Book Review Archives

The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran had to Die

25th September 2025

Jeff Wicks, The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran had to Die (Cape…

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Attacking the Heart of Apartheid: The ANC’s Special Operations Unit

25th September 2025

Yunus Carrim, Attacking the Heart of Apartheid: The ANC’s MK Special…

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The High Treason Club: The Boeremag on Trial

25th September 2025

Karin Mitchell, The High Treason Club: The Boeremag on Trial (Cape Town:…

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Hollywood on the Veld

21st July 2025

Ted Botha, Hollywood on the Veld: When Movie Mayhem Gripped the…

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Comrade & Commander

18th July 2025

Ronnie Kasrils and Fidelis Hove (eds), Comrade & Commander: The Life…

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Guilty and Proud: An MK Soldier’s Memoir of Exile, Prison and Freedom

18th July 2025

Marion Sparg, Guilty and Proud: An MK Soldier’s Memoir of Exile,…

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Available Light: Omar Badsha and the Struggle for Change in South Africa

18th July 2025

Daniel Magaziner, Available Light: Omar Badsha and the Struggle for Change…

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Election 2024 South Africa: Countdown to Coalition

24th April 2025

Collette Schulz-Herzenberg and Roger Southall (eds), Election 2024 South Africa: Countdown…

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Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid

24th April 2025

Xolisa Guzula and Athambile Masola, Together Apart: The Story of Living…

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The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment

24th April 2025

Pieter du Toit, The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the…

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The Bams of Grasslands Farm: A Family History

24th April 2025

Seán Morrow, The Bams of Grasslands Farm: A Family History (Johannesburg: Staging…

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I Will Not Be Silenced

21st February 2025

Karyn Maughan, I Will Not Be Silenced (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2024) BETWEEN…

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