Revisiting a childhood holiday spot — Chintsa in the Eastern Cape — helped to kickstart recovery from burnout and depression
Once more we have the opportunity to take our marking pen to their performance
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Gwen Lister’s book, ‘Comrade Editor’, weaves together a narrative from the strands of her own life, her journalism, and the wider context of Namibia’s struggle for independence
Siya is an immeasurable loss to South Africa’s media landscape, but he will be best remembered for his countless acts of kindness
Anxious Jo’burg, edited by Nicky Falkof and Cobus van Staden, acknowledges the city as a real place and not a horrifying stereotype
In his latest book, philosopher John Gray examines how cats live according to their nature — and how us humans could benefit from emulating their (c)attitude
As war drums beat again in Ethiopia, author Maaza Mengiste finds new language to memorialise the Second Italo-Ethiopian War
Sylvia Arthur founded the Library for Africa and the African Diaspora to house her collection and share it with other readers
For the past five years, Lauren Beukes has been working on a book set in the aftermath of a global epidemic. Its release couldn’t have been more timely
Time of the Writer is cancelled. Instead of hearing Jennifer Makumbi speak, we read her first novel