Dr Chris Thurman, Associate Professor in the Department of English Literature at Wits University, was our guest presenter this week. We also chatted to artist & academic, Sia Sikawuti, about his six-woman production of Julius Caesar performed in Setswana and isiXhosa. Prof Tawana Kupe talked to us about a new centre at Wits, the African Centre for the Study of the United States and lastly we interviewed Dr Wamuwi Mbao, lecturer in English Literatures at Stellenbosch University.