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Therapist: Dr Mazibuko says he sees far more women than men in therapy and men often drop out once they feel slightly better. Photo: EQ4 Brand Architects

When ethics drives you mad: Dr. Onke Mazibuko explores the psychology of whistleblowing in canary

In his second novel, Canary, Dr Onke Mazibuko writes about whistleblowing, corporate bullying and mental health

Sepedi poet and cultural worker Moses Seletisa

Speaking in tongues: The literary revolution rooted in Sepedi and Setswana

The quiet power of Moses Seletisa’s Sepedi poetry and Sabata Mokae’s Setswana novels

hile in prison, Yahya Sinwar wrote The Thorn and the Carnation. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The Thorn and the Carnation: A novel by a Palestinian leader during his incarceration in Israeli prisons

Yahya Sinwar writes that ‘despite tireless attempts to erase their Arab identity, Islamic faith and Palestinian heritage, they remain more steadfast than anyone could have…

hold placards during an anti-corruption protest march in Harare in 2020 after which she was arrested. Photo: Supplied

The black feminist’s survival guide

Critically-acclaimed Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga’s new book Black and Female describes the lived experience of the African feminist

National treasure: John Kani has always believed in approaching the artistic process as an honest journey, and with an open heart.  (Paul Botes/M&G)

Q&A Sessions: From sangomas to the world’s biggest stages, John Kani has seen it all

His father took him to isangoma when he wanted to be an actor. Today Dr John Kani is revered the world over. He tells Athandiwe Saba about his passions

Stephen Gray edited a series of South African works for Penguin, bringing back into print several almost forgotten classics. (Paul Botes)

Obituary: Literary allrounder Stephen Gray was a scholar, critic, novelist and poet

Stephen Gray made an immense, long contribution to the South African literary landscape across many genres, but it was poetry that he described as ‘the main activity of my life’

In 1980, Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army members hold a rally before the independence elections. Photo: AFP

Oh, to be ‘free’ in Zimbabwe

Revisiting a book written in 1989 is an opportunity to review the country’s history

The printed word: This selection of literature has been written by two South Africans, a Zimbabwean, a Nigerian and a Jamaican

Five good reads to enjoy

The books include a collection of short stories, three novels and a great work of nonfiction

The decision by the rescue practitioners to place workers on leave and suspend domestic flights follows heated negotiations between the rescue practitioners and labour unions earlier in the week regarding the airline’s retrenchment process.

Border delays because officials can

Four hours after our arrival in Lagos, the immigration officials must have felt they had sufficiently flexed their muscles

Unhu: Through telling a story, author Tsitsi Dangarembga looks at women’s varying views and and the dynamics between them

Dangarembga builds on her two earlier books

Here the protagonist is in her 30s, and she again narrates her story herself with an interesting distancing to reflect the divisions in her being.

In a cozy conversation

On our Lists this week: On Sunday Blues and Neneh Cherry

In a cozy conversation, interspersed with music, Cherry speaks about what shaped her politics and memories.

My journey of reading women

My journey of reading women, writing as a woman and growing a wide heart

Growing up, I was taught that reading was the key to life. Now I read to write.

Liu Cixin won the 2015 Hugo Award for his novel ‘The Three Body Problem”.

‘General’ Liu Cixin deserves highest rank

Fascinating arguments and ideas combined with a taut narrative tension make prize-winning novel by eminent author hard to put down.

Urban gardening with with Jane Griffiths

Everything you wanted to know about a vegetable garden comes to you between two covers.

Elleke Boehmer shares secrets and a Soviet embrace

In her latest novel author Elleke Boehmer explores the life of a family from Netherlands living in South Africa.

New York Times described Marlon James’s novel on the 1976 assassination attempt on reggae singer Bob Marley as “epic

Novel on the attempted assassination of Bob Marley makes the Man Booker long list

Jamaican author Marlon James’s book, A Brief History of Seven Killings, is one of the 13 novels that made it onto the Man Booker Prize long list.

Game of ideological thrones

George RR Martin believes right-wing science ­fiction writers have wrecked the Hugo Awards.

Writers can give hope to a society living in fear

Award-winning author Ursula le Guin speaks out against greedy publishers

Ups and downs: Martinique Stilwell as a child on her family’s yacht.

A high-seas education

Growing up in the global yachting community made for a great memoir.

Novelist Sapphire complains of ‘very real’ racism in the arts

The author of <i>Precious</i> talks about abiding barriers to black artists in America.