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Who f***ed up SA?

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This is an extract from the book 50 People Who F***ed Up South Africa: The Lost Decade by Alexander Parker and Tim Richman, with cartoons by Zapiro
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Unpacking Johannesburg’s myriad anxieties

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Anxious Jo’burg, edited by Nicky Falkof and Cobus van Staden, acknowledges the city as a real place and not a horrifying stereotype
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Review: Sam Msibi’s perilous dance on the frontlines

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Lensman Sam Msibi’s memoir, The Accidental Frontline Journalist, reveals a life irrevocably bound to South Africa’s history
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‘Feline Philosophy’: A cat’s-eye view on life’s meaning

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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
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African science fiction: rereading the The Palm-Wine Drinkard

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Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola wields language as the ultimate form of technology
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‘The Sweetest Ache’ extract: Dark brown and midnight black magic

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An activist’s encounter with an attractive waitress leads her to take an inventory of her own body in Mercy Thokozane Minah’s ‘The Sweetest Ache’
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Dambudzo Marechera’s literary shock treatment

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A new book on Zimbabwean writer Dambudzo Marechera draws on both actual and imaginary archives
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The Portfolio: Megan Ross

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Author and poet Megan Ross designs books and cover artwork for a living. She speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about her process
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A Seat at a Table, Ep 1: The writerly thing to do

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Interviews can often demystify the processes behind how people create. It’s always fascinated Phumlani Pikoli to find the tricks to artists’ magic, as explored in his new podcast, ‘A Seat at a Table’
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Cape Town’s Open Book Festival turns over a new leaf

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In the midst of the pandemic the literary festival is hosting podcasts instead of livestreamed panels
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A distress signal from Soweto in 1977

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A Window on Soweto by Joyce Sikakane-Rankin provided insight during apartheid censorship
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No grand illusions or announcements of change in Dolla Sapeta’s Skeptical Erections

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In his work, poet and artist Mxolisi Dolla Sapeta weaves a tight thread between his two practices and the Eastern Cape township of New Brighton
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‘There are Mechanisms in Place’: Collaboration births sacred text

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‘There are Mechanisms in Place’, comprising text, poetry and visual analysis of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s practice, reveals how working together is a powerful philosophy
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An extract from ‘The Broken River Tent’: ‘I chose resistance!’

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In this extract from The Broken River Tent, by Mphuthumi Ntabeni, the protagonist, Phila, makes a fiery courtroom speech
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Three new nonfiction book reviews

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Shaun de Waal reviews three nonfiction books by Ruth Hopkins, Philippa Garson and Tom Eaton
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