Author Interviews
The Educated Waiter: Memoir of an African Immigrant – Tafadzwa Z. Taruvinga
27th November 2019 Tafadzwa Zimunhu Taruvinga, a young Zimbabwean, enrolls to study economics at Rhodes University in South Africa. As a foreign student, the fees are... →
Which Side is Up?: Zapiro Annual 2019 – Zapiro
26th November 2019 Zapiro’s annual offering is our duplicity warning, our canary in the coalmine, our national conscience. Exposing and revealing, brilliantly... →
Bassie: My Journey of Hope – Basetsana Kumalo (Part 2)
25th November 2019 Basetsana Kumalo shot to fame as Miss South Africa in 1994 and soon became the face of South Africa’s new democracy. As the first black presenter... →
For the Love of the Land: Being a farmer in South Africa today – Ivor Price & Kobus Louwrens (Part 2)
22nd November 2019 Away from the heated political debates, in the shadow of uncertainty and shifting policies, farmers are putting seeds into earth in what seem like... →
For the Love of the Land: Being a farmer in South Africa today – Ivor Price & Kobus Louwrens (Part 1)
21st November 2019 Away from the heated political debates, in the shadow of uncertainty and shifting policies, farmers are putting seeds into earth in what seem like... →
I Am Ndileka: More than my surname – Ndileka Mandela
20th November 2019 I Am Ndileka tells the story of a woman who has made great strides in society, but still faces many challenges. A social activist, former ICU nurse... →
Bassie: My Journey of Hope – Basetsana Kumalo (Part 1)
19th November 2019 Basetsana Kumalo shot to fame as Miss South Africa in 1994 and soon became the face of South Africa’s new democracy. As the first black presenter... →
Paper Tiger: Iqbal Survé and the downfall of Independent Newspapers – Alide Dasnois & Chris Whitfield
19th November 2019 Late on Friday night, Iqbal Survé phoned Mandla Mandela, the ailing statesman’s grandson: “Tell Madiba, Independent’s coming home,” he said. “If... →
Will South Africa be okay? – Jan-Jan Joubert
13th November 2019 South Africans who are fed up with corruption – but love the country – have been waiting hopefully for nearly a decade for the Zuma era to come to... →
They Called Me Queer – Kim Windvogel & Kelly-Eve Koopman
11th November 2019 They Called Me Queer is a collection written by Africans who self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual... →
Voices From the Underground – Shirley Gunn and Shanil Haricharan
7th November 2019 What was it like to be a freedom fighter in the 1980s? Eighteen members of the ANC’s military underground tell their stories, describing their... →
