Author Interviews
Nation on the Couch: Inside South Africa's Mind – Wahbie Long
10th June 2021 Provocative, insightful and brilliantly written by Professor Wahbie Long, Nation on the Couch explores life in our beloved country through the lens... →
Thambi Naidoo and Family: Struggle for a Non-Racial Democracy in South Africa
9th June 2021 Thambi Naidoo and his Family: Struggle for a Non-Racial Democracy is a poignant and well-documented account of a family, through four generations... →
Bloody Sunday: The nun, the Defiance Campaign and South Africa's secret massacre – Mignonne Breier 
27th May 2021 Sunday, 9 November 1952. It should be remembered as a day of infamy in South Africa’s history but few know of a brutal massacre when police opened... →
Land Matters: South Africa’s Failed Land Reforms and the Road Ahead – Tembeka Ngcukaitobi
25th May 2021 Why has land reform been such a failure in South Africa? Will expropriation without compensation solve the problem? What can be done to get the... →
Rogues’ Gallery – Matthew Blackman & Nick Dall
20th May 2021 If you reckon corruption in South Africa began with Zuma or even with apartheid, it’s time to catch a wake-up call. Rogues’ Gallery tells the story... →
My Final Answer – Jeremy Maggs
18th May 2021 Jeremy Maggs has been a journalist and a television and radio presenter for over 30 years, with a front-row seat to major news events in the run-up... →
The Profiler Diaries: From the case files of a police psychologist – Gérard Labuschagne
14th May 2021 I wanted to write this book before I forgot the finer details. As strange as that may sound, you can forget these things, and it is probably... →
Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom – Johan Fourie
13th May 2021 How did Einstein help create Eskom? Why can an Indonesian volcano explain the Great Trek? What do King Zwelithini and Charlemagne have in common?... →
It's Not Inside It's On Top: Memorable moments in South African advertising – Khanya Mtshali
6th May 2021 From ‘Yebo, Gogo’ and ‘Glug, glug’ to ‘Sgudi Snaysi’, South Africa has produced unforgettable ads over the years. Borrowing from music, sports,... →
Winged Messenger – Bruce Fordyce
20th April 2021 The year is 1976, and South Africa is gripped by a terrible lockdown – apartheid. Nelson Mandela is in prison on Robben Island; South Africa is... →
Future Tense: Reflections On My Troubled Land – Tony Leon
13th April 2021 In his riveting new book, Future Tense, Tony Leon captures and analyses recent South African history, with a focus on the squandered and corrupted... →
