A new book examines how a charismatic church is brainwashing poor and gullible South Africans with the idea that God can be bought
Religion has been left to bridge the inequality divide created by corrupt political elites, writes Catholic priest Anthony Egan.
Zake Mda’s many interests are reflected in this mix of integrity, vanity, irony and satire.
David Robbins’s latest is a reminder about the value of writing and how it can be used as a balm against rigid and reactionary ideas.
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/ 18 November 2010
A journalist with first-hand knowledge spins a tale that would do justice to a Grisham novel.
It is not surprising that crime is a common subject in contemporary South African writing, fact and fiction.
As with a good recipe, the latest contributions to ‘living a good life’ draw on varied ingredients to offer memorable dishes.
Anthony Egan doesn’t believe in ghosts. But once, one night on a remote Philippine island, something strange happened …
At the request of a cross-party group of members of Parliament, the Jesuit Institute of SA has been emailing daily meditations to parliamentarians.
Amid apparent tensions between church and state over a number of moral and political issues, there is sustained and reasoned dialogue.