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Comrade Editor: On Life, Journalism, and the Birth of Namibia

Gwen Lister, Comrade Editor: On Life, Journalism and the Birth of Namibia (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2021) ON 11 June…

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Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad

Michela Wrong, Do Not Disturb: The Story of a Political Murder and an African Regime Gone Bad (London: Fourth…

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Business of the Book 2021

  The Business of the Book seminar brings together authors, publishers and booksellers in a frank discussion about the…

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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,…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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