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...
Out of Quatro: An Extract
Out of Quatro: From exile to exoneration is Luthando Dyasop’s story. The book is a story not only about Dyasop’s extraordinary life, but also...
Nicole Dennis-Benn’s ‘Patsy’ Is A Brave Take On Freedom And Motherhood
Societies have reproduced motherhood almost as a state of martyrdom. In becoming mothers, women are expected to forfeit themselves and adhere to a specific...
Extract from Pumla Dineo Gqola’s Female Fear Factory
Female Fear Factory is the much-anticipated follow up to the 2016 Sunday Times Alan Paton Award winner Rape: A South African Nightmare. Like the...
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...
#BecomingADoctor: Learnings and unlearnings about the politics of medicine
In his book, Becoming A Doctor, Hloni Bookholane speaks about his life and learnings in his journey to become a medical doctor. The book...
COMPETITION ALERT
NB Publishers has published an exciting new book (and start of a new series) by author Bontle Senne and illustrator Mogau Kekena. An Anansi...
Exclusive Books: 21 books for 2021
This year 2021 has been filled with all kinds of book releases. From politics to culture to fantasy and romance and everything in between,...
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...
A Home on Vorster Street: An Extract
In A Home on Vorster Street, Razina Theba witnesses the ebb and flow of a tight-knit neighbourhood trying to survive the forces of apartheid....
Slip into a new fantasy world with The Last Feather
Magic. Monsters. Curses. Friendship. Family. If these are things you enjoy reading about, Shameez Patel Papathanasiou’s The Last Feather is the book for you....
A soulful reflection of the past at #KBF22
In Mandla Langa’s The Lost Language of the Soul, the author weaves a powerful story. It is a story about a search but it...
3 reasons to read “In The Shadow Of The Mountain”
Set to be played by Selena Gomez in a movie, Silvia Vasquez-Lavado’s story is an enduring one of strength, compassion and heroism. In The...
“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...
The ANC’s Last Decade: Book Extract
For nearly three decades, the ANC has held South Africa’s politics in an iron grip. Even as its reputation was dented by scandal and...
Marc Gregory on creating “In Good Company” for a good cause
In Good Company, visual artist and photographer Marc Gregory merges photography with magic. The book is a culmination of several years of work where...
“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...
#WomensMonth recap featuring Dr Tana Joseph and Nomawonga Khumalo
During Women’s Month (August in South Africa), The Daily Vox hosted two Instagram Lives with inspiring women. The team was joined by Dr. Tana...
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...
Nine Hours is a roller-coaster of a book
Lukhanyo Sikwebu’s debut novel is a fast-paced read from start to finish. Imagine your favourite superhero/spy/vigilante stepped out of a movie and into the...
