Author Interviews
Daisy de Melker: Hiding Among Killers in the City of Gold – Ted Botha
11th May 2023 A true crime classic about Daisy de Melker in ragtime Joburg – a city of murder, mayhem and gold. Ted Botha takes the reader into the underbelly of... →
The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Reckoning – Eve Fairbanks
8th May 2023 A dozen years in the making, The Inheritors weaves together the stories of three ordinary South Africans over five tumultuous decades in a sweeping... →
The Scholarship Kids: Dream big, Fly high – Robert Gentle
4th May 2023 When Robert and Michael, a pair of starry-eyed twins see a Boeing 707 at an airport in the mid-1960s, it’s love at first sight. But who's going to... →
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... →
