Does South Africa really need nuclear power to meet its energy needs? David Fig’s short book, <i>Questioning South Africa’s Nuclear Direction </i> is a systematic plea against the extension of nuclear energy in South Africa. Anthony Egan reports.

The book <i>SOUTH AFRICA’S 1940s: Worlds of Possibilities</i> deserves wide attention, both as a contribution to the study of a largely overlooked period of our history or the very high quality of its scholarship, writes Anthony Egan.

In <i>Indaba: Interviews with African Writers</i> Stephen Gray speaks to the various practitioners of African literature such as the revered Nadine Gordimer, Anthony Egan reports.

"I found myself asking, if I had been called up in the terrible 1980s, what would I have done?" This drew him to write <i>The Persistence of Memory</i>. Tony Eprile’s first novel deals with the experience of war veterans. He spoke to Anthony Egan.

Luli Callinicos’s biography on Oliver Tambo fills a much-needed void in the examinations of the lives of South Africa’s struggle icons.
Anthony Egan reviews <i>Oliver Tambo: Beyond the Engeli Mountains</i>.

Jonathan Hyslop has done a remarkable job piecing together the life of Bain in his book <em>The Notorious Syndicalist</em>. He has brilliantly integrated literary studies, history of the British empire and a range of other related disciplines to create a rich, finely textured work, writes Anthony Egan.

"My inspiration for this novel came from reading TRC transcripts — the powerful, shocking, sometimes deeply tragic testimonies of ordinary South Africans." Anthony Egan speaks to Jonty Driver, exiled South African poet and novelist, about his latest book.

Ahmed Kathrada’s <i>Memoirs</i> is a tribute to decency and the desire for justice that drove a generation of activists, the likes of whom we shall probably not see again, writes Anthony Egan.