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24 Sept 2026

Sinikithemba: The Labour of Hope and Science at McCord Hospital in the Era of HIV original ↗

21 Sept 2026

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Home Affairs original ↗

22 Aug 2026

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17 Aug 2026

The rise of the political right-wing: Part 1, The appropriation of history original ↗

11 Aug 2026

The Road to Unity: The Lutheran Churches of Southern Africa Confronting a Divided Past original ↗

26 Jul 2026

Three Wise Monkeys original ↗

19 Jul 2026

State of emergency or emergency of the state? June forty years ago original ↗

28 Jun 2026

A Roving Eye: Selected Essays original ↗

23 Jun 2026

Soweto … fifty years on original ↗

14 Jun 2026

The House at 6001: A Memoir of Uprising and Exile original ↗

14 Jun 2026

Murder, suicide or insanity?: driving in South Africa original ↗

20 May 2026

The future of history in the age of AI original ↗

17 May 2026

The Power and the Glory: A New History of the World Cup original ↗

16 May 2026

Walter Sisulu: A Sense of Outrage original ↗

23 Apr 2026

Resurgent Zulu nationalism original ↗

23 Apr 2026

Fundamentalist religion and the Middle East original ↗

23 Apr 2026

Behind Prison Walls: Unlocking a Safer South Africa original ↗

2 Apr 2026

Living in truth: the legacy of Vaclav Havel original ↗

23 Mar 2026

The Dark Prince original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Mafia Land: Inside South Africa’s Darkest Cartels original ↗

18 Feb 2026

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18 Feb 2026

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18 Feb 2026

Subverting South Africa original ↗

22 Jan 2026

Belonging: A History of Indian South Africans original ↗

18 Jan 2026

2025

The death of Albert Luthuli: history and myth making original ↗

21 Nov 2025

Trump and the Peace Prize original ↗

21 Nov 2025

The joys and importance of reading original ↗

31 Oct 2025

Humanity and palaces of dreams original ↗

28 Sept 2025

Corporate Newsman: A Life of Integrity original ↗

21 Sept 2025

The Shadow State: Why Babita Deokaran had to Die original ↗

17 Sept 2025

Human rights in South Africa original ↗

31 Aug 2025

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

31 Aug 2025

Sword: D-Day Trial by Battle original ↗

28 Jul 2025

Mzala and Buthelezi original ↗

25 Jul 2025

The High Treason Club: The Boeremag on Trial original ↗

19 Jul 2025

Hollywood on the Veld original ↗

23 Jun 2025

A Charter for freedom original ↗

22 Jun 2025

Comrade & Commander original ↗

22 Jun 2025

The lie about white genocide in South Africa original ↗

31 May 2025

Journalism for a democratic South Africa original ↗

31 May 2025

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28 Apr 2025

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24 Apr 2025

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

24 Apr 2025

Election 2024 South Africa: Countdown to Coalition original ↗

18 Apr 2025

Together Apart: The Story of Living in Apartheid original ↗

1 Apr 2025

Nothing to fear but fear itself original ↗

28 Mar 2025

The Super Cadres: ANC Misrule in the Age of Deployment original ↗

24 Mar 2025

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28 Feb 2025

The Bams of Grasslands Farm: A Family History original ↗

19 Feb 2025

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19 Feb 2025

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29 Jan 2025

2024

Karla’s Choice: A John le Carré Novel original ↗

26 Dec 2024

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12 Dec 2024

A new world order?original ↗

12 Dec 2024

I Will Not Be Silenced original ↗

12 Dec 2024

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12 Dec 2024

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8 Nov 2024

MAGA and the return of Trump original ↗

8 Nov 2024

The Truth about Cape Slavery original ↗

24 Oct 2024

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3 Oct 2024

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28 Sept 2024

Social media: a world of hatred and fakery original ↗

20 Aug 2024

High Times: The Extraordinary Life of a Joburg Dope Smuggler original ↗

11 Aug 2024

Botha, Smuts and the First World War original ↗

11 Aug 2024

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29 Jun 2024

Crash and Burn: A CEO’s Crazy Adventures in the SA Airline Industry original ↗

21 Jun 2024

D-Day eighty years on original ↗

5 Jun 2024

Saving South Africa: Lessons from the uMngeni Municipality Success Story original ↗

4 Jun 2024

Prisoners of Jan Smuts: Italian Prisoners of War in South Africa in WWII original ↗

2 May 2024

Showing the middle finger to democracy in South Africa original ↗

2 May 2024

The First Black Dominican Sisters in Natal (1922‒39): At the Crossroads of Race and Gender original ↗

14 Apr 2024

An Orwellian South Africa?original ↗

10 Apr 2024

Breaking the Bombers: How the Hunt for Pagad Created a Crack Police Unit original ↗

16 Mar 2024

South Africa’s upcoming elections original ↗

27 Feb 2024

Moscow on the veld original ↗

27 Feb 2024

Capture in the Court: In Defence of Judges and the Constitution original ↗

18 Feb 2024

Death and hypocrisy original ↗

7 Feb 2024

20 Battles: Searching for a South African Way of War, 1913-2013 original ↗

23 Jan 2024

The Thabo Bester Story: The Facebook Rapist, the Celebrity Doctor and the Escape from Cell 35 original ↗

6 Jan 2024

2023

The universal suppression of women’s rights: Womandla!original ↗

31 Dec 2023

Back to the Front: A Memoir original ↗

31 Dec 2023

Blood has a Voice: Stories from the Autopsy Table original ↗

7 Dec 2023

Statues and Storms: Leading through Change original ↗

2 Dec 2023

The betrayal of academic custodianship and the rise of the disciplinary university original ↗

1 Dec 2023

Eskom: Power, Politics and the (Post) Apartheid State original ↗

4 Nov 2023

Rhoda: A Biography original ↗

8 Oct 2023

Confronting the geography of apartheid original ↗

25 Sept 2023

South Africa: moving towards the illiberal original ↗

21 Sept 2023

UDF unites, apartheid divides: the 40th anniversary of a non-racial front original ↗

20 Aug 2023

Standing up for Science: A Voice of Reason original ↗

17 Aug 2023

Looking in a Russian mirror original ↗

30 Jul 2023

Zondo at your Fingertips original ↗

30 Jul 2023

Whitey: The Rise and Rule of the Shoprite King original ↗

3 Jul 2023

From king of the world to parliamentary outcast original ↗

29 Jun 2023

Takka Takka Bom Bom: A South African War Correspondent’s Story original ↗

29 Jun 2023