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I am Ndileka-More Than My Surname by Ndileka Mandela gives readers a glimpse into the life of Nelson Mandela’s first grandchild. Ndileka has given us a…

An all rounder’s book: from personal life, professional, relationships and being a Mandela. With or without being a Mandela this was such a good book to read and so relatable, especially as a South African women.

Jacob Zuma is the latest ANC leader to have lambasted the ANC’s Nasrec conference after Tokyo Sexwale had also expressed the same sentiments. Money-infested, the billion…

Riveting, searing, brutally honest, and deeply-informed are some of the superlatives I can use in describing Jamil Farouk Khan’s memoir. I need to admit that it…

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…

It is often said that the worst thing a human being can do is give in to temptations. Upon receiving this book, I was already in…

The cover of this book got my immediate attention even before I started perusing through the pages. The green passport cover sent me into a fabulous…

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…

Even before I started perusing through the pages of this book, the cover signalled a story of success. Sylvester Chauke’s hairstyle on the front cover, which…

Mphuthumi Ntabeni’s The Broken River Tent, which has won the University of Johannesburg Debut Novel Prize 2019, is a metaphoric and graphic representation of how colonisation…

After reading this book, I found myself with so many superlatives to describe what I had just read. Scandalous, saucy and page-turner were the best three…

South Africa is blessed with degree-holding waitresses, childminders, security guards and cleaners both from local and other African countries. The lack of unemployment and a few…

The moment I started reading this book I was instantly transported back to my high school and primary school days, simply because Ofilwe and Tshepo story…

The Mandela Day of 2016 was a sombre day for many South Africans and the entire continent of Africa. South Africans woke up to the news…

The cover of the book Undercover with Mandela’s Spies does justice to what is inside. The cover shows four men of a different race walking hand…

A great negotiator, strategist and a born leader are some of the characteristics used to describe President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa. The fifth democratic President of the…

The title of the book WHATEVER does indeed tell a story that the author does not really care much of what you will think of her…

Lerato Mogoatlhe’s debut book titled Vagabond is a brilliant response to an old cliché that Africa is a “dark continent”. For years this narrative that the…

Music is often credited with its ability to bring different races, cultures and people under one roof, as it sees no colour. Music was used as…

The last nine years or so of our democracy has been described as ‘wasted’ by the current sitting president Cyril Ramaphosa and many other political analysts.…