Book Reviews
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10 Must Read Books That Will Change Your Life
Let’s face it, no matter how hard you try to deny, we all need inspiration, some find it in music,…
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12 Top Selling South African Books of All Time
This one is for the readers. If your ideal day is curling up in bed with a book, this list…
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Memoirs of a Born Free: Reflections on the Rainbow Nation
On 19 October 1991, Malaika Lesego Samora Mahlatsi was born at the Meadowlands Community Clinic, one year and eight months…
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Opposite Mandela
Tony Leon has written a book of unique insight into an unexplored aspect of the presidency and leadership of Nelson…
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What’s Gone Wrong?
‘What’s gone wrong?’ This is the question posed by Alex Boraine. A question on the lips of millions of South…
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Sometimes There is a Void By Zakes Mda
About the book: Who is Zakes Mda really? And how did he achieve recognition in so many creative spheres? Sometimes…
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ONE SHOT – AMANDA COETZEE
‘In war there are no unwounded soldiers.’ – Jose Narosky The enigmatic and darkly compelling Harry O’Connor, better known as…
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The Fear
In mid-2008, after thirty years of increasingly tyrannical rule, Robert Mugabe, the 84-year-old ruler of Zimbabwe, met with his politburo.…
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A Bad Black’s Manifesto
Social activist, columnist, working professional, founder and MD of Youth Lab and vanguard for the #badblacks Zama Ndlovu talks…
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Get Me Started
In Get Me Started self-taught wordsmith, award-winning journalist and roisterous raconteur Sipho Hlongwane plays off the phrase ‘Don’t get me…
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A Bantu in My Bathroom
A Bantu in my bathroom! Is it morally acceptable to stipulate the colour of your housemate? Is it really possible…
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Steve Biko Memorial Lectures
The Steve Biko Memorial Lecture, an annual program of the Steve Biko Foundation, is a series of lectures by some…
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Take It From Me
One of the harshest realisations of fame is that the critics don’t stop at tearing into your career; they delve…
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The Burning
The gripping new Coroner Jenny Cooper crime novel from the author of The Coroner and The Flight In the icy, languid days following…
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The Fall of the ANC: What Next?
The Fall of the ANC What Next? Prince Mashele and Mzukisi Qobo ‘On the basis of the current state of…
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Blaze- The Beginning By Reneiloe Mabena
The budding novelist is Reneiloe Mabena, and his book is entitled Blaze – the beginning. The subtitle implies that there’ll be…
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