Writers from very different places can grapple with the same questions.
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She was a trusted mentor to young militants whose 1976 uprising shaped the country forever.
Suspense-packed yet intellectually sharp, Cape Fever is far more than a chamber drama.
Niall and Leah’s long distance relationship will test what love and career mean on a planet in crisis.
A guide to the work of an acclaimed writer who represented the marginalised in society.
From demon-possessed killers to charismatic cultists, it can sometimes seem as though South Africa is at war with evil itself.
A new book revisits her life, work and ideas and shows how relevant they still are today.
A certain amount of political baggage had to be shaken off before such a feat could be realised – not just in the right words, but in the right spirit.
Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid was written by two academics for readers of all ages to know about the pain and the triumph of South Africa’s past.
His characters – tramps, discarded people, poor people, people on the fringes – are connected with all the people we know of today who are refugees.
He explored the darker realities of South African life in three novels before his untimely passing at the age of 30.
Nthikeng Mohlele is a unique voice in South African literature. Revolutionaries’ House is his most political work so far, but far from his best.
The award-winning South African playwright has written a masterful short story about a woman having to play a challenging theatre role.
After a messy break-up, Mangi loses his job and finds himself destitute in downtown Johannesburg. That’s where his transformation begins.
Buys, the award-winning novel by Willem Anker, uses lines without credit from the Irish writer - not the first such literary controversy it has raised.
In 2013 stories emerged of gangs stealing plasma TV screens to use to make street drugs. It’s a myth, but it tells us something about South Africa’s social anxieties.
Abundantly talented and flawed, apartheid-era writer Can Themba wasn’t afraid to put his body on the line for a story.
The books aim to write women back into history for children to see that women are able to take up powerful positions in society.
Female Fear Factory by Pumla Dineo Gqola sees gender violence as a sophisticated ecosystem kept alive by socially manufactured fear.
The shocking story at the centre of When the Village Sleeps is as heartbreaking as it is - ultimately - full of hope.
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