<b>Nechama Brodie </b>appreciates the art of buying printed books in an age of digital reproduction.
Those close to him would like to see the ANC NGC discipline Malema’s national executive committee because of "divisive behaviour".
An artist’s book that went missing in 1988 was recently rediscovered in the basement of a book binder in Johannesburg and will be launched next week.
Jacana Media publishes 55 to 60 books a year but such a large output for a local publisher is an unintentional by-product of its love for new writers.
The development of the Amazon Kindle — now in its third generation — has sparked the digital publishing world.
Writers based throughout Africa submitted about 250 manuscripts in the fiction category and 50 in the non-fiction category.
Managing director of Pan Macmillan SA, Terry Morris, says local publishing is in a very healthy condition — particularly non-fiction.
It is not surprising that crime is a common subject in contemporary South African writing, fact and fiction.
Literary festival finds itself a home in a welcoming environment
The book is not dead, says Jonathan Ball, managing director of Jonathan Ball Publishers.
The current lack of reading culture has not helped the country’s publishing industry, which was put under further pressure when the recession hit.
A sheriff of the court went to Luthuli House in Johannesburg in June. But for fear of political fallout, he did not remove any property.
Corrupt former police national commissioner Jackie Selebi has filed for leave to appeal against his conviction and sentence.
The election of Lebogang Maile as the new chairperson for the ANC Youth League in Gauteng is a blow to league president Julius Malema.
The Gauteng conference of the ANC Youth League looks set to be another coup for Julius Malema – it is likely to endorse him for two more terms.
Thousands of public servants flanked by police officers marched to the Union buildings in Pretoria on Tuesday.
It was a calm Tony Yengeni who sat down for our interview in his 6th-floor Luthuli House office this week.
Thuggish behaviour and ill-discipline among the Mokonyane juniors is a known fact throughout the township of Kagiso, writes one of the residents.
Clinton Nassif had no number plates on his cars to avoid speeding fines, the South Gauteng High Court heard on Wednesday.
Former Kebble security boss Clinton Nassif has now sat through two-and-a-half days of cross-examination.
As housing developments spread across the grasslands of Gauteng, insects are being pushed out of their homes. And when that happens, they fade away.
It was the World Cup incident that those British tabloid journalists were hoping would happen.
An overheating car and a jammed gun led to the "assisted suicide" of mining magnate Brett Kebble being postponed twice.
Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane has decided to investigate allegations of negligence following six baby deaths at a Johannesburg hospital.
South African authorities might be denying a xenophobic upsurge in the wake of the World Cup, but they are taking no chances.
A backpackers in Soweto is brimming with tourists here for football and a taste of authentic South African culture.
The Gauteng province spent R4-million on 4613 World Cup tickets — mostly for deserving residents, premier Nomvula Mokonyane said on Wednesday.
The Union Buildings was rocked this week by the resignation of several staff members in the communications department.
The ANC in Gauteng is preparing to relieve Gwen Ramokgopa of her duties as mayor but curiously it appears the position could stay within the family.
"I don’t know how many people lifted me off my seat and threw me off the train," said Reason Wandi, a traumatised 26-year-old Zimbabwean.
A painting depicting Nelson Mandela as a corpse by a Johannesburg-based artist has caused an upset. His 92nd birthday is on July 18.
As part of a series on xenophobia, the <i>M&G</i> presents the Sowda Hussen Mohamud story…