Author Interviews
I am Ella: A remarkable story of survival, from Auschwitz to Africa – Joanne Jowell
1st June 2023 Ella Blumenthal’s story of surviving the Holocaust and building a new life in South Africa is a lesson in resilience, attitude and joy. From the... →
Forgiveness: An Exploration – Marina Cantacuzino
30th May 2023 I forgive you. Three simple words behind which sits an intriguing and complex concept. These words can be used to absolve a meaningless squabble,... →
Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage – Jonny Steinberg
26th May 2023 One of the most celebrated political leaders of our time, Nelson Mandela has been written about by many biographers and historians. But in one... →
The Misery Merchants: Life and Death in a Private South African Prison – Ruth Hopkins
17th May 2023 Thabo Bester, ‘The Facebook Rapist’ and prison escapee, now faces criminal charges. Bester, who ran a business from jail, escaped from Mangaung... →
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... →
