Month: September 2021

  • Filling in the potholes of apartheid history

    RECENTLY, on 6 September, yet another apartheid functionary took with him to the grave secrets of the past without being put through a conclusive truth process. The dead man was João Rodrigues, the last surviving […]

    Sharp Thoughts

     

  • When They Came for Me: The Hidden Diary of an Apartheid Prisoner

    John R. Schlapobersky, When They Came for Me: The Hidden Diary of an Apartheid Prisoner (Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball, 2021) IN John Schlapobersky’s case they came on Friday 13 June 1969 in the middle of a […]

    Book Reviews

     

  • Dennis Brutus: The South African Years

    Tyrone August, Dennis Brutus: The South African Years (Cape Town: BestRed, 2020) ALTHOUGH renowned as a poet, political activist, journalist and teacher, with a life story that is relatively well-known, Dennis Brutus has proved an […]

    Book Reviews