South African Current Affairs
Tue – 4th Apr 2023
The Plot to Save South Africa – Justice Malala revisits the assassination of Chris Hani 30 years on
The Plot to Save South Africa: Chris Hani’s Murder and the Week Nelson Mandela Averted Civil War by Justice Malala is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
The Misery Merchants: Life and Death in a Private South African Prison – The only account of the madness at Mangaung Prison
Thabo Bester, ‘The Facebook Rapist’ and prison escapee, will now be charged with murder. Bester, who ran a business from jail, escaped from Mangaung Prison last year, having faked his suicide.
Wed – 15th Feb 2023
Join Jacana Media in Centurion or Johannesburg for the launch of The Lost Prince of the ANC (15 and 16 Feb)
Jacana Media invites you to celebrate the launch of The Lost Prince of the ANC: The Life and Times of Jabulani Nobleman ‘Mzala’ Nxumalo by Mandla J Radebe.
Tue – 14th Feb 2023
Don’t miss the launch of In My Life: Stories From Young Activists in South Africa 2002–2022 at Love Books (23 Feb)
Jacana Media invites you to the launch of In My Life: Stories From Young Activists in South Africa 2002–2022, edited by Shannon Walsh, Claudia Mitchell and Mandla Oliphant.
Fri – 10th Feb 2023
You can now listen to Undercover with Mandela’s Spies: The Story of The Boy Who Crossed the Square as an audiobook!
Undercover with Mandela’s Spies: The Story of The Boy Who Crossed the Square, the bestselling memoir by Bradley D Steyn and Mark Fine, is out as an audiobook!
Mon – 6th Feb 2023
Has BEE achieved what it was set up to do, or, in the long term, will it prove more of a hindrance than a help? Chris Bishop investigates in The BEE Billionaires
The BEE Billionaires by Chris Bishop is out now from Penguin Random House!
Thu – 19th Jan 2023
The people stood and fought, and fought and stood – Apartheid’s Stalingrad: How the Townships of the Eastern Cape Defied the Apartheid War Machine
In the townships of the Eastern Cape, where the state threw everything they had at the uprisings of the mid-and late 1980s, the people stood and fought, and fought and stood. Apartheid’s Stalingrad is the first account in remembering those who fought and the power of the people.
Don’t miss the launch of The Presidents: From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership in the Age of Crisis by Richard Calland and Mabel Sithole at Love Books (6 Dec)
Penguin Random House and Love Books invite you to the in-store launch of The Presidents: From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership in the Age of Crisis by Richard Calland and Mabel Sithole.
Join Pieter du Toit for the launch of his new book The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few in Pretoria (24 Nov)
Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few by Pieter du Toit.
Tue – 8th Nov 2022
Don’t miss the launch of The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few by Pieter du Toit in Stellenbosch (17 Nov)
Jonathan Ball Publishers invite you to the launch of The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few by Pieter du Toit.
Fri – 4th Nov 2022
Join Pieter du Toit for the launch of his new book The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few in Cape Town (16 Nov)
Jonathan Ball Publishers and Exclusive Books invite you to the launch of The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few by Pieter du Toit.
Thu – 3rd Nov 2022
The Presidents: From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership in the Age of Crisis – shining new light on the leaders entrusted with South Africa’s future
The Presidents: From Mandela to Ramaphosa, Leadership in the Age of Crisis by Richard Calland and Mabel Sithole is out now from Penguin Random House.
Wed – 2nd Nov 2022
The Unaccountables: The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity – an urgent and passionately argued call to action (Plus: Launch dates 2-9 Nov)
The Unaccountable The Powerful Politicians and Corporations who Profit from Impunity, edited by Michael Marchant, Mamello Mosiana, Ra’eesa Pather and Hennie van Vuuren, is out now from Jacana Media!
Tue – 1st Nov 2022
Don’t miss the launch of The ANC Billionaires by Pieter du Toit in Joburg (8 Nov)
Jonathan Ball Publishers invites you to the launch of The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few by Pieter du Toit.
Mon – 31st Oct 2022
Lester Kiewit talks to author Pieter du Toit about his new book The ANC Billionaires in the new episode of Pagecast
In this week’s episode, CapeTalk Breakfast Show host Lester Kiewit is joined by top-selling author Pieter du Toit to chat about his latest book, The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few.
Wed – 5th Oct 2022
New book alert! The ANC Billionaires – Pieter du Toit examines ‘the party of government and patronage’
The ANC Billionaires: Big Capital’s Gambit and the Rise of the Few by Pieter du Toit is out in October by Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Tue – 27th Sep 2022
Are John Dube and Pixley ka Isaka Seme relevant to today’s ANC? Don’t miss a Jacana Media Conversation on the topic (27 Sep)
Join Heather Hughes, author of The First President: A Life of John L Dube, Founding President of the ANC, and Bongani Ngqulunga, author of The Man Who Founded the ANC: A Biography of Pixley Ka Isaka Seme, discuss to what extent Hughes’s work on Dube remains relevant since its first publication.
Fri – 23rd Sep 2022
‘It doesn’t get bigger than Naspers and the billions Koos Bekker made from it’ – TJ Strydom
There is plenty to learn from South Africa’s most interesting entrepreneur, says TJ Strydom, financial journalist, game-show enthusiast and author of Koos Bekker’s Billions.
Tue – 13th Sep 2022
Lees nou ’n uittreksel uit Fortuine deur Ebbe Dommisse – onlangs benoem vir ’n ATKV-Woordveertjie en ’n kykNET-Rapportprys!
Gaan Fortuine deur Ebbe Dommisse vandeesmaand met ’n Woordveertjie en ’n kykNET-Rapportprys wegstap? Hou die spasie dop. Intussen, lees gerus ’n uittreksel!
Thu – 1st Sep 2022
New book alert! Dear Comrade President: Oliver Tambo and the Foundations of South Africa’s Constitution by André Odendaal
Dear Comrade President: Oliver Tambo and the Foundations of South Africa’s Constitution by André Odendaal is out now from Penguin Random House!