Author Interviews
Breakthrough – Mac Maharaj and Z. Pallo Jordan
29th October 2021 When President F.W. de Klerk announced the unbanning of the liberation movements on 2 February 1990, he opened the door to negotiations that would... →
Hijackers on Board: How One Courageous Whistleblower Fought Against the Capture of SAA – Cynthia Stimpel
29th October 2021 When Cynthia Stimpel was appointed Group Treasurer of South African Airways, she thought she had found her dream job, and that she would be at SAA... →
The Economy on your Doorstep – Ayabonga Cawe
28th October 2021 Economic ideas have to explain how, why and under what conditions an unequal society develops. More importantly, they have to explain how, as... →
A Brief History of South Africa: From the Earliest Times to the Mandela Presidency – Maryke Bailey
27th October 2021 A Brief History of South Africa is an introduction to South African history from the earliest times to the Mandela Presidency. Using both a... →
A Path Unexpected – Jane Evans 
20th October 2021 On the eve of the Soweto uprisings of June 1976, a young woman leaves her home city of Johannesburg, her busy life, and her promising career as a... →
Just A Moment: A Memoir – Schalk Burger Snr & Michael Vlismas
7th October 2021 One of the greats of South African rugby shares the many layers of his colourful and eventful life. From rugby legend to businessman, wine farmer,... →
It’s The Answers For Me – Khaya Dlanga
27th September 2021 In March 2020 Khaya found himself bereaved, alone and facing an indefinite lockdown as a result of Covid-19. Like most of us, he turned to social... →
The New Apartheid – Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh
22nd September 2021 Apartheid has always survived on violence. Forced removals, political assassinations, massacres and mass imprisonments all maintained the apartheid... →
Mission of Malice: My exodus from KwaSizabantu – Erika Bornman
20th September 2021 ‘She is given a savage beating, the adults impervious to her screams. I have to look at her. I am not allowed to look away and I am not allowed to... →
The ANC’s Last Decade: How the decline of the party will transform South Africa – Ralph Mathekga
7th September 2021 For nearly three decades, the ANC has held South Africa’s politics in an iron grip. Even as its reputation was dented by scandal and poor... →
But he speaks so well: Memoir of a South African identity crisis – Ivan Johnson
31st August 2021 ‘Already I had lost most traces of a typical ‘coloured’ accent. In time I would get used to overhearing, from some of the girls I flirted with,... →
