Author Interviews
André Odendaal - Dear Comrade President
28th October 2022 In his annual presidential address on 8 January 1986, ANC president Oliver Tambo called on South Africans to make apartheid ungovernable through... →
Farm Killings in South Africa – Nechama Brodie
21st October 2022 Very few farm murders appear to be committed for political reasons. But the response to them is often political. Making up less than half a percent... →
General Jan Smuts and his First World War in Africa – David Brock Katz
19th October 2022 Jan Smuts grabbed the opportunity to realise his ambition of a Greater South Africa when the First World War ushered in a final scramble for... →
Whites and Democracy in South Africa – Roger Southall
By: Creamer Media Reporter 10th October 2022 What is the place and role of whites in South African political life today? Are whites genuinely willing participants in a ‘non-racial democracy’,... →
Wheel Yourself to Your Destiny – Thabo Ndlela
4th October 2022 If I Had to Meet the Gentlemen Who Shot Me If I had to meet the gentlemen who were the cause of me sitting in this wheelchair permanently, I would... →
Magazine round up | 23 September 2022
23rd September 2022 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
The Blinded City: Ten Years In Inner-City Johannesburg – Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon
19th September 2022 Amid evictions, raids, killings, the drug trade, and fire, inner-city Johannesburg residents seek safety and a home. A grandmother struggles to... →
My Land Obsession – Bulelwa Mabasa
2nd September 2022 Bulelwa Mabasa was born into a ‘matchbox’ family home in Meadowlands, Soweto, at the height of apartheid. In My Land Obsession, she shares her... →
The Enemy Within: How the ANC lost the battle against corruption – Mpumelelo Mkhabela
31st August 2022 At a watershed meeting in Port Elizabeth in 2000 the ANC committed itself to “the new cadre” project – a project to develop ANC members who are... →
In the Balance: The Case for a Universal Basic Income in South Africa and Beyond – Hein Marais
30th August 2022 As jobs disappear, wages flat-line and inequality grows, this timely book presents a compelling analysis of the need, conditions and possibilities... →
My Journey to the Top of the World – Saray Khumalo
29th August 2022 ‘This forms the nub of a dilemma that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if... →
