South African Current Affairs
Thursday – 8th August 2019
The bestselling books in South Africa – July 2019
Our list is compiled from print sales data and other sources. It represents the bestselling books in South Africa from the previous …
Tuesday – 6th August 2019
Excerpt from The Stellenbosch Mafia: ‘Floyd Shivambu was one of Johann Rupert’s go-to men in his informal intelligence network’
Read an extract from The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaires’ Club by Pieter du Toit.
Join former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas at the Joburg launch of After Dawn (13 August)
How can we free South Africa from corruption? Find out at the launch of After Dawn: Hope After State Capture by Mcebisi Jonas.
Monday – 5th August 2019
Jonathan Ball Publishers joins the audiobook revolution: Now you can listen to your favourite South African books!
A leader in the field of local publishing in history, politics and current affairs, Jonathan Ball Publishers has now joined the audiobook revolution!
Friday – 2nd August 2019
The programme for the 2019 Open Book Festival has been revealed!
The full programme has been announced for the ninth Open Book Festival!
Thursday – 1st August 2019
‘What we’re seeing in Cape Town is just a fragment of transnational organised crime’ – Watch an interview with Caryn Dolley on her new book The Enforcers
Caryn Dolley chatted to Open News recently about her new book The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles.
Wednesday – 31st July 2019
New book alert! Parcel of Death, the little-told life story of Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, hailed by many as the ‘godfather’ of the June 1976 uprisings
A compelling portrait of Onkgopotse Abram Tiro’s story and its lasting significance in South Africa’s history, Parcel of Death by Gaongalelwe Tiro is out this August from Pan Macmillan.
Tuesday – 30th July 2019
Video: Does the ‘Stellenbosch Mafia’ really exist and how much power do they wield over South Africa?
In this video, author and News24 assistant editor for in-depth news Pieter du Toit unpacks his book, The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaires’ Club.
Footnotes, August 2019: Book links from around the web
At The Reading List, we’re trainspotters when it comes to interesting book links, and here are a number that caught our eye over the last month. Browse and enjoy!
Monday – 29th July 2019
Don’t miss the launch of The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles by Caryn Dolley at Love Books (30 July)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Love Books invite you to the launch of The Enforcers: Inside Cape Town’s Deadly Nightclub Battles by Caryn Dolley.
Friday – 26th July 2019
Read an excerpt from Blood on Her Hands: South Africa’s Most Notorious Female Killers by Tanya Farber
This excerpt focuses on Chané van Heerden, also known as ‘Welkom Killer’, who was convicted of the murder of Michael van Eck in 2011, when she was 20 years old.
Thursday – 25th July 2019
Cover reveal! South Africa’s Survival Guide to Climate Change – a practical handbook by Sarah Emily Wild and Sipho Kings
‘Climate change may be the greatest challenge that humanity will ever face. The decisions we take around it – or fail to take – will determine what the future looks like not only for us, but for most living beings on the planet.’
Wednesday – 24th July 2019
‘My whiteness saved my life that day’ – Bradley Steyn, author of Undercover with Mandela’s Spies, describes the massacre that changed his life
Bradley D Steyn spoke to Polity SA recently about his book Undercover with Mandela’s Spies: The Story of The Boy Who Crossed the Square.
Monday – 22nd July 2019
All the book launch details for The Stellenbosch Mafia by Pieter du Toit – in Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Joburg and Pretoria
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaires’ Club by Pieter du Toit.
Wednesday – 17th July 2019
Watch Quintus Potgieter’s in-depth book review of The A to Z of South African Politics
Quintus Potgieter reviews The A to Z of South African Politics: People, Parties and Players on his digital talk show – The Quintessential Show.
Monday – 15th July 2019
The Stellenbosch Mafia – all male, all Afrikaans, and all stinking rich – what influence does this billionaires’ club exert on South Africa?
The Stellenbosch Mafia: Inside the Billionaires’ Club by Pieter du Toit is out in July 2019 from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 10th July 2019
Watch the book trailer for No Neutral Ground: Finding Jesus in a Cape Town Ghetto by Pete Portal, shot on location in the Cape Flats
No Neutral Ground is the gripping account of Pete Portal’s move from London to Manenberg, of addicts and gangsters meeting Jesus and being transformed and all the heartbreak and failure along the way.
Tuesday – 9th July 2019
Is there hope after state capture? Find out in After Dawn by former Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas
From the pen of the former deputy finance minister of South Africa, Mcebisi Jonas, comes After Dawn: Hope After State Capture.
Celebrate Black Girls in Literature and Women’s Month with BlackBird Books and Bridge Books in Joburg (10 August)
BlackBird Books, an imprint of Jacana Media, invites you to a Black Girls in Literature event at Bridge Books in Johannesburg – in celebration of Women’s Month!
Monday – 8th July 2019
2019 South African Book Fair – find out more about the authors and events!
The 2019 South African Book Fair will take place from 6–8 September at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg.