Hashtag Poetry

About Ismail. MahomedSiphindile. HlongwaTracey Sauders

Ismail Mahomed is the director of the Centre for Creative Arts at the University of KwaZulu- Natal. With more than 35 years in cultural leadership he is an accomplished and multi-award-winning arts management strategist. He is committed to identifying and promoting both new and established voices in the South African cultural sector.Siphindile Hlongwa works as the senior administrator and curator for the Time of the Writer Festival and Poetry Africa Festival. She attained her bachelor of Technology degree in business administration and holds a diploma in Drama Studies obtained from the Durban University of Technology. She provides logistical support for all the festivals presented by the centre as well as overseeing its general office administration and undertaking responsibilities as the centre's safety & health officer and COVID-19 compliance administrator. Tracey Saunders is a project manager by day a writer and theatre critic by night and a women's rights activist & social justice advocate 24/7. She has worked and volunteered in the social justice and arts sector in South Africa for 34 years. She is a member of the Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards judging panel and was a member of the National Arts Festival Artistic Committee where she curated the Arena Programme and convened the Standard Bank Ovation Awards Panel. She divides her time between Khululeka Grief Support and #LoveYourWork where she follows her favourite writer Mary Oliver's 'Instructions for living a life. Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.'