An extract from the biography ‘People Funny Boy’: how the maverick producer transformed the sound of reggae and its number-one group
The focus of a new book on Lewis Nkosi is his plays rather than his tsotsi-like critiques
The poet’s new book does the necessary work of reinscribing women into history, but is it poetry
The defence force presents a summary of a forensic report on an investigation into upgrades and repairs to the hospital in Pretoria
The powerships will be more expensive for consumers than wind and solar energy and isn’t required for reliable electricity generation
But inequality on the continent will continue to grow unless disparities in the right to education are ended
The trend is to provide consumers with rich content and to act on the message with the minimum of effort
This is an edited extract from Razina Theba’s new book ‘A Home on Vorster Street: A Memoir’
An insurgency against poverty that has opportunistically taken on the mantle of the Islamic State faces the wrath of African armies. Meanwhile, another tragedy — the criminal theft of billions of dollars from a poor country — is being settled in courtrooms and backrooms