Index to South African Theatre and Media Critics, Commentators and Reviewers
The Index to South African Theatre and Media Critics, Commentators and Reviewers includes all who have worked worked in South Arica as one or more of the following: arts journalists, columnists, commentators, critics and reviewers.
For a summary description of the context to the listing below, see the general overview article: Theatre, Media and Performance Criticism and Research in South Africa in this encyclopaedia
See also the listing for Index to South African Theatre and Media Researchers and Historians.
Please note that the terms such as critic, reviewer, commentator and arts journalist are often used rather broadly and interchangeably in South Africa, as are the terms theatre researcher and theatre historian. Some people often work in a number of these fields simultaneously, so the two listings will inevitably overlap with to some extent.
The list
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LIST OF NAMES STILL BEING EXPANDED AND EDITED
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Keith Bain (19**-),
Percy Baneshik (1915-2000?**)
Chris Barnard (19**-)
William H. Bell (1873-1946)
Gerhard J. Beukes (19*-19*)
Stephen William Black (1879-1931)
P. Blakeney (19*-)
Ludwig Binge (1919-1966)
Th. Blok (Thomas Blok). (19*-)
Arnold Blumer. (1945-2004),
Paul Boekkooi (194*-)
D.C. Boonzaier (1865-1950)
F.C.L. Bosman (19*-19*),
Danie Botha (194*-)
A.C. Bouman (18*-19*),
Bill Brewer (19**-19**),
Philippa Breytenbach (19**-)
André P. Brink (1935-),
Etienne Britz (1946-)
James Ambrose Brown (1919-),
Johann Buhr (19*-19*)
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Michael Callenborne (19**-)
Hedley A. Chilvers (1879-1941)
Fiona Chisholm (19*-),
Roy Christie ()
Alice Coetzee (19*-),
P.J. Conradie (19**-2021)
"The Critic" (e.g. for The Commercial Advertiser, 1829); ,
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Ralph Draper (19*-)
P.J. du Toit (aka Peet du Toit) (194*-),
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Julius Eichbaum (19**-19**),
Rita Elferink (1910-2002),
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Horace Flather. (18*-),
Jill Fletcher (1929- 2004),
John Fairbairn (1794-1864)
Peter Feldman (19**-)
Pieter J. Fourie (194*- )
Ann Fuchs (19*-),
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David Gamble (18**-19**)
S.P. Gosher (194*-)
Ian Gray (19*-)
Stephen Gray (1941-2020)
Robert Greig (1948-)
Walter Greyvenstein (194*-)
J.F.W. Grosskopf (18*-19*)
Wilhelm Grütter (19*-2001)
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Adam Haupt (19**-)
Temple Hauptfleisch (1945-)
Edwin Hees ()
Terry Herbst (19**-)
Myles Holloway (19*-)
Beatrice Hollyer (19**-)
Andrew Horn (19**-)
Barry Hough (19*-2022)
Daniel Hugo (195*-)
Yvette Hutchison (19**-)
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Donald Inskip (19**-19**),
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J.C. Kannemeyer (1939-)
Selaneng Kgomongwe (19**-)
Phyllis Konya (19*-19*),
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Felix V. Lategan (19**-19?*), Le Roux, Fred. (
Joseph Langley Levy (1870-1945)
N.P. van Wyk Louw (1906-1970)
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. (19**-), Konya, Phyllis. (19*-19*), Leshoai, T. (19*-), Marquard, Jean. (19*), Marquard, Kathleen. (19*-19*?), Mbali, W. (19**-19**), Meijer, Sjoerd. (19*-19*), Metsoamere, Victor. (19*-), Moodley, D. (19*-), Moodley, Strinivasa (Srini). (1946-), Muller, Braam (1945-), Nhlapo, Walter. (19**-19**), Robinson, Sue. (19*-), Ronge, Barry. (19*-), Schutte, H.J. (19*-), Smuts, J.P. (19*-), Tshabangu, M. (19*-)/ Tshabangu, Mango, Van Reenen, Rykie. (19*-19*), Van Rooyen, Johan. (19*-), Van Schoor, A.M. (19*-), Mackenzie, Thomas William (1875-1939), Makhaya, Elliot. (19**-), Malherbe, F.E.J (Francois Or "Fransie"). (18*-19*), Marx, Lesley. (19**-), Meersman, Brent. (196 - ), Mocke, Ignatius. (19*-19*), Morrell, R. (19*-), Motjuwadi, Stanley Stemera Jimmy. (1930-1989), Mtshali, Mbuyiseni Oswald. (1940-), Mulder, H.A.(19*-), Ndebele, Njabulo. (1945-), Ngwenya, Kaiser. (19**-), Nkosi, Lewis. (1936-), Thys Odendaal, Opperman, D.J. (Dirk) (1914-1985), Orkin, Martin. (19**-19**), Peterson, Bhekizizwe. (19*-), Pheiffer, Roy. (19**- 19*?), Pienaar, E.C. (18*-19*), Preller, Gustav Schoeman. (1875-19**), Pretorius, William. (1941-2007), Pringle, Thomas. (1794-1864), Barnard, [Lady] Anne (1750-1825), Rompel, Frederik. (18*-19*), Sammons, William Layton. (1801-1882), Scholtz, H. Van Der Merwe. (18*-19*), Scholtz, Merwe. (19*-), Sepamla, Sipho Sydney James. (1932-), Sowden, Lewis. (19**-19**), Stent, Vere. (18*-19*), Steyn, F.S. (Fritz). (19**-19**), Van Rensburg, Cas. (19**-), Van Zyl, John. (194*-), Venables, Michael. (19**-2001), Walder, Dennis. (19**-), Webster, Mary Morrison. (1894-1980), Willoughby, Guy. (19*-), Wilson, Derek. (19**-), Woolfson, Malcolm (19**-),
GREIG, Robert. (1948-), GRÜTTER, Wilhelm. (19*-2001), HAUPT, Adam (19**-) HAUPTFLEISCH, Temple. (1945-), HOLLYER, Beatrice. (19**-), HOUGH, Barry. (19*-), INSKIP, Donald. (19**-19**), KGOMONGWE, Selaneng. (19**-), BINGE, Ludwig Wilhelm Berthold. (1919-1966), BOEKKOOI, Paul (194*-), BOONZAIER, Daniel.C. (“D.C.”1865-1950), The critic for the Commercial Advertiser (1829); BOTHA, Danie. (194*-) , BOUMAN, A.C. (18*-19*), BROWN, James Ambrose (1919-), BUHR, Johann. (19*-19*), CHILVERS, Hedley A. (1879-1941), COETZEE, Alice. (19*-), CONRADIE, P.J. (Pieter J…, 19**- ), DU TOIT. P.J. (“Peet”). (194*-), EICHBAUM, Julius. (19**-19**), ELFERINK, Rita. (1910-2002), FAIRBAIRN, John. (1794-1864), FELDMAN, Peter (19**-), FOURIE, Pieter J. (194*- ), FUCHS, Ann. (19*-), GAMBLE, David. (18**-19**), GOSHER, S. P. (194*-), GREYVENSTEIN, Walter. (194*-), GROSSKOPF, J.F.W. (18*-19*), HOLLOWAY, Myles. (19*-), HORN, Andrew. (19**-), HAUPTFLEISCH, Temple (1945-) HUGO, Daniel. (195*-), KANNEMEYER, John Christoffel (31/3/1939-), KAVANAGH, Robert. (Also RK, Robert McLaren and Mshengu) (19**-), LATAKGOMO, Joseph Matthew Seshego. (1947-), LATEGAN, Felix.V. (19**-19?*), LE ROUX, Fred. (19*-197*), LEVY, Joseph Langley. (1870-1945), LOUW, N.P van Wyk. (Nicolaas Petrus) (1906-1970), LOUW, W.E.G. (19**-19**), BARNARD, Chris (19**-), BLAKENEY, P. (19*-), BREYTENBACH, Philippa. (19**-), CALLENBORNE, Michael. (19**-), CHRISTIE, Roy. (19*-), DANIEL, Raeford. (19**-2000?*), DRAPER, Ralph. (19*-), EBRAHIM, Carter. (19*-), GRAY, Ian. (19*-), GRAY, Stephen (1941-), HERBST, Terry. (19**-), HUTCHISON, Yvette. (19**-), JONES, I (Ivor??*). (19**-), KONYA, Phyllis. (19*-19*), LESHOAI, T. (19*-), MARQUARD, Jean. (19*), MARQUARD, Kathleen. (19*-19*?), MBALI, W. (19**-19**), MEIJER, Sjoerd. (19*-19*), METSOAMERE, Victor. (19*-), MOODLEY, D. (19*-), MOODLEY, Strinivasa (Srini). (1946-), MULLER, Braam (1945-), NHLAPO, Walter. (19**-19**), ROBINSON, Sue. (19*-), RONGE, Barry. (19*-), SCHUTTE, H.J. (19*-), SMUTS, J.P. (19*-), TSHABANGU, M. (19*-)/ TSHABANGU, Mango, VAN REENEN, Rykie. (19*-19*), VAN ROOYEN, Johan. (19*-), VAN SCHOOR, A.M. (19*-), MACKENZIE, Thomas William (1875-1939), MAKHAYA, Elliot. (19**-), MALHERBE, F.E.J (Francois or "Fransie"). (18*-19*), MARX, Lesley. (19**-), MEERSMAN, Brent. (196 - ), MOCKE, Ignatius. (19*-19*), MORRELL, R. (19*-), MOTJUWADI, Stanley Stemera Jimmy. (1930-1989), MTSHALI, Mbuyiseni Oswald. (1940-), MULDER, H.A.(19*-), NDEBELE, Njabulo. (1945-), NGWENYA, Kaiser. (19**-), NKOSI, Lewis. (1936-), OPPERMAN, D.J. (Dirk) (1914-1985), ORKIN, Martin. (19**-19**), PETERSON, Bhekizizwe. (19*-), PHEIFFER, Roy. (19**- 19*?), PIENAAR, E.C. (18*-19*), PRELLER, Gustav Schoeman. (1875-19**), PRETORIUS, William. (1941-2007), PRINGLE, Thomas. (1794-1864), BARNARD, [Lady] Anne (1750-1825), ROMPEL, Frederik. (18*-19*), SAMMONS, William Layton. (1801-1882), SCHOLTZ, H. van der Merwe. (18*-19*), SCHOLTZ, Merwe. (19*-), SEPAMLA, Sipho Sydney James. (1932-), SOWDEN, Lewis. (19**-19**), STENT, Vere. (18*-19*), STEYN, F.S. (Fritz). (19**-19**), VAN RENSBURG, Cas. (19**-), VAN ZYL, John. (194*-), VENABLES, Michael. (19**-2001), WALDER, Dennis. (19**-), WEBSTER, Mary Morrison. (1894-1980), WILLOUGHBY, Guy. (19*-), WILSON, Derek. (19**-), WOOLFSON, Malcolm (19**-),
Also writing for Bantu World was W.Mbali, Herbert Dhlomo, * I (Ivor?) Jones, wrote for the Cape Times in the 1960’s. P. Blakeney wrote for the (Johannesburg) Sunday Express in 1960’s. * Lewis Sowden was theatre critic for Rand Daily Mail in 1940-1960’s?* W.E.G Louw (Die Burger);* Terry Herbst (Cape Times and the Eastern Province Herald? –1970-1990’s)?* Philippa Breytenbach (Die Transvaler 1960’s-1980’s?); *Rykie van Reenen (Rapport 1970’s); Michael Venables (Rand Daily Mail/?), Raeford Daniel (Rand Daily Mail ±1974-1980’s); ?? Thomas (S’Ketsh); C.Ebrahim (Cape Herald and S’Ketsh in 1970’s); J.Botha (Arts editor, Vuka); T. Hauptfleisch (Pretoria News -1980’s); Michael Callenborne (Pretoria News), Johan van Rooyen (Pretoria News), Braam Muller (Volksblad), Bill Brewer (Sunday Times?), Percy Baneshik (The Star?), Paul Boekkooi (Beeld?), J.P. Smuts (Burger?), Fiona Chisolm (Cape Times), Danie Botha (Burger), Derek Wilson (Argus), Wilhelm Grütter (Beeld/Burger?), D. Moodley (Durban Post, 1970’s), M. Tshabangu (S’Ketsh). Aggrey Klaaste (The World 1960’s, *). Elliot Makhaya (The World in mid 1970’s, the Johannesburg Post and The Sowetan in 1980’s); Nomsisi Kraai (PET Newsletter). Sipho Sepamla (S’Ketsh, Rand Daily Mail, etc.). J. (Jean?) Marquard (To the Point, The Friend? 1960-1970’s?). Roy Christie (The Star, 1970-1980’s). Selaneng Kgomongwe (S’Ketsh). Ian Gray (The Star, 1980’s). T. Leshoai (Sowetan in 1980’s). Robert Greig (The Citizen, 1980’s-1990’s**), Barry Ronge (Sunday Times, SABC, etc), Barry Hough (Beeld, Rapport), George Claassen, Victor Metsoamere (Sowetan late 1970’s?*), G. O’Hara (Mail and Guardian, late 1990’s), Phyllis Konya (Pretoria News), Gabriel Bothma (Die Burger), Danie Botha (Die Burger), W.E.G. Louw (Die Burger), Barry Hough (Rapport), Fiona Chisolm (Cape Times), Henry J. Vickers (The Herald, Port Elizabeth)
