South African Critics, Commentators and Reviewers

Below is an alphabetical list of the majority of South African columnists, commentators, critics and reviewers appearing in ESAT.

Click on the relevant name to go to the entry on the specific person.

For an introductory overview of the evolution of the notion of theatre and performance criticism in South Africa, go to the entry on: Theatre Criticism in South Africa

South African Reviewers and Critics

LIST OF NAMES STILL TO BE EDITED

Columnists, Commentators and Critics

Len Ashton

Keith Bain (19**-),

Percy Baneshik (1915-2000?**)

William H. Bell (1873-1946)

Gerhard J. Beukes (19*-19*)

Stephen William Black (1879-1931)

Th. Blok (Thomas Blok). (19*-)

Arnold Blumer. (1945-2004),

F.C.L. Bosman (19*-19*),

Bill Brewer (19**-19**),

André P. Brink (1935-),

Fiona Chisholm (19*-),

Sheila Chisholm ()

Thys Odendaal

FLATHER, Horace. (18*-), FLETCHER, Jill (20 August 1929- 2004), 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**-),

Newspaper Reviewers

Walter Nhlapo

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)

Academic Commentators and Critics

Temple Hauptfleisch, Andrew Horn (academic critic), Yvette Hutchison, Myles Holloway (academic critic), Other academic critics: Stephen Gray, * Perreira, Michael Chapman, Ian Steadman , Keyan Tomaselli, Robert Kavanagh, Guy Butler, Albert Wertheim, Loren Kruger, Marcia Blumberg, Anthony Akerman, Ludwig Binge, Hermien Dommisse, Gustav Preller, FCL Bosman, Charles Malan, Temple Hauptfleisch, Mark Gevisser, David Kerr, Dennis Walder, Miki Flockeman, Louw Odendaal, Ben de Koker, Veronica Baxter, See also Theatre Reviews and Theatre Reviewers