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Read & reflect

M&G editor Nic Dawes reflects on Precedent and Possibility: The (Ab)use of Law in South Africa, co-authored by Judge Dennis Davis.

Words of honour

As the winter solstice approaches and we tilt into the deepest part of winter, it seems the right time to hibernate with good books.

To stay, or not to stay: That is the question

In his book Kevin Bloom says there are meaningful ways of staying in South Africa. Kelly Rosenthal agrees.

Cultural mother lode

Sarah Nuttall's work challenges received academic wisdom and personal boundaries, writes Shaun de Waal.

The dream truths of Notrose Konile

There was this Goat is an extremely valuable addition to and expansion of the existing body of TRC literature.

Rise of the slasher

Why is slasher fiction the local publishing world's favoured dish? Barbara Ludman investigates.

In at the death

Barbara Ludman ponders ways of dying from Britain to Swaziland via Botswana.