Author Interviews
Black Consciousness: A Love Story – Hlumelo Biko
2nd March 2022 ‘If Steve Biko were alive today, we would have a country that gladly embraces African culture as the dominant driving force for how society is... →
Deep Collusion: Bain and the capture of South Africa – Athol Williams
1st March 2022 When Athol Williams reported his employer, Bain & Co., for withholding information on their complicity in State capture, he had no idea how... →
Prisoners of the Past: South African democracy and the legacy of minority rule – Steven Friedman
28th February 2022 South Africa’s democracy is often seen as a story of bright beginnings gone astray, a pattern said to be common to Africa. The negotiated... →
Love You Madly – Daisy Jones & Lucinda Hooley
25th February 2022 When your life is a big open sky just waiting for you to let go and jump, and it feels like anything is possible. And it really is. And you really... →
Magazine round up | 25 February 2022
25th February 2022 A video round up of this week’s magazine, highlighting our cover story, features and Business Leader. →
Native Merchants: The building of the black business class in South Africa – Phakamisa Ndzamela
24th February 2022 Dispossession of fertile, mineral-rich land is correctly repeated as the root cause of the economic precarity of Black people in South Africa.... →
One Virus, Two Countries: What COVID-19 Tells Us About South Africa – Steven Friedman
24th February 2022 Has South Africa ‘done well’ at limiting illness and deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic? Academic and political commentator, Steven Friedman,... →
Poli Poli – Barbara Masekela
14th February 2022 ‘Poli Poli by Barbara Masekela is an adorable book full of childhood thrills and teeming with vignettes of memory retold in brilliant prose. It... →
Expensive Poverty: Why aid fails and how it can work – Greg Mills
31st January 2022 Africa has received $1.2-trillion in development assistance since 1990. Even though donors have spent more than $1 000 per person over these 30... →
We Can Fix Ourselves: Building a better South Africa through Black Consciousness – Mosibudi Mangena
27th January 2022 South Africa is not a poor country … It boasts one of the most sophisticated economies on the African continent. And yet we find ourselves in... →
Children of Sugarcane – Joanne Joseph
10th December 2021 Vividly set against the backdrop of 19th century India and the British-owned sugarcane plantations of Natal, written with great tenderness and... →
