Author Interviews
Black X: Liberatory thought in Azania – Tendayi Sithole
7th May 2024 Sithole problematises the signifier X, as a marker of the dehumanization of the black subject. He argues that post-1994 South Africa retains the... →
How To Fix (Unf*ck) A Country – Roy Havemann
3rd May 2024 After state capture, South Africa is not in a good place. The system is down. How do we reboot? We are not the first country to find itself in a... →
Bullsh!t: 50 Fibs That Made South Africa – Jonathan Ancer
24th April 2024 An outrageous miscellany of lies, myths, untruths, fibs and fabrications that tell the woeful history of South Africa. Aimed at offending and... →
Why We Kill: Mob Justice and the New Vigilantism in South Africa – Karl Kemp
23rd April 2024 Why do so many South Africans prefer taking the law into their own hands to relying on the police? Why are those who do so often cheered or... →
Is the Party Over? – Oscar van Heerden
12th April 2024 “By the early evening, the irresolute and weakened Ramaphosa slate left no one unscathed – not Mabuyane, not Lamola, not the Mkhize camp … the... →
COMRO’s Legacy: Research and Development of Stoping Mining Machinery and Technologies – Brian Protheroe
5th April 2024 The Chamber of Mines Research Organization (COMRO) was active for nearly 30 years, and developed a great many technologies benefitting the... →
Soul of a Nation: A Quest for the Rebirth of South Africa's True Values – Oyama Mabandla
4th April 2024 There is lament about how and why the African National Congress have so quickly become preoccupied with material enrichment. Former exile, business... →
Hot Water – Nadine Dirks
15th March 2024 In a gripping and eye-opening literary work, Nadine Dirks takes readers on a journey through her life as a young African woman from the Cape Flats... →
Finding Purpose: Lessons From The Message Architect – Thami Nkadimeng
26th February 2024 Thami Nkadimeng, also known as The Message Architect, works with presidents, executives, corporate leaders and organisations worldwide to make... →
How To Fight A War – Mike Martin
21st February 2024 Has any war in history gone according to plan? Monarchs, dictators and elected leaders alike have a dismal record on military decision-making, from... →
Lessons from Past Heroes: How the rejection of victimhood dogmas will save South Africa – Phumlani M. Majozi
16th February 2024 What can be learned from black South Africans who achieved success before South Africa became a democracy in 1994? What are the challenges they... →
