i watched an interview with her once where the presenter said “your book has been on my desk for six weeks, but i just have not read it, so could you tell us what it is about?” i know people who “dislike” specific writers but when you press them on what exactly they dislike about the writer’s work, it is very clear that they have not read the books they are speaking about. the age of sloppiness?

Comment on IF I RULED AFRICA by Ishara

Ishara — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:26:34 +0000

LOL! Zukiswa, truly hilarious but also worthy of pondering over!

Comment on To Nigerian Callers and Ghanaian Players by Ishara

Ishara — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:24:49 +0000

It would have been nice to have more that one African team repping us at this stage of the game but alas, tis not so…glad the Ghanaians are flying the flag for us, had it been the other ones from Naija…God forbid we would never have heard the last of it.

Go Ghana!

Comment on Note to Journalists by Ishara

Ishara — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:16:37 +0000

I feel your angst Zukiswa. I am not a writer, but definitley an avid reader and always keen to hear what writers have to say about their work in interviews. Suffice to say there is nothing as bad as tuning into an interview, jsut to be able ot clearly pick up the fact that the interviewer is not au-fait with the writer or the writer’s work or has failed to prepare subsequently leading to an incoherent discourse. See? I feel your pain.

That aside, I was looking forward to meeting you down at the SouthBank, London. Did you make it? I gave up when I called to get a ticket for Bra Willi’s gig, just to be told that volcanic ash had taken it’s toll on his flight plans…drat! Anywho I’ve been looking high and low for your book; “The Madams”, but to no avail. Any ideas how I can get it? Hope my search for “Men from the South” will not be as equally difficult.

Ta!

Comment on To Nigerian Callers and Ghanaian Players by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:36:09 +0000

Lovely, Zukiswa, and funny. Not all Nigerians are “petulant,” however. I am not a football fan myself – have not even watched a single match, even Nigerian matches. But I prayed for Ghana today. Hopefully, you will get to divide your love between their players today.

Comment on Note to Journalists by uMalambe

uMalambe — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:16:47 +0000

Well, Zukz I’ve read your latest offering Men of the South – a veritable page turner. Never again shall they call your work of ink chick lit. I mean in MOTS you lick some serious dick (dick lit as you’ve suggested) – KEEP IT SALUTING TO THE HEAVENS. For me every page was just tickling pink but in a way that says don’t put the book down. I didn’t cry (well, except when I was alone in the house).

Comment on Note to Journalists by Hajira Amla

Hajira Amla — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:06:34 +0000

Zukiswa, it is just another example of fly-by-night journalism in South Africa. If they can’t be bothered to do homework, how on earth did they graduate? (Mind you, I hear the standards are pretty awful at universities these days – just about any moron can call themselves a journalist). I was a broadcast journalist and radio producer before I started writing and it annoys me when I hear of presenters who can’t be bothered to do a bit of background reading on their topics and guests. Such people shouldn’t be taking up valuable airwaves on the radio because radio jobs are few and far between as it is. They are only giving that wonderful medium a bad name. Yes, as writers we do depend on journalists to give us publicity and the opportunity to punt our books really is appreciated, but we would appreciate it a whole lot more if they didn’t make us sound like stammering idiots on national radio because we can’t believe just how monumentally unprofessional they are…

Comment on Note to Journalists by TLS

TLS — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:29:39 +0000

Hey Zukiswa! I have not read your book either. Then I am not someone about to interview you about your book. I wanted to sympathise, as I have heard both on radio and on tv (Nolene) people saying to guests, “I have not read your book.” Had I been drinking coffee at the time, I would have spluttered and spilt.

It does make me laugh – these people are being paid to fill air time because of the skills they have that enable them to do their jobs. And it is hoped that their skills will draw audience and thereby increase listener / viewership, but if they neglect to use their skills then they should not be paid for what they’re doing, or they should be dismissed from doing that job.

I would suggest that for your next book, you don’t actually write it. Just make sure you have the front cover and the back with blurbs recommending the book.