Book Review Archives

The Dark Prince

31st March 2026

Pieter du Toit, The Dark Prince (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2025) WITH regularity…

Mafia Land: Inside South Africa’s Darkest Cartels

31st March 2026

Kyle Cowan, Mafia Land: Inside South Africa’s Darkest Cartels (Cape Town: Penguin,…

Kasinomics Unleashed: The Evolution of the Informal Economy and the Inspiring Entrepreneurs and Executives who Power it

31st March 2026

GG Alcock, Kasinomics Unleashed: The Evolution of the Informal Economy…

Belonging: A History of Indian South Africans

13th February 2026

Ashwin Desai and Goolam Vahed, Belonging: A History of Indian South…

Corporate Newsman: A Life of Integrity

13th February 2026

Kaizer Nyatsumba, Corporate Newsman: A Life of Integrity (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2025)…

The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran had to Die

25th September 2025

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

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…

The High Treason Club: The Boeremag on Trial

25th September 2025

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

Hollywood on the Veld

21st July 2025

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

Comrade & Commander

18th July 2025

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

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,…

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…