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A Legacy of Spies
John le Carré, A Legacy of Spies (Penguin Random House) IN the novel that first made John le Carré’s…
The President’s Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma in Power and out of Prison
Jacques Pauw, The President’s Keepers: Those Keeping Zuma in Power and out of Prison (Tafelberg) HE became South Africa’s…
Hitmen for Hire: Exposing South Africa’s Underworld
Mark SHAW, Hitmen for Hire: Exposing South Africa’s Underworld (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2017) WANT someone rubbed out? It could…
Oliver Tambo: A Jacana Pocket Biography
Hugh MACMILLAN, Oliver Tambo: A Jacana Pocket Biography (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2017) HAD it not been for the Treason Trial…
Not Without a Fight: The Autobiography
Helen ZILLE, Not Without a Fight: The Autobiography (Cape Town: Penguin Random House, 2016) HELEN Zille arrived home one…
The Man Who Founded the ANC: A Biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme
Bongani NGQULUNGA, The Man Who Founded the ANC: A Biography of Pixley ka Isaka Seme (Cape Town: Penguin, 2017)…
Spy: Uncovering Craig Williamson
Jonathan ANCER, Spy: Uncovering Craig Williamson (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2017) HUNDREDS of apartheid-era operatives have quietly disappeared into the…
We, the People: Insights of an Activist Judge
Albie SACHS, We, the People: Insights of an Activist Judge (Johannesburg: Wits University Press, 2016) THE South African Constitution…
No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela
Thandeka GQUBULE, No Longer Whispering to Power: The Story of Thuli Madonsela (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2017) Her…
History Matters: Selected Writings, 1970–2016
Bill NASSON, History Matters: Selected Writings, 1970–2016 (Cape Town: Penguin, 2016) SOMETHING of a self-indulgence? Many might regard auto-anthology…
