EXTRACT: Andile Gaelesiwe: Remembering
Andile Gaelesiwe is celebrated across South Africa as the adored host of Khumbul’ ekhaya on SABC 1. Yet few know that behind the glamour...
“Khanya’s First Day at the Park” aims to highlight children’s outdoor...
Khanya’s First Day at the Park is the story of a curious little girl who goes to a park with a big yellow slide...
Extract: Flow: The Book About Menstruation
Flow is a new book from Kwela Books. The book, Flow, will inform, educate, empower, and inspire all those who menstruate. Written by a...
Conjuring Soft Magic With Storyteller Upile Chisala
“Growing up, I never read books by black women,” the Malawian storyteller Upile Chisala told an audience at the Sandton Exclusive Books on Wednesday...
Loss and food in “Crying in H Mart” and “Brown Baby”
Food and grief have a special relationship. In Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart and Nikesh Shukla’s Brown Baby, the reader gets a beautiful...
6 South African cookbooks to add to your kitchen
South Africa is a country with many diverse cuisines. There is something to satisfy all cravings from sweet to savoury to fusion and much...
Extract: How I Took Back My Power
Respected political analyst and academic Nompumelelo Runji seemed the picture of a successful black professional woman. Yet, like many, she privately battled personal demons....
Dr Tlaleng On Advocating For Sexual Rights
BOOK EXTRACT
Doctor Tlaleng Mokokeng is an internationally renowned health activist, doctor and writer. In her latest book Dr T: Guide To Sexual Health and...
Ming-Cheau Lin Makes Sense Of A Confused Identity In ‘Yellow And...
Yellow And Confused is the latest release from cookbook author, blogger and storyteller Ming-Cheau Lin. It is a deeply personal and in-depth look into...
Funda Sonke Wants Young People Involved In The Reading Revolution
Nal’ibali is an organisation which wants to get South Africa reading, by organising the annual South African version of World Read Aloud Day. Now...
How We Could Have Stopped Climate Change, But Did Not.
In Nathaniel Rich’s Losing Earth he accounts for the past failures of politicians and others to stop climate change. Looking back at 1979, Rich...
Deon Maas Reflects On Berlin, Identity And Belonging
Deon Maas packed up his whole life and moved to Berlin with his wife and four dogs to seek new adventures. There, he walks...
50 Books UJ’s Professor Tshilidzi Marwala recommends for leaders
We cannot underestimate how critical strong leadership is in all aspects of our lives. In ‘Leadership Lessons From Books I Have Read’, Professor Tshilidzi...
#JozisBBF: An Affordable Literary Festival
Jozi’s Books and Blogs Festival (#JozisBBF) is an annual literary festival that takes place in Lenasia, a suburb in the South of Johannesburg. Started...
#TDVFridayRecommends: Spend some time with poetry and surfing
It’s a new year and the weekly #TDVFridayRecommends series is back. This week we have a book and a new series to talk about:...
Extract: Get out of your Mind
In “Get out of your Mind: Lessons on embracing difference from South Africa and beyond” Luyanda Mpahlwa and Klaus Doppler use their shared experiences....
Extract from Andy Kawa’s book about getting justice for women
Kwanele, Enough! My Battle with the South African Police Service to get Justice for Women is businessperson Andy Kawa’s story. In 2010, she was...
It’s REALLY Not About The Burqa
COLUMN/REVIEW
It’s Not About The Burqa - a collection of writings - edited by Mariam Khan tells beautiful stories of Muslim women living in...
What South Africa’s Love For Cattle Means For Climate Change
With a foreword by President Cyril Ramaphosa, this engaging book brings history, science, economics and popular culture together in a timely discussion about South...
The Critical Stans 2.0 Launches
The Daily Vox launches its weekly podcast The Critical Stans 2.0!
During the 2018 World Cup The Critical Stans launched hosted by FATIMA MOOSA and...
