Having a hound that barks at black people is tricky if you’re a white kid moving to a township
This book is an important fightback against the re-emergence of racist genetic determinism
The first in a two-part series by Thami Mkhwanazi.
This week: Life in the camps
The Africa Is a Country website offers a rich mix of news, comment and analysis about the continent
"Who is speaking to this overwhelming sense that you are stranded in this tender yet violent place and you don’t know why or what it’s for?"
​In the 1980s, the apartheid state imposed successive states of emergency, including censorship of the media
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/ 28 October 1988
The country’s major literary events <em>the Weekly Mail</em> Book Week, will open in Cape Town on Monday — October 31 and Johannesburg on November 7.
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/ 28 October 1988
The full Book Week programme — Cape Town (Oct 31 to Nov 5) and Johannesburg (Nov 7 to 12).
The murder of Durban lawyer Victoria Mxenge has sparked off intense violence in the townships surrounding Durban.