Jacana Media News
From Education Crisis to Organisation: Reflections on the NECC (1985 – 1995)
2nd December 2025
From Education Crisis to Organisation unlocks the story of how learning became a movement in South Africa – and changed lives beyond the classroom. It situates the history of the National Education Crisis/Coordinating Committee (NECC) among broader histories of resistance to apartheid. The NECC... →
From Education Crisis to Organisation unlocks the story of how learning became a movement in South Africa – and changed lives beyond the classroom. It situates the history of the National Education Crisis/Coordinating Committee (NECC) among broader histories of resistance to apartheid. The NECC... →
What Else Could Go Wrong? – Zapiro
25th November 2025
South Africa’s best-loved and most fearless cartoonist, Zapiro, is back with his 30th annual collection, What Else Could Go Wrong? – a searing, satirical look at another year of political absurdity, national upheaval and international lunacy captured in a brilliant series of cartoons. From the... →
South Africa’s best-loved and most fearless cartoonist, Zapiro, is back with his 30th annual collection, What Else Could Go Wrong? – a searing, satirical look at another year of political absurdity, national upheaval and international lunacy captured in a brilliant series of cartoons. From the... →
Presidential Power
11th November 2025
Political leadership in post-apartheid South Africa A Jacana Pocket History by Anthony Butler At the pinnacle of the state, a president is expected to set the national agenda, offer moral leadership and contend with the practical challenges of government. In a world wrestling with the rise of... →
Political leadership in post-apartheid South Africa A Jacana Pocket History by Anthony Butler At the pinnacle of the state, a president is expected to set the national agenda, offer moral leadership and contend with the practical challenges of government. In a world wrestling with the rise of... →
All the Saints
30th October 2025
In the Eastern Cape, the gale force winds have nothing on the chanting gees of the boys at the prestigious local school. Isaac ‘Izzy’ Kingston, a recent matriculant and newly minted varsity dropout, has several bashers’ worth of hilarious and harrowing school memories to share with a sympathetic... →
In the Eastern Cape, the gale force winds have nothing on the chanting gees of the boys at the prestigious local school. Isaac ‘Izzy’ Kingston, a recent matriculant and newly minted varsity dropout, has several bashers’ worth of hilarious and harrowing school memories to share with a sympathetic... →
Madam: Impossible
27th October 2025
From political soapies to penguins and hadedas, this year’s Madam & Evecollection of cartoons has it all! It’s Mission: Impossible not to laugh along at Cupcake’s visit to Donald Trump’s White House or Julius Malema’s litany of breakups. Ghost workers, potholes, water and integrity outages –... →
From political soapies to penguins and hadedas, this year’s Madam & Evecollection of cartoons has it all! It’s Mission: Impossible not to laugh along at Cupcake’s visit to Donald Trump’s White House or Julius Malema’s litany of breakups. Ghost workers, potholes, water and integrity outages –... →
Book Launches
'Zapiro: What Else Could Go Wrong?' book launch
24th November 2025
South Africa’s best-loved and most fearless cartoonist, Zapiro, is back with his 30th annual collection, What Else Could Go Wrong? – a searing, satirical look at another year of political absurdity, national upheaval and international lunacy captured in a brilliant series of cartoons. Catch... →
South Africa’s best-loved and most fearless cartoonist, Zapiro, is back with his 30th annual collection, What Else Could Go Wrong? – a searing, satirical look at another year of political absurdity, national upheaval and international lunacy captured in a brilliant series of cartoons. Catch... →
'All the Saints' Gqeberha book launch
11th November 2025
Jacana Media is delighted to invite you to the Ggeberha launch of All the Saints, a sharp and witty school story for everyone from your teen to your tannie. Debut author Wesley Roodt will be in conversation with Dr Eileen Scheckle. Join Wesley and Eileen as they discuss how finding one's path... →
Jacana Media is delighted to invite you to the Ggeberha launch of All the Saints, a sharp and witty school story for everyone from your teen to your tannie. Debut author Wesley Roodt will be in conversation with Dr Eileen Scheckle. Join Wesley and Eileen as they discuss how finding one's path... →
'What Else Could Go Wrong?' book launch
7th November 2025
Jacana Media invites you to the Cape Town launch of Zapiro’s 30th annual! 'What Else Could Go Wrong?' Zapiro will be introduced by Czech Mobster Radovan and his associate, Anton Taylor →
Jacana Media invites you to the Cape Town launch of Zapiro’s 30th annual! 'What Else Could Go Wrong?' Zapiro will be introduced by Czech Mobster Radovan and his associate, Anton Taylor →