Hassen Ebrahim’s memoir titled From Marabastad to Mogadishu– The Journey of an ANC Soldier is perhaps the clearest retelling of South Africa’s ANC militant past. He…
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What does an imprisoned man think about in his spare time? Amongst other things the ocean, its vastness, its deadliness, “because a sea is the opposite…
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With its beginnings in a series of viral Facebook posts by Yusuf Daniels, who describes himself as an “accidental author”, this little book is a quick…
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Opinion Piece
Teachers' unions and IEB segregation are the real 'mabenas' for poor matric performance
Matric results. It’s a complex subject and the following is the reason why. 1) The media’s evil pathetic obsession. The media’s pathetic obsession with children is…
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Book ReviewsFictionPan Macmillan South Africa
Alex Van Tonder’s ‘A walk at Midnight’ is Immersive and Captivating
Alex Van Tonder’s ‘A walk at Midnight’ is Immersive and Captivating
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Letters Home is a bridge into a time of elegant language, forbidden love, and haunting politics.
Issuing us his memories, first through a series of letters and later by essay; Jolyon Nuttall reintroduces his readers to the art of patient reading. Not…
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Book ReviewsMemoirsPan Macmillan South Africa
An Elephant in my Kitchen is Captivatingly Adventurous
Francoise Malby-Anthony’s memoir An Elephant in my Kitchen is bewitchingly captivating. Her writing style is entrancing and whimsical, humorous and heart-wrenching. With this, Malby-Anthony takes on…
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Book ReviewsPan Macmillan South AfricaPolitics
Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe: New Reflections is a Political Firecracker
Benjamin Pogrund’s Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe: New Reflections is a medley of refreshing contemplations. This must-read book features chapters by Kwandiwe Knodlo, Bobby Godsell and Ishmael Mkhabela,…
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Book ReviewsNon-FictionPan Macmillan South AfricaPolitics
Democracy Works Delivers Only Hype and No Essence
While reading Democracy Works- Rewiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage, an academic research book co-authored by Greg Mills, Olusegun Obasanjo, Jeffrey Herbst and Tendai Biti; I had…
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Book ReviewsNon-FictionPan Macmillan South Africa
Breaking a Rainbow fiercely interrogates inequality in SA
Rekgotsofetse Chikane’s fiery account of the #MustFall student movements that rocked our nation between 2013 and 2016, is a must-read. In his book, Breaking a Rainbow,…
