South African Current Affairs
Monday – 1st October 2018
Out now from the Picador Africa Heritage Series: Call Me Woman by Ellen Kuzwayo
Picador Africa celebrates five important books in the Heritage Series. 491 Days: Prisoner Number 1323/69 by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Conversations with Myself by Nelson …
Thursday – 20th September 2018
Imprisoned – Sylvia Neame’s extraordinary personal account of incarceration under apartheid
Imprisoned: The Experience of a Prisoner Under Apartheid by Sylvia Neame is coming soon from Jacana Media.
Tuesday – 18th September 2018
Louis Botha: A Man Apart – the new book from bestselling author Richard Steyn
Louis Botha’s life illuminated in full, from Richard Steyn, the bestselling author of Jan Smuts: Unafraid of Greatness and Churchill and Smuts: The Friendship.
Friday – 14th September 2018
Join Stephan Hofstatter for the launch of Licence to Loot with Mzukisi Qobo at Love Books
Penguin Random House and Love Books invite you to the launch of Licence to Loot: How the Plunder of Eskom and Other Parastatals Almost Sank South Africa.
Out now! Across Boundaries by Ton Vosloo, one of South Africa’s most widely admired newspapermen
Across Boundaries: A Life in the Media at a Time of Change by Ton Vosloo is out now from Jonathan Ball Publishers.
Wednesday – 12th September 2018
Join Simone Haysom and Mandy Wiener for the launch of The Last Words of Rowan du Preez in Johannesburg
Jonathan Ball Publishers and The Troyeville Hotel are thrilled to invite you to the launch of The Last Words of Rowan du Preez by Simone Haysom.
Don’t miss a book signing of I am Liza Smit at Exclusive Books Clearwater
Jacana Media invite you to a book signing with Liza Smit and Raquel Lewis, authors of I am Liza Smit.
Friday – 31st August 2018
Swapo Captive by Oiva Angula – The gripping account of an incarcerated Swapo cadre
Swapo Captive: A Comrade’s Experience of Betrayal and Torture by Oiva Angula is out now from Penguin Random House.
Thursday – 30th August 2018
New book alert! The Last Words of Rowan du Preez: Murder and Conspiracy on the Cape Flats by Simone Haysom
‘A South African version of In Cold Blood, done with great integrity. It reads like a thriller.’ – John Maytham
Out early September – Stephan Hofstatter’s Licence to Loot: How the Plunder of Eskom and Other Parastatals Almost Sank South Africa
Licence to Loot traces the genesis of the Eskom looting spree and explores how the Gupta family extracted billions in suspected kickbacks from state contracts and scored hugely inflated coal contracts from backroom deals.
Wednesday – 29th August 2018
Jacques Pauw’s Zuma exposé The President’s Keepers wins Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award
The President’s Keepers by investigative journalist Jacques Pauw has won the Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award – a prize for South African booksellers’ favourite book.
Tuesday – 28th August 2018
When spooks write fiction, that’s when you read the truth – don’t miss Barry Gilder’s debut novel The List
Barry Gilder’s debut novel The List is out in September from Jacana Media.
Monday – 27th August 2018
Save the date for the launch of Beaten but not Broken by Vanessa Govender – the story of a true survivor
In Beaten but not Broken, Vanessa Govender tells a graphic story of extreme abuse, living with the pain and ultimately how she was saved by her own relentless fighting spirit to find purpose and love.
Friday – 24th August 2018
New book alert! Former television journalist Vanessa Govender’s shocking memoir Beaten but not Broken
This is a story of possibilities and hope; it is the story of a true survivor.
Tuesday – 21st August 2018
Caster Semenya – the new book in the inspirational new Road to Glory series for younger readers
Caster Semenya is the fifth book in the brand-new Road to Glory series, which covers South African sporting legends as they set out on their journeys to becoming national and international stars. Written specifically for youngsters aged 10–14, it takes the reader close to all the action, and the ups and downs.
The Lost Boys of Bird Island author Chris Steyn releases statement addressing the last words of her late co-author Mark Minnie
Tafelberg Publishers has issued a statement on behalf of Chris Steyn, author of the controversial new exposé The Lost Boys of Bird Island.
Friday – 17th August 2018
Redi Tlhabi, Thandeka Gqubule, Steve Biko, Jacques Pauw and Marnus Broodryk up for Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award
The shortlist for the Nielsen Booksellers Choice Award – a prize for South African booksellers’ favourite book – has been announced.
Thursday – 16th August 2018
Meet Liza Smit and Raquel Lewis and get your copy of I am Liza Smit signed
Meet Liza Smit and Raquel Lewis and get your copy of I am Liza Smit signed.
Wednesday – 15th August 2018
The Lost Boys of Bird Island author Mark Minnie was following up ‘several leads’ at the time of his death
Before his death, Mark Minnie was ‘determined to reveal further evidence’ about the alleged paedophilia ring involving prominent National Party cabinet ministers revealed in his new book The Lost Boys of Bird Island, according to his publisher Tafelberg.
New from Zapiro! WTF: Capturing Zuma – A Cartoonist’s Tale
WTF is renowned cartoonist Zapiro’s account of the Zuma years in 400 brilliant cartoons and the stories behind them.