Non-Fiction

I will have to begin by conceding that I did not go into this book uninitiated in the intricacies of the South Africa land discourse. In…

Spoiler warning: The following review discloses important twists in “Critical But, Stable.” Breathtakingly, unputdownable, stunning, page-turner, entertaining, poignant, and profound, those are some of the superlatives…

Moses Phakoe, Bianca Goodson, Mosilo Mothepu, Imraahn Ismail-Mukaddam, Thabiso Zulu, Jimmy Mohlala, Michelle Mitchley, Simphiwe Mayisela, ‘James Nogu’, Brain Currin, and Doctor Radebe.  If you are…

The orange cover of the book and an uncouth title are the pull factors that led me to read the latest work of Kagiso Msimango. Forgive me,…

The early 1990s was a time in South Africa that the world knew to be the end of the iniquitous apartheid era and the start of…

When it was announced that Iman Rappetti will be returning to the radio airwaves a few months back, my heart was full of joy and happiness.…

If there was Twitter and Facebook back in 1991, Xoliswa Nduneni-Ngema would have trended the whole Friday of December 20th that year and the weekend that followed.…

In Facing Down Fear, professional hunter John Sharp takes us along on his journey through Sub Saharan Africa, sharing beautiful landscapes, meeting wonderful characters and having…

In villages, townships, and cities in South Africa, you are bound to cross paths with Manyano women draped in their red, white, and black colours and…

Rosina Mogothlane, Mpho Kekana, Lerato Mabuse, Mmabatho Ledwaba, Dineo Lekalalala, Suzzane Kekana, (all from my own village in Zebediela) Eudy Simelane, Valencia Farmer, Susan Rhode, Charmaine…

The death of young Enock Mpianzi rightly exposed the recklessness and negligence of Parktown Boys’ High School management. Enock’s death shook the entire nation and one…

The history of Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe) is mired down with the blood of innocent souls, whether be it Ian Smith’s soldiers killing many black…

Sage, author, storyteller, sculptor, seer, academic, politician and traditional healer, Vusamazulu Mutwa was a phenomenal selfless being. A priceless gift to Africa. He was like Google…

”Self-made Billionaire”?Remember when Forbes magazine tried it with us making it seem as though one could wake up one day as anything they had ever imagined…

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…

Cape Town’s water crisis will undoubtedly go down as one big stain on Patricia De Lille’s tenure as mayor of the city. The so-called ‘day zero’,…

I almost did not read this book because of how it is often referenced on social media. The marketing approach shows itself through Twitter with terms…

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…

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…

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,…