Author Interviews
A Stranger at Home by Noni Jabavu introduced by Makhosazana Xaba & Athambile Masola
2nd May 2023 Noni Jabavu was a South African writer and journalist, one of the first African women to pursue a successful literary career and the first black... →
Handle Black Tax Like a Pro – Ndumi Hadebe
26th April 2023 Black tax is not so much about money as it is about boundaries: there is a mental and emotional price we pay when dealing with the complex issues... →
Crossing the Road – Kurt Ellis
20th April 2023 SECTION27 and Blind SA, in partnership with Nal’ iBali, will launch the storybook, ‘Crossing the Road’, on April 19, ahead of the World Book and... →
The Plot to Save South Africa: Chris Hani's murder and the week Nelson Mandela averted civil war – Justice Malala
20th April 2023 Johannesburg. Easter weekend. 1993. Chris Hani, the charismatic ANC leader, is shot and killed outside his home by white supremacist Janusz Waluś... →
How to Steal a Gold Mine: The Aurora Story – Dianne Hawker
19th April 2023 In 2009, Aurora Empowerment Systems a black-owned, politically connected business, made a bid to rescue the liquidated Pamodzi Gold mines.... →
The Samsung Man’s Path to Success: Turning crisis into breakthrough – Sung Yoon
11th April 2023 Former President and CEO of Samsung Africa, Sung Yoon is a firsthand witness to Samsung’s remarkable journey to becoming a global world-leading... →
Corrupted: A study of chronic dysfunction in South African universities – Jonathan Jansen
3rd April 2023 In South African higher education, the images of dysfunction are everywhere. Student protests. Violence. Police presence. Rubber or real bullets.... →
Colour, Class And Community: The Natal Indian Congress, 1971 to 1994 – Ashwin Desai & Goolam Vahed
30th March 2023 Following a hiatus in the 1960s, the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) in South Africa was revived in 1971. In fascinating detail, Ashwin Desai and... →
Milk The Beloved Country – Sihle Khumalo
28th March 2023 Buckle up for a tour of South Africa – your guide the inimitable Sihle Khumalo. Born in South Africa, and having lived here for almost fifty years,... →
Hani: A Life Too Short – Janet Smith and Beauregard Tromp
24th March 2023 Chris Hani’s assassination in 1993 gave rise to one of South Africa’s greatest political questions: if he had survived, what impact would he have... →
A measure of our ills – and how we might fix them by Pippa Green
17th March 2023 In 2012, shortly before the end of the first term of former South African President Jacob Zuma's administration, with the economy sluggish and... →
