Theresa Mallinson

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

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

Hilary Mantel’s final volume in the ‘Wolf Hall’ trilogy is a triumphant end to her depiction of the blacksmith’s boy who became the king of England’s right-hand man

Read this week’s edition of the slice of life

Theresa Mallinson selects 20 you should pick up — and won’t want to put down — to be published over the course of the year

Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse, the Official Proteas Supporters Club emailed its fans

A novel inspired by Arab Spring activists is brutally honest about what happened — and what keeps happening