South African Current Affairs

Thursday – 31st October 2019

Don’t miss the launch of Arthur Chaskalson: A Life Dedicated to Justice for All by Stephen Ellmann

Arthur Chaskalson: A Life Dedicated to Justice for All by Stephen Ellmann is a biography of a remarkable life lived in service both to law and to the struggle for social change and justice.

Tuesday – 29th October 2019

Join Ronnie Kasrils at the Pretoria launch of his new memoir Catching Tadpoles: The Shaping of a Young Rebel (5 Nov)

Jacana Media and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of Catching Tadpoles: The Shaping of a Young Rebel, an extraordinary coming-of-age memoir from Ronnie Kasrils.

Friday – 25th October 2019

‘It’s a very important book’ – Eusebius McKaiser talks to Crispian Olver about his book A House Divided: The Feud That Took Cape Town to the Brink

Crispian Olver chatted to Eusebius McKaiser recently about his book A House Divided: The Feud That Took Cape Town to the Brink.

Tuesday – 22nd October 2019

Calling all writers! Submit your novel to Jonathan Ball Publishers

Jonathan Ball Publishers is accepting fiction submissions from 1–15 November 2019.

Monday – 21st October 2019

New book alert! Blessed by Bosasa: Inside Gavin Watson’s State Capture Cult by Adriaan Basson

It’s easy to imagine that state capture began with Jacob Zuma and the Guptas. But you’d be wrong.

Thursday – 17th October 2019

Don’t miss the launch of A House Divided: The Feud That Took Cape Town to the Brink by Crispian Olver at The Book Lounge (17 Oct)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Book Lounge invite you to the launch of A House Divided: The Feud That Took Cape Town to the Brink by Crispian Olver.

Tuesday – 15th October 2019

Don’t miss the launch of A House Divided: The Feud That Took Cape Town to the Brink by Crispian Olver at Love Books (23 Oct)

Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books invite you to the launch of A House Divided: The Feud That Took Cape Town to the Brink by Crispian Olver.

Thursday – 10th October 2019

Crispian Olver exposes the political meltdown behind ‘Day Zero’ in his new book A House Divided: The Feud That Took Cape Town to the Brink

Crispian Olver’s new book, A House Divided: The Feud That Took Cape Town to the Brink, is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers!

Monday – 7th October 2019

New book alert! Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe: New Reflections – thought-provoking and moving essays collected by Benjamin Pogrund

Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe: New Reflections by Benjamin Pogrund is out in October from Jonathan Ball Publishers.

Wednesday – 2nd October 2019

Exhibition opening – Daylin Paul’s Broken Land (winner of the Ernest Cole Award) at Wits Art Museum (8 Oct)

Don’t miss the opening of Daylin Paul’s Broken Land at the Wits Art Museum, showing until Sunday 27 October.

Friday – 27th September 2019

Join Shirley Gunn and Shanil Haricharan with Charles Nqakula for the launch of Voices from the Underground at Love Books (1 Oct)

Join Penguin Random House at Love Books in Joburg for the launch of Voices from the Underground: Eighteen Life Stories from Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Ashley Kriel Detachment.

Monday – 23rd September 2019

Join Mcebisi Jonas at the Joburg launch of After Dawn, with Kgalema Motlanthe, Olusegun Obasanjo and Pravin Gordhan (25 Sep)

You are invited to the launch of After Dawn: Hope After State Capture by Mcebisi Jonas.

Thursday – 19th September 2019

All the book launch details for Black Tax: Burden or Ubuntu?, edited by Niq Mhlongo (in Soweto, Rosebank, Pretoria and Melville)

Book launch: Black Tax edited by Niq Mhlongo | Soweto

Tuesday – 17th September 2019

Join Albie Sachs, in conversation with Shirley Gunn and Shanil Haricharan, for the Cape Town launch of Voices from the Underground (26 Sep)

Join Penguin Random House in Cape Town for the launch of Voices from the Underground: Eighteen Life Stories from Umkhonto we Sizwe’s Ashley Kriel Detachment.

Is 2019’s election the most important since the advent of democracy in 1994? Find out in the new book Election 2019

Election 2019: Change and Stability in South Africa’s Democracy, edited by Collette Schulz-Herzenberg and Roger Southall, is out now from Jacana Media.