Book Reviews
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…
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…
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,…
Hollywood on the Veld
Ted Botha, Hollywood on the Veld: When Movie Mayhem Gripped the City of Gold (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2025) RARELY…
Comrade & Commander
Ronnie Kasrils and Fidelis Hove (eds), Comrade & Commander: The Life and Times of Joe Modise (Johannesburg: Jacana, 2024)…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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)…
