Poignant, heartbreaking, breathtakingly intimate, raw, engaging, cutting, profound, and unflinchingly honest are some of the superlatives I can use to describe Sara-Jayne Makwala King’s latest memoir. Sara-Jayne …
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Book ReviewsFictionPan Macmillan South Africa
They Got To You Too | A Beautifully Crafted Tale of Forgiveness, Truth, and Reconciliation
The positive thing resulting from lockdowns necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic is the fact that human beings continue to be allowed spaces to be together all …
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At a tender age of 16 years-old, the protagonist Kgabalatsana Monare also known as TM, with the assistance of The Native Recruitment Company, travels from Dinokana …
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In Being Kari, Qarnita Loxton writes of serious topics, patriarchy, religion, divorce, infidelity, abortion, marriage, family, friendship and pregnancy, in a light and funny way without …
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Book ReviewsJonathan Ball PublishersMemoirs
The story of Poppie Nongena is not for opening up old wounds, but one of love and faith
The Sepedi idiom, “Mosadi o swara thipa ka bogaleng” which easily translate into a mother holds a knife on its sharpest side, best describes Poppie Nongena. Upon finishing reading …