Non-Fiction

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,…

This year marks 25 years of the country’s negotiated democracy, a time which we all should be celebrating this momentous milestone. However, South Africa finds itself…

Ever wondered what living between two cultures ever felt like? Well, wonder no more as Stubborn Archivist, a descriptive insight into that life by a British/Brazillian…

With all the criticism, book reviews and books written in response to JM Coetzee’s much-celebrated 1999 novel Disgrace. Fiona Snyckers with her latest offering simply titled…

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…

It clearly comes as no surprise why Adam Habib’s Rebels and Rage book received an onslaught of criticism from academics, student leaders, politicians and his fellow…

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.…

Before I could even peruse through the pages of this book, I knew through the pink colour wrapping it that this book is aimed and directed to…

As a researcher, whenever I am in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg and see the place next to it called Sandton, where living conditions are way too different.…