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Who was Albert Luthuli? The murdered South African leader who put his people above himself
5th December 2025 South African liberation leader Albert Luthuli died on 21 July 1967 near his home in Groutville, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. A... →
Penguin Random House South Africa wins big at the 31st Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
4th December 2025 This past week, the winners of the 31st Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were announced in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Penguin Random House South Africa... →
African poetry is celebrated in a groundbreaking publishing project
7th November 2025 For 10 years, Ghanaian poet Kwame Dawes and his friend the Nigerian writer Chris Abani have sifted through piles of manuscripts looking for... →
Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu wins Best International Fiction at Sharjah Awards 2025
6th November 2025 Pan Macmillan South Africa is delighted to congratulate our author, Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu, for winning the Best International Fiction Book prize at... →
South African writer Zoë Wicomb embraced humanity in all its complexity
30th October 2025 Zoë Wicomb’s first book, You Can’t Get Lost in Cape Town (1987), is a tour through episodes in the life of a writer-character, Frieda Shenton.... →
PRHSA receives several nominations at the 31st Gourmand World Cookbook Awards
27th October 2025 This past weekend, the nominees for the 31st Gourmand World Cookbook Awards were announced, with the official awards ceremony taking place on 27 -... →
Zoë Wicomb, the South African-Scottish writer who told powerful stories about belonging
20th October 2025 Zoë Wicomb, a celebrated South African-Scottish writer and scholar, has died. All my memories of her crystallise around her voice: it brought a... →
Windhoek’s Old Location was a place of pain, but also joy – new book
7th October 2025 All that’s left of a famous settlement called the Old Location in Windhoek, Namibia, is a graveyard and a monument to remember the residents who... →
Satanic panic: 5 ‘occult’ crimes that gripped South Africa’s imagination
16th September 2025 You might think South Africa was awash with occult crime if you scrolled through the country’s tabloids, social media and even mainstream... →
Climate disasters are escalating: 6 ways South Africa’s G20 presidency can lead urgent action
26th August 2025 South Africa currently holds the presidency of the G20 – the group of 19 of the world’s largest economies and the African Union. It has set up a... →
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