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Reflection: At the Kingsmead Book Fair readers, writers, thinkers and
the curious gather around stories. Photo: Supplied

Kingsmead Book Fair returns with conversations SA needs right now

As the 14th annual Kingsmead Book Fair returns to Johannesburg, the beloved literary gathering once again creates space for difficult conversations, thoughtful reflection and the…

Mother of the nation: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, the mother who did what she could with what she had, became something more recognisable, a
stand-in for a generation of women who stayed behind.

Rewriting Winnie Madikizela-Mandela through the eyes of her grandchildren

Refusing neat conclusions, The Trials of Winnie Mandela invites viewers into an uncomfortable but necessary confrontation with history, legacy, and generational trauma

Prize-winner: Variations on a Theme was cast entirely from the local community. Photos: Supplied

Directors Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar push creative boundaries with Variations on a Theme

A poetic, genre-blurring film, Variations on a Theme excavates ancestral grief, memory and forgotten histories in a Northern Cape community still waiting for justice

Karin Mitchell’s The High Treason Club reconstructs South Africa’s Boeremag trial, revealing extremist plots, ideological fervour and the fragility of democracy

Reckoning with South Africa’s white supremacist threat

Karin Mitchell’s The High Treason Club reconstructs South Africa’s Boeremag trial, revealing extremist plots, ideological fervour and the fragility of democracy

In post-apartheid South Africa, the system has evolved but has fundamentally stayed the same, triggering an inter-generational cycle of displacement. (Fredrik Lerneryd)

The scars of migrant labour endure on black families

In post-apartheid South Africa, the system has evolved but has fundamentally stayed the same, triggering an inter-generational cycle of displacement

Firemen extinguish a fire inside a residential building that was hit by a missile on February 25, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights unexamined motives nestled in the unconscious

Does Putin fully understand its own reasons for its incursion into Ukraine – or does he just not care?

The SANDF and SAPS in a joint operation in a raid to collect looted goods at the Nguni Hostel in Vosloorus.  (Photo Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

A new book asks the timeless question: ‘Can We Be Safe?’

Ziyanda Stuurman’s new book critiques the South African police and their role in society