South African Current Affairs
Friday – 7th August 2020
New book alert! All Rise: A Judicial Memoir by Justice Dikgang Moseneke
Pan Macmillan is proud to publish Justice Dikgang Moseneke’s second book, All Rise: A Judicial Memoir.
Tuesday – 4th August 2020
Pangolins: Scales of Injustice by Richard Peirce – a timely expose of the pangolin trade and Covid-19
Pangolins: Scales of Injustice by Richard Peirce is out now from Penguin Random House SA.
Monday – 27th July 2020
Graffiti-aanlynkuier: Jana Marx gesels met Bouwer Bosch oor haar boek, Afspraak met moord (30 Julie)
Graffiti Boeke en LAPA Uitgewers nooi jou graag na ’n aanlynbekendstelling van Afspraak met moord deur Jana Marx.
Unfair Game – the shocking results of a new inquiry into South Africa’s captive-bred lion industry
Unfair Game: An Exposé of South Africa’s Captive-bred Lion Industry by Michael Ashcroft is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 22nd July 2020
Don’t miss Herman Mashaba and The Accidental Mayor author Michael Beaumont in conversation with Brent Meersman (22 July)
Former mayor of Johannesburg Herman Mashaba and The Accidental Mayor author Michael Beaumont will be in conversation with Brent Meersman.
Tuesday – 21st July 2020
The DA was severely divided on the question of race and racism – Read an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg. The book is …
Friday – 17th July 2020
Virtual book launch: Refilwe Moloto chats to Wandile Sihlobo about his new book Finding Common Ground
Pan Macmillan SA has shared the video from the virtual launch of Finding Common Ground by Wandile Sihlobo.
Thursday – 16th July 2020
Two Weeks in November – Ocean’s 11 meets Game of Thrones in a real-world life or death chess match for the future of Zimbabwe
Two Weeks in November is the thrilling, surreal, unbelievable and often very funny true story of four would-be enemies – a high- ranking politician, an exiled human rights lawyer, a dangerous spy and a low-key white businessman turned political fixer – who team up to help unseat one of the world’s longest serving dictators, Robert Mugabe.
Wednesday – 15th July 2020
Updated edition of Siya Kolisi: Against All Odds by Jeremy Daniel out now
An updated edition of Siya Kolisi: Against All Odds by Jeremy Daniel is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
In trying to deal with the end of an abusive 45-year marriage, Grietjie turns to crochet: Read an extract from Crochet and Conquer
Read an extract from Crochet and Conquer by Nadia de Kock and Hilda Steyn, where a woman shares her story of abuse and survival through the power of crochet.
The DA was severely divided on the subjects of race and racism – Read an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg
Penguin Random House SA has shared an excerpt from The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg by Mashaba’s former chief of staff Michael Beaumont.
Don’t miss Wandile Sihlobo in a GIBS Business School event: Finding Common Ground – The role of agriculture in economic recovery
Economist and author Wandile Sihlobo will be taking part in a virtual event with the Gordon Institute of Business Science.
Monday – 13th July 2020
‘That’s worse than war.’ Find out what it was like to live in and to live through a time of plague, with Howard Phillips
Watch Howard Phillips discussing the moving and fascinating memories of survivors of the last great plague in South Africa, the ‘Spanish’ flu of 1918.
Die Brug: Na die hel en terug in Angola deur bekroonde skrywer Deon Lamprecht is nou beskikbaar
In Die Brug deur Deon Lamprecht keer ’n groep ouddienspligtiges terug na Angola in 2018 op soek na afsluiting – en om die wrak te vind van die Ratel waarin ’n makker op die laaste dag van die oorlog gesterf het.
Friday – 10th July 2020
Do you have any burning questions about Gauteng’s political climate? Don’t miss an interview with Michael Beaumont, author of The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg
Penguin Random House SA invite you to an online event with Michael Beaumont, Herman Mashaba’s former chief of staff and the author of The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg.
Thursday – 9th July 2020
Monday – 29th June 2020
Pan Macmillan SA stance on the South African publishing landscape
In this seminal moment, remaining silent and neutral on these matters of representation and commitment to change is not an option.
Tuesday – 23rd June 2020
Don’t miss the Daily Maverick Book Launch Webinar for Oscar van Heerden’s book Two Minutes To Midnight: Will Ramaphosa’s ANC Survive? (24 June)
Jacana Media and the Daily Maverick invite you to a Book Launch Webinar for Oscar van Heerden’s book Two Minutes To Midnight: Will Ramaphosa’s ANC Survive?
Wednesday – 17th June 2020
Join journalist Philippa Garson for a Zoom talk about life on the frontline in the last years of apartheid (17 June)
The Life, in a Garden team will be hosting a Zoom chat with Philippa Garson to discuss her new book Undeniable: Memoir of a Covert War.
Monday – 15th June 2020
Find out more about Don’t Shut Up – a new virtual book theatre launched by Jacana Media
Jacana Media is offering a virtual book theatre on its new platform Don’t Shut Up!