Author Interviews
Good Jew, Bad Jew: Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Assault on Meaning – Steven Friedman
8th November 2023 'Good Jew, Bad Jew' is a critique by one of South Africa’s foremost political theorists of mainstream understandings of Jewishness. Steven Friedman... →
These Potatoes Look Like Humans: The contested future of land, home and death in South Africa – Mbuso Nkosi
6th November 2023 These Potatoes Look Like Humans critiques the narrow materialist and legalistic arguments about the land question to recognise that, for most Black... →
Coloured: How Classification Became Culture – Tessa Dooms & Lynsey Ebony Chutel
3rd November 2023 Coloured as an ethnicity and racial demographic is intertwined in the creation of the South Africa we have today. Yet often, Coloured communities... →
Capture in the Court: In Defence of Judges and the Constitution – Dan Mafora
31st October 2023 Since populist factions claim to be the people, judges confronting them do not just decide against the people; they are against the people. The... →
Rich State, Poor State: Why Some Countries Succeed and Others Fail – Greg Mills
24th October 2023 Why do some states thrive, grow their economies and uplift their people while others, facing similar challenges, slide into low growth, social... →
Statues and Storms: Leading through change – Max Price
20th October 2023 Statues and Storms offers a gripping insider’s account of Max Price’s tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town during a... →
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Scenarios for South Africa's Uncertain Future – Ray Hartley, Greg Mills, Mills Soko
19th October 2023 South Africa is facing an extraordinary ‘polycrisis’. The dimensions of this crisis include an energy collapse; a failing rail network; weak... →
Legends: People Who Changed South Africa for the Better – Matthew Blackman & Nick Dall
16th October 2023 We have a lot to be positive about in South Africa. With all our problems, it’s easy to feel bleak. But hold those thoughts, because Legends... →
A Country of Two Agricultures: The Disparities, The Challenges, The Solutions – Wandile Sihlobo
6th October 2023 Nearly three decades after the dawn of democracy, South Africa has remained a country of ‘two agricultures’. On the one hand we have a subsistence,... →
Back to the Front: A Memoir – Leon Levy
4th October 2023 Leon and his twin Norman were born in August 1929, the youngest of four children born to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania. His father... →
At Fire Hour – Barry Gilder
27th September 2023 From the acclaimed author of The List and Songs and Secrets, At Fire Hour is a sweeping, soulful novel that tells the story of Bhekisizwe... →
