EXTRACT: A Nun and the Pig
Looking back on this year forty years later, A Nun and the Pig: Tales from South Africa offers a remarkable insight into South Africa...
Thabang Motsohi: Why The ANC Fails
“The African National Congress (ANC) is going to be divided, it’s going to split. The split is inevitable when you have ideological gridlock,” Thabang...
Book Extract: New History of South Africa
This newly updated, comprehensive history of South Africa presents the story of our turbulent country in a fresh, readable narrative. Grippingly retold by leading...
Extract – Riding Life: A South African who survived death to...
He was told he would never cycle again. But South African ultra-endurance cyclist Grant Lottering doesn’t take no for an answer. In 2013, Lottering’s...
Book Review: District Six – memories, thoughts and images
The book, District Six: memories, thoughts and images, compiled and edited by Martin Greshoff, is a compilation of autobiographical stories and poetry written by...
Zulaikha Patel wants to inspire young women with her first book
Zulaikha Patel was just 13-years-old when images of her protesting against her school’s racist hair policies became news. That protest inspired a wider protest...
Extract from Richard Sutton’s Thrive: The Power of Resilience
Richard Sutton’s Thrive is a rich source of unique and practical skills and tools that are easy to apply to help you develop and...
“You” Author Caroline Kepnes Talks Stalking, Book Snobs And Writing
The chilling series ‘You’ took Netflix by a storm when it was released in September 2018. It followed a charming bookstore manager whose crush on an aspiring writer turned real sinister real quick.
‘The Enforcers’ Digs Deep Into Cape Town’s Criminal Underworld
Here is the Cape Town underworld laid bare, explored through the characters who control the “protection” industry – the bouncers and security at nightclubs...
Terry-Ann Adams is writing about Eldorado Park
Terry-Ann Adams is the author of the soon-to-be released book, Those Who Live in Cages. The book, set in Eldorado Park, is centered around...
Mbali Sebokedi is using book covers to create makeup looks
What do you get when you combine books and make-up? Well, books as lewks of course - using book covers as inspiration for makeup...
The “Pavement Bookworm” on how reading saved him from drugs
On Wednesday, the city of eThekwini's parks, recreation and culture department hosted the One City, One Book campaign to promote a culture of reading...
What It Takes To Write About Mental Disorders At 10 Years...
AS TOLD TO
eThekwini Municipality held its third Articulate Africa Book and Art Fair, the flagship Literary and Art Fair for Parks Recreation and Culture...
“It’s our country, it’s our libraries”: Abantu Book Festival asserts its...
The drive to Abantu Book Festival was a long one. It took 45 minutes and a R275 Taxify ride to get there. But the...
Five Things From Our Interview With Jamaican Author Nicole Dennis-Benn
“What do we lose when we choose ourselves, especially as women?” asks Jamaican author Nicole Dennis-Benn. The Daily Vox spoke with Dennis-Benn during her...
[EXTRACT] Eight Days in July: Inside the Zuma unrest that set...
In July 2021, with the imprisonment of Jacob Zuma, dramatic and violent scenes of unrest and looting unfolded in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. Piecing together...
Jwara! Induna’s Daughter: An extract
Born into privilege, Joyce PilisoSeroke questioned her environment. She grew up in a gated compound for the mining elite at Crown Mines but soon...
9 Poems That Reveal Nelson Mandela’s Impact
A fallen icon can never truly die. They are memorialised in the work of artists, the pens of history, and the lips of the...
Girlpower, Magic, And West-African Culture – All Reasons To Read The...
Do yourself a favour and get stuck into Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi’s The Legacy of Orïsha series.
The trilogy set in the mythical land of...
Poem: The Night Visitor
Poem by PRYZ da poet
He came in the middle of the night and whispered in the ears of men and said to them "...
