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Lifestyle Reporter. This Halloween, be prepared to be spooked by the upcoming, future bestselling, anthology Hauntings! A thrilling array of African writers, including Fred Khumalo, Sibongile Fisher, Lucas Ledwaba, Vonani Bila, Lynn Joffe and Christopher Mlalazi, tell surprising and unnerving tales in this collection of commissioned stories from the master…
Entertainment Reporter. Tsitsi Dangarembga is awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade by the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels’ Karin Schmidt-Friderichs. Image: Börsenverein, Tobias Bohm. Zimbabwean author and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga was honored with the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Dangarembga is "a widely audible voice of…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. Retired teacher and school adviser Noah Kaindama, is on track for topping the charts and influencing future African leaders. The 65-year-old father-of-four has just released the gripping and thought-provoking sequel, The Real President II: Africa’s Last Line of Defence. And it has already reached number four in…
By Lifestyle Reporter. After several years of conceptualising, Quinton van der Burgh has collaborated with celebrity photographer John Russo to release 100 Making a Difference. The coffee table book celebrates philanthropic individuals and organizations on a global scale and will aid charity. Published by the author's own publishing company, Quinton…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. 'An essential guide to understanding the intricacies of South Africa’s political economy and the country’s place in the world in the first two decades after independence.' Wandile Sihlobo, Chief Economist, Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz). Over the past 20 years the global political economy has…
Lifestyle Reporter. From gregarious gray whales plying the waters of Baja California to acrobatic manta rays in the Maldives and parading penguins in Antarctica, National Geographic photographer Thomas Peschak has spent a lifetime documenting the beauty and fragility of underwater life and the majesty of wild coastlines. This awe-inspiring book…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. Everyone loves the Hay family. Down to earth Zimbabwean farmers. Quirkiest of all, Grandpa is the glue that holds them all together. Teenage Chris, the eldest child, is a classic wild child while his 16-year-old sister Kat is generally the sensible one. Kat then takes a blow…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. In this sequel to his bestseller, Inside the Belly of the Beast - The Real Bosasa Story, Agrizzi's new book explores, in bone-chilling detail, the failings of State Capture Commission and why so many big fish still swim free.Substantiated by irrefutable proof, medical records and key witness…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. Alone. Together. Loved. Forever is a hugely relatable and humorous memoir despite being peppered with sadness and rejection. A true journey of love, understanding and acceptance that’ll never leave your heart. It begins in Ingrid’s mother’s womb prior to her birth and goes on to tell how…
By Jacob Mawela. Schalk Burger Snr is a former Springbok rugby player and businessman. He runs Welbedacht wine farm in the Western Cape. Michael Vlismas is an award-winning sportswriter who has written several books, including ones with Gary Player and Tim Noakes. The book is not about rugby alone -…
Entertainment Reporter. Durban-based journalist Glynis Horning and her husband Chris woke one Sunday morning to the devastating discovery of their 25-year-old son Spencer dead in his bed. Should she not have seen the signs? Could she somehow have prevented it? As she struggles with Spencer’s decision to end his life,…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. In this courageous and beautiful book, Miss South Africa, Shudufhadzo Musida, tells the story of her upbringing: of a delightful and outgoing girl in a small village named Ha-Vhangani. She is surrounded by a loving extended family. Things for Shudu, however, take a turn for the worse…
Lifestlye Reporter. "This is an urgent, honest, indelible book. Karen Lazar writes straight from the mysterious inner workings of the body, her language nosing its way into the very places where language usually fails. Always, she is writing her way back to life, back to living again – and what…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. A new edition of Mandla Langa’s novel,The Lost Language of the Soul is out from September by Pan Macmillan! ‘If I disappeared, I’d expect my children to search for me high and low. A mother disappearing goes against the laws of nature. Fathers disappear all the time;…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. Go Play Inside: What Video Games Can Teach Us about the Game of Life turns conventional parenting wisdom on its head. Parents often have epic battles with their children to get them off their devices and outside. But Gareth Woods, influencer and gamer, argues that he has…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. Will Smith on set of King Richard / SplashNews.com. Will Smith stars as Richard Williams, the father of Venus and Serena, in the first trailer for King Richard, a film about how Williams helped coach the Compton-raised sisters into tennis stars. Venus and Serena Williams along with…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. What does it take to win at the Olympic Games? How many years of hard work and dedication does it take to prepare for such a feat? How many disappointments do you have to endure on this journey? Danielle Brittain has walked this journey over and over…
By Jacob Mawela. A group of young ladies, all told 30 of them in number, are relaxing in the lounge of an abode far off from their various homes. Others are fixated on a soapie on television, one indulges in a packet of crisps whilst others engage in banter punctuated…
Entertainment Reporter. Pan Macmillan SA has announced the release of Tony Park's new thriller BLOOD TRAIL. The global pandemic and medicines predating vaccines are the modern-day enemies of Africa's wildlife rangers, as explained by leading writer Tony Park, in his nineteenth novel, Blood Trail. Written during lockdown, Blood Trail sees…
Entertainment Reporter. MANSCAPES is a fine art Coffee Table book by celebrated DUDOIR photographer Corné Du Plessis. DUDOIR Photography is a celebration of the modern man and his physique, transforming masculinity into art. It re-unites men with their true selves, who they are and not solely objects of desire. The…
Entertainment Reporter. US Marines in the Congo-Beni War by Hubert Kabasu Babu Katulondi is a spell-binding read. It is based on true events. Coming out of the so-called African World War, the country is beset with a number of problems, infrastructure is falling apart, roads are muddy and mere tracks…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. A new edition of Khaya Dlanga: It's The Answers for Me is out now from Pan Macmillan! In March 2020 Khaya found himself bereaved, alone and facing an indefinite lockdown as a result of COVID-19. Like most of us, he turned to social media to maintain some…
Entertainment Reporter. "Sky-birds and Ravishers is a matter-of-fact account of an earthly Hell, a South African jail. Kheswa’s eye is unflinching: the horrors—of institutionalised rape and degradation—are told in a brisk, almost casual way, which renders them all the more immediate. It’s a dark, visceral read, with just a glimmer…
Entertainment Reporter. A new edition of Nthikeng Mohlele’s collection of short stories, The Discovery of Love, is out now from Jacana Media. The deal was signed with The African Literary Agency. The Discovery of Love, explores and heightens one of the dominant themes in Nthikeng Mohlele’s literary oeuvre, that of…
Entertainment Reporter. Caption: Author Will Burrard-Lucas. There are few creatures as gorgeous and elusive as the black leopard. In Africa, these magnificent cats are so rare as to be the stuff of legend. Will Burrard-Lucas’s love for leopards began during his childhood in Tanzania and propelled him into a career…
Entertainment Reporter. Economic ideas have to explain how, why and under what conditions an unequal society develops. More importantly, they have to explain how, as people in the domain of ideas and political action, we can actually change these conditions which, far from being an outcome of divine action, are…
By Lehlohonolo Lehana. Listen to Your Footsteps by Kojo Baffoe is out now from Pan Macmillan! Kojo Baffoe embodies what it is to be a contemporary African man. Of Ghanaian and German heritage, he was raised in Lesotho and moved to South Africa at the age of 27. Meet Baffoe,…