Author Interviews
Sweat, Scale, $ell – Pavlo Phitidis
31st October 2019 South Africa’s socio-political and economic climate is hostile. Unemployment keeps rising Virtually zero-growth economy Big business is cutting... →
One Day In Bethlehem – Jonny Steinberg
25th October 2019 A bakkie full of men armed with AK-47s is stopped by two policemen on the outskirts of Bethlehem in the Free State. The men open fire on the... →
Election 2019: Change and stability in South Africa's democracy – Roger Southall
18th October 2019 Is 2019’s election the most important since the advent of democracy in 1994? The sixth general election since the arrival of democracy occurs at a... →
Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu? – Niq Mhlongo
14th October 2019 A secret torment for some, a proud responsibility for others, ‘black tax’ is a daily reality for thousands of black South Africans. In this... →
The Longest March – Fred Khumalo
8th October 2019 A hundred and twenty years ago, seven thousand Zulu mineworkers walked from the gold mines in Johannesburg to Natal, covering a distance of five... →
Huis van gruwels: My 16 jaar in die Springs-hel – Susan Cilliers
7th October 2019 “I kneel on the foot piece next to the bed and lower my head. A piercing, burning pain engulfs my entire face. Dad has kicked me. Blood is gushing... →
Death, Detention and Disappearance – David Smuts
4th October 2019 In Namibia, the 1980s were a dark decade of human rights abuses by South African security forces. Justice David Smuts, then a young Windhoek... →
Shots from the Edge – Greg Marinovich
1st October 2019 Award-winning photojournalist Greg Marinovich has covered war and conflict throughout Africa and the world. In Shots from the Edge he recounts his... →
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... →
