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Dennis Brutus: The South African Years
Tyrone August, Dennis Brutus: The South African Years (Cape Town: BestRed, 2020) ALTHOUGH renowned as a poet, political activist,…
When They Came for Me: The Hidden Diary of an Apartheid Prisoner
John R. Schlapobersky, When They Came for Me: The Hidden Diary of an Apartheid Prisoner (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball,…
Searching for Sarah: The Woman who Loved Langenhoven
Dominique Malherbe, Searching for Sarah: The Woman who Loved Langenhoven (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2021) SARAH (Saartjie) Eva Goldblatt was…
Secrets from the Cockpit: Pilots Behaving Badly and Other Flying Stories
Robert Schapiro, Secrets from the Cockpit: Pilots Behaving Badly and Other Flying Stories (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2021) WHEN I…
Copyright for Academics in the Digital Age
Putting teaching materials on the web doesn’t necessarily promote public knowledge By Colin Ramsey and Martha McCaughey…
Into Dark Water: A Police Memoir
Jeremy Vearey, Into Dark Water: A Police Memoir (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2021) THIS is a curate’s egg of a…
Hitler’s Spies: Secret Agents and the Intelligence War in South Africa, 1939–1945
Evert Kleynhans, Hitler’s Spies: Secret Agents and the Intelligence War in South Africa,1939–1945 (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2021) MILITARY history…
Decolonise Plan S, South African academics hear
Scientists warned against ‘apartheidisation’ of research and spiralling costs Plan S—the controversial open-access publishing plan that has…
Dr Abdullah Abdurahman: South Africa’s First Elected Black Politician
Martin Plaut, Dr Abdullah Abdurahman: South Africa’s First Elected Black Politician (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2020) HIS funeral in Cape Town…
A Lawyer’s Odyssey: Apartheid, Mandela and Beyond
Henry Brown, A Lawyer’s Odyssey: Apartheid, Mandela and Beyond (Pietermaritzburg: Otterley Press, 2020) THE APARTHEID era produced a stream…
