dispatches
One wild and precious life
On grief and gratitude.
Xander Beattie
California-based novelist who wrote "The President" (PRONK, 2025). Collector of fountain pens, secondhand books and swimming spots.
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soaking up the mountains
A visit to the southern Cederberg in three parts.
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going to church
A mountain communion.
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view from the treehouse
A perspective on the Anthropocene – and the beauty that persists in spite of us.
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a stoep of one's own
Voluntary, temporary, beguiling creative exile.
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those shawarmas tho
The Syrian Rose and other Johannesburg highlights.
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the centre cannot hold
(Yet somehow Joburg's does.)
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The President's birthday
One year on. Four editions later. What comes next?
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secret police interrogation technique
Autocracies take note!
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the early dark
The land of sudden evenings.
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the men's salah room
(And other things spotted at the Fees.)
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when looking up is like opening a window
Cape Town's green heart.