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Here Goes Nothing: Novel holds mirror to our social egos with sharp humour
Friday
/ 30 August 2022

Here Goes Nothing: Novel holds mirror to our social egos with sharp humour

Having explored the fear of life and death in the first two novels, Steve Toltz’s third novel delves into public opinion

By Rithuli Orleyn
‘How to Be a Revolutionary’: A timely catalogue of individual and societal failures
Friday
/ 23 February 2022

‘How to Be a Revolutionary’: A timely catalogue of individual and societal failures

CA Davids’s new novel, ‘How to Be a Revolutionary’ is a soulful, lyrical fictional guide to turbulent times

By Glen Retief
Screen Grab: An eastern western, way down South
Friday
/ 17 September 2021

Screen Grab: An eastern western, way down South

In the acclaimed ‘Minari’, now streaming on Showmax, a Korean family start farming and fuming in the Ozarks

By Carlos Amato
David Diop’s Booker win makes African soldiers’ history visible
Friday
/ 18 June 2021

David Diop’s Booker win makes African soldiers’ history visible

David Diop won the prestigious annual International Booker prize for translated fiction for his second novel, ‘At Night All Blood is Black’

By Caroline D Laurent
Cabin Fever: A short story by Phumlani Pikoli
Friday
/ 24 April 2021

Cabin Fever: A short story by Phumlani Pikoli

Cabin Fever was originally written in June 2020 and edited by KT

By Phumlani Pikoli
‘Joburg Noir’ extract: ‘Weep for Me, Willow’ by Fred Khumalo
Friday
/ 16 January 2021

‘Joburg Noir’ extract: ‘Weep for Me, Willow’ by Fred Khumalo

Fred Khumalo’s contribution to Niq Mhlongo’s ‘Joburg Noir’ opens with a scene of five gangsters chilling around a braai

By Fred Khumalo
African science fiction: rereading the The Palm-Wine Drinkard
Friday
/ 27 November 2020

African science fiction: rereading the The Palm-Wine Drinkard

Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola wields language as the ultimate form of technology

By Nedine Moonsamy
‘The Sweetest Ache’ extract: Dark brown and midnight black magic
Friday
/ 20 November 2020

‘The Sweetest Ache’ extract: Dark brown and midnight black magic

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’

By Mercy Thokozane Minah
Maaza Mengiste: ‘We are now catching up with the past’
Friday
/ 12 November 2020

Maaza Mengiste: ‘We are now catching up with the past’

As war drums beat again in Ethiopia, author Maaza Mengiste finds new language to memorialise the Second Italo-Ethiopian War

By Theresa Mallinson
Extract from ‘Mermaid Fillet: A Noir Crime Novel’ by Mia Arderne
Friday
/ 18 August 2020

Extract from ‘Mermaid Fillet: A Noir Crime Novel’ by Mia Arderne

This extract from Mia Arderne’s debut work of fiction, ‘Mermaid Fillet: A Noir Crime Novel’ introduces readers to Uncle ‘M16-in-your-bek’

By Mia Arderne
‘Adaptation’: New short fiction from Phumlani Pikoli
Friday
/ 18 May 2020

‘Adaptation’: New short fiction from Phumlani Pikoli

Phumlani Pikoli’s latest piece is a metafiction based on what could happen if spike jonze and Ira Glass met

By Phumlani Pikoli
Review: ‘Afterland’ — a novel that foreshadows the Covid-19 pandemic
Article
/ 23 April 2020

Review: ‘Afterland’ — a novel that foreshadows the Covid-19 pandemic

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

By Theresa Mallinson
Achieving the litmus test of social relevance
Article
/ 24 February 2020

Achieving the litmus test of social relevance

The HSS Awards honours scholarly works based on their social relevance and contribution to the humanities and social sciences

By Staff Reporter

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