A no-holds-barred insight into what it is like to be a woman in present-day South Africa, fraught as it is with taboos and dangers.
An exhibition based on Lauren Beukes’s "Zoo City" taps into the gritty energy of Jo’burg while exploring the concept of the human and urban animal.
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Khaleb Omondi struggled to build up his bookshop in Nairobi’s notorious slum. Caroline Wanjiku Kihato ?tells a story of life against the odds.
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The memorial for Chinua Achebe is expected to draw thousands as mourners prepare to pay their respects to "the father of modern African literature".
Novelist Chinua Achebe’s writing has traced the dehumanising effects of the western cultural arrogance still at work today in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Chinua Achebe, who has died aged 82, was Africa’s best-known novelist and the founding father of African fiction.
The latest guide to South African wines might have some flaws, but it sets an international standard.
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/ 18 January 2012
Academics say the time has come for some of the taboos surrounding Hitler’s book in Germany to fall.
ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe wailed on Monday about national executive committee (NEC) members being "snakes" and a "fifth column.
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/ 29 November 2011
Film rights to Lauren Beukes’s <i>Zoo City</i> have been awarded to a local producer. We spoke to Beukes about adapting her award-winning novel.
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/ 23 November 2011
Award-winning author <b>Lauren Beukes</b> visits the art exhibition inspired by her novel.
Tiny fish flashed across the bows of our yellow kayaks as we paddled across a tropical sea. Our destination was a sliver of white sand.
The sense of terror is visceral and unrelenting in a dark thriller about tragedy and horror in Peru.
In his new book, <em>The Origins of Political Order</em>, the author of the <em>The End of History</em> explores how countries ‘get to Denmark.’
The press ombud has dismissed a complaint against the <i>Mail & Guardian</i> arising from an article about Brett Kebble coaching Fikile Mbalula.
<i>Diepsloot</i> could open much-needed discussion on whites writing about the black condition.
Our readers share their thoughts on Anton Harber’s book <i>Diepsloot</i>, Albertina Sisulu and more.
Apartheid-style housing in a post-apartheid township: <strong>Anton Harber</strong> talks to the <em>M&G</em> about his book, <i>Diepsloot</i>.
The body of a fighter who appeared to be a member of the AU’s peacekeeping mission was pulled through Somali streets by a rope on Thursday.
<b>Gwen Ansell </b>talks genres and urban fictions with Lauren Beukes, winner of the Arthur C Clarke Award for her ‘muti noir’ novel <i>Zoo City</i>.
South African author Lauren Beukes speaks to the <i>M&G</i> about winning the Arthur C Clarke Award.
South African author Lauren Beukes will receive exactly £2011, the same figure as the current year, after winning the Arthur C Clarke Award.
Science, which usually claims to be morally neutral, could help to compute our moral instincts
Radio journalist Mandy Wiener opens the door to South Africa’s underworld.
Etienne van Heerden’s acclaimed novel, <i>30 Nagte in Amsterdam</i>, is now published in English, translated by Michiel Heyns.
Involving parents and children in a single project benefits both.
<i>Conversations with Myself</i> yields some new facts but few personal details.
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/ 13 October 2010
An extract from <i>M&G</i> Centre for Investigative Journalism associate partner Adriaan Basson’s book on defeated former top cop Jackie Selebi.
A book painting an intimate portrait of Nelson Mandela went on sale Tuesday, offering readers a personal look at the revered figure.
<b>Maureen Brady</b> reviews <i>Caves of the Ape-men:South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site</i>
If you read <i>Freedom</i> (to the end) and feel the future is Starbucks and McDonald’s, try to hang in there.
Bessie Head’s iconic novels <i>When Rain Clouds Gather</i> and <i>Maru</i> have recently been reissued.