Author Interviews
Written in History: Letters that Changed the World – Simon Sebag Montefiore
23rd May 2019 Written in History celebrates the great letters of world history, creative culture and personal life. Acclaimed historian Simon Sebag Montefiore... →
Christo Wiese: Risk and Riches – TJ Strydom
14th May 2019 Once the owner of a diamond mine, a wine farm and the most expensive house in Cape Town. Former chairman of South Africa’s largest retailer,... →
Gangster State: Unravelling Ace Magashule’s Web of Capture – Pieter-Louis Myburgh
26th April 2019 In spite of Cyril Ramaphosa’s ‘new dawn’, there are powerful forces in the ruling party that risk losing everything if corruption and State capture... →
Vuvuzela Dawn – Luke Alfred & Ian Hawkey 
18th April 2019 In 2019, SA celebrates 25 years of democracy and the freedom that turned the country from a political pariah to one warmly embraced by the world.... →
Lacuna – Fiona Snyckers
18th April 2019 Lucy Lurie is deeply sunk in PTSD following a gang rape at her father's farmhouse in the Western Cape. She becomes obsessed with the author John... →
Traditional Leaders in a Democracy – Resources, Respect and Resistance
18th April 2019 What should African pasts mean in postcolonial presents, as new modes of existence are being worked out? How are the boundaries of contemporary... →
The Messiah's Dream Machine – Jennifer Friedman
9th April 2019 This sequel to Jennifer Friedman’s enchanting first memoir picks up where Queen of the Free State leaves off: as the rebellious young Jennifer is... →
Democracy Works: Re-Wiring Politics to Africa's Advantage – Greg Mills
26th March 2019 Democracy Works explores how we can learn to nurture and deepen democracy in Africa to ensure economic growth and political stability. It... →
Power in Action: Democracy, citizenship and social justice – Steven Friedman
19th March 2019 ‘What are democracies meant to do? And how does one know when one is a democratic state?’ These incisive questions and more by leading political... →
The Zulus of New York – Zakes Mda
13th March 2019 The Great Farini would stride on to the stage and announce, ‘Ladies and gentlemen, and now for the highlight of the day, the ferocious Zulus.’ The... →
Class Action: In pursuit of a larger life – Charles Abrahams
11th March 2019 Charles Abrahams is a world-class lawyer who sued multinationals for colluding with the apartheid government, but at twelve he was determined to... →
