Author Interviews
Yellow and Confused – Ming-Cheau Lin
30th September 2019 ‘Strangers pulling their eyes slant at me when they walked by. They’d pretend to be Chinese and make fake nasal-pitched noises that they thought... →
Parcel Of Death: The Biography Of Onkgopotse Abram Tiro – Gaongalelwe Tiro
20th September 2019 Parcel of Death recounts the little-told life story of Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, the first South African freedom fighter the apartheid regime pursued... →
Angolsh: Scenes from an army camp – Greg Latter
18th September 2019 In early 1976 while working underground as a blaster on ERPM gold mine in Boksburg, Greg Latter was called up for a three-month army camp in... →
Betting on a Darkie: Lifting the Corporate Game – Mteto Nyati
16th September 2019 'If you want to take the system down, provide a better alternative at least. At heart I’m an engineer. I want to encourage people to fix things,... →
Coconut Kelz's Guide to Surviving this Shithole – Lesego Tlhabi
13th September 2019 When she was last spotted on the crossroads of Swart and Gevaar Roads, Coconut Kelz was drinking Woolies water and spreading her ‘truth bombs’... →
Get Me to 21: The Jenna Lowe Story – Gabi Lowe
11th September 2019 Get Me to 21: The Jenna Lowe Story is the riveting memoir by Gabi Lowe, the mother of Lead SA activist Jenna Lowe, the brilliant teenager who was... →
I Choose to Live: Life After Losing Gugu – Letshego Zulu
27th August 2019 When Letshego Zulu set off with her husband, South African racing champion Gugulethu Zulu, to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro in July 2016, she had no... →
Zephany – Miché Solomon & Joanne Jowell
23rd August 2019 The kidnapping of baby Zephany Nurse from the cot beside her mother’s hospital bed made headline news. Desperate pleas from her parents to return... →
Rebels And Rage: Reflecting On #Feesmustfall – Adam Habib
23rd August 2019 Adam Habib, prominent and outspoken university official during the recent student protests, takes a characteristically frank view of the past three... →
Betrayal: The Secret Lives of Apartheid Spies – Jonathan Ancer
22nd August 2019 What does it take to deceive those closest to you? How do you lead a double life and not lose yourself? Is there ever a point of return? These are... →
After Dawn: Hope After State Capture – Mcebisi Jonas
14th August 2019 In October 2015, the Gupta brothers offered Mcebisi Jonas the position of minister of finance in exchange for R600-million. Then deputy minister of... →