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The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran had to Die

Jeff Wicks, The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran had to Die (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2025) WHETHER South Africa is…

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

Yunus Carrim, Attacking the Heart of Apartheid: The ANC’s MK Special Operations Unit (Cape Town: Penguin, 2025) MK’s Special…

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The High Treason Club: The Boeremag on Trial

Karin Mitchell, The High Treason Club: The Boeremag on Trial (Cape Town: Penguin, 2025) THE TRIAL lasted nine years,…

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Hollywood on the Veld

Ted Botha, Hollywood on the Veld: When Movie Mayhem Gripped the City of Gold (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2025) RARELY…

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Comrade & Commander

Ronnie Kasrils and Fidelis Hove (eds), Comrade & Commander: The Life and Times of Joe Modise (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2024)…

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

Marion Sparg, Guilty and Proud: An MK Soldier’s Memoir of Exile, Prison and Freedom (Cape Town: Tafelberg, 2024) EXTRAORDINARY…

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

Daniel Magaziner, Available Light: Omar Badsha and the Struggle for Change in South Africa (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2025) Daniel Magaziner, Available…

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Election 2024 South Africa: Countdown to Coalition

Collette Schulz-Herzenberg and Roger Southall (eds), Election 2024 South Africa: Countdown to Coalition (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2024) IT was widely…

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Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid

Xolisa Guzula and Athambile Masola, Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2024) No-one under 35…

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The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment

Pieter du Toit, The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2024)…

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