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The biographies of Robert McBride and Dimitri Tsafendas share a curious resonance

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Although the two men were from different generations, their lives both lay bare the atrocities of the apartheid state
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Gamechangers: The morphing landscape of South Africa’s media

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Two books on two media outlets, Daily Maverick and Independent newspapers, tell stories of success and failure
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Review: ‘The Mirror & the Light’ or, the fall of Thomas Cromwell

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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
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A peek into SA’s foreign policy black box

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South Africa’s foreign policy performance, over its first quarter-century democratic governance, is put under the spotlight
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Unravelling Darwin’s ‘hunch’

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This beautifully written, well researched story of the origins of man forces us to today confront the social construct of ‘race’
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‘Elon Musk’ might only be 95% accurate, but it’s enough to inspire

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Machanick reviews the merits of journalist Ashlee Vance's biography of Elon Musk.
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Springsteen: A lesson in myth-making

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You get a glimpse of the man behind the myth in Peter Ames Carlin's biography, "Bruce", chronicling the life of rock 'n roller Bruce Springsteen.
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Folk heroes, flag bearers and cricket

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Stories about South Africa's fast bowlers explore the vicious edge that lies beneath the game's gentility.
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Fall for the decline of an empire

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What Newton has come up with will go down well with those who appreciate politics in their fantasy.
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Taking a page from a book of art

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Bestselling author Lauren Beukes has a way with violence–a dark twisting of words.It's not a platform for cheap thrills, though.
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Polygamy: Redefining faith and fidelity in fiction

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Polygamy is explored in "Lessons in Husbandry" by South African author Shaida Kazie Ali, and "The Ruins of Us" by Keija Parssinen.
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