Jacana Media News
Sinikithemba: The Labour of Hope and Science at McCord Hospital in the Era of HIV
23rd July 2026
During the HIV pandemic that escalated into a national crisis in South Africa, a hospital in the city of Durban emerged as an internationally recognised community of care, treatment and research. The story of McCord Hospital is an intersection of faith, medical pioneers, community making and... →
During the HIV pandemic that escalated into a national crisis in South Africa, a hospital in the city of Durban emerged as an internationally recognised community of care, treatment and research. The story of McCord Hospital is an intersection of faith, medical pioneers, community making and... →
Predatory Welfare: How Finance Capital Profiteers from Social Grants
17th July 2026
Predatory Welfare: How Finance Capital Profiteers from Social Grants is a powerful, eye-opening account of how social welfare, distributed in the form of cash transfers, shapes inequality in contemporary South Africa. In a narrative style, following individual stories, Erin Torkelson challenges... →
Predatory Welfare: How Finance Capital Profiteers from Social Grants is a powerful, eye-opening account of how social welfare, distributed in the form of cash transfers, shapes inequality in contemporary South Africa. In a narrative style, following individual stories, Erin Torkelson challenges... →
She did it again! Khumisho Moguerane wins 2026 Southern African Historical Society book prize
16th July 2026
Congratulations to Khumisho Moguerane, winner of the 2025 NIHSS Best Nonfiction Monograph award and the 2025 Sunday Times non-fiction literary award, for being awarded the 2026 Southern African Historical Book Prize for Morafe: Person, Family and Nation in Colonial Bechuanaland 1880’s – 1950’s !... →
Congratulations to Khumisho Moguerane, winner of the 2025 NIHSS Best Nonfiction Monograph award and the 2025 Sunday Times non-fiction literary award, for being awarded the 2026 Southern African Historical Book Prize for Morafe: Person, Family and Nation in Colonial Bechuanaland 1880’s – 1950’s !... →
Narrative nonfiction and short stories take centre stage this July.
16th July 2026
This July, the Jacana Literary Foundation is bringing you two masterclasses from well-known writers Christa Kuljian and Siphiwo Mahala. Join social activist and writer Christa Kuljian who will lead a masterclass in narrative non-fiction. Siphiwo Mahala, lecturer, playwright, adjudicator and... →
This July, the Jacana Literary Foundation is bringing you two masterclasses from well-known writers Christa Kuljian and Siphiwo Mahala. Join social activist and writer Christa Kuljian who will lead a masterclass in narrative non-fiction. Siphiwo Mahala, lecturer, playwright, adjudicator and... →
Reading protest: Voices that sparked a revolution
2nd June 2026
On 16 June 1976, thousands of Soweto's schoolchildren took to the streets and changed South Africa forever. Fifty years on, their courage is still present in conversations about justice, dignity and the right to be free. Every day for 16 days, to commemorate the Soweto Uprising, we’ll spotlight a... →
On 16 June 1976, thousands of Soweto's schoolchildren took to the streets and changed South Africa forever. Fifty years on, their courage is still present in conversations about justice, dignity and the right to be free. Every day for 16 days, to commemorate the Soweto Uprising, we’ll spotlight a... →
Book Launches
Soweto Uprising: A Documentary History book launch
9th June 2026
As South Africa approaches the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, Jacana Media presents Julian Brown's Soweto Uprising: A Documentary History, a powerful and researched account of one of the most significant events in South Africa's history. Drawing on the archives of the anti-apartheid... →
As South Africa approaches the 50th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising, Jacana Media presents Julian Brown's Soweto Uprising: A Documentary History, a powerful and researched account of one of the most significant events in South Africa's history. Drawing on the archives of the anti-apartheid... →
Predatory Welfare Cape Town Book Launch
9th June 2026
The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland St &Buitenkant, Cape Town City Centre Thursday, 11 June, 17:30 for 18:00 RSVP at rsvp@jacana.co.za People don't go into debt because they're living beyond their means, they go into debt because they're denied the means to live.'- The Debt Collective →
The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland St &Buitenkant, Cape Town City Centre Thursday, 11 June, 17:30 for 18:00 RSVP at rsvp@jacana.co.za People don't go into debt because they're living beyond their means, they go into debt because they're denied the means to live.'- The Debt Collective →
Book Launch: The Soweto Uprising – The birth of a national students' movement
1st June 2026
This new and revised edition is a powerful and illuminating account of a defining moment in South African history. The Soweto Uprising: A Jacana Pocket History brings to life the courage, defiance and political awakening of the youth of 1976. Drawing on rich oral histories, Noor Nieftagodien... →
This new and revised edition is a powerful and illuminating account of a defining moment in South African history. The Soweto Uprising: A Jacana Pocket History brings to life the courage, defiance and political awakening of the youth of 1976. Drawing on rich oral histories, Noor Nieftagodien... →