Khulile Nxumalo is a poet born in Diepkloof in 1971. He is a two-time winner of the DALRO poetry prize alongside being the author of two poetry collections, Ten Flapping Elbows,Mama (Deep South 2004) & Fhedzi,iamgoingtoknowmgwalopatterns (Dye Hard Press, 2013). He has had poetry published by New Coin, New Contrast, and Chimurenga. •••
Sihle Ntuli was born in KwaMashu in 1990. He holds an MA in Classics from Rhodes University, Makhanda, and has lectured at the Universities of Johannesburg and the Free State. He has held fellowships at the Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Studies and the Centre for Stories, Western Australia, and is the author of Owele (uHlanga, 2025).
