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François Levaillant’s travel book became a huge bestseller centuries ago. Ian Glenn traces his engagement with the author
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Non-fiction

History, politics, drugs, terrorists, cartoons, sport celebrities and memoirs … expand your knowledge over the Christmas period

  • Advertorial Supplement
12 min read
New man: Yogi Govan runs his Bo Kaap barbershop with his eyes on the future but the past can’t be erased. Govan builds the business on his father Harry’s principles and attitude. His photo hangs on the shop wall.
BARBERSHOP

Old school barber, new school politics

Sometimes you discover that people you expect to be stuck in the past are in sync with the future

  • Haji Mohamed Dawjee
7 min read
We will always remember the role that was played by the fallen hero in the liberation struggle and also in the post-1994 period, said the SACP.
CREATIVE NON FICTION

‘Is fokol is nex’: The South Western side of life

A week in the life of a Soweto flâneur and the characters of the township he encounters

  • Staff Reporter
3 min read
For Bophuthatswana leader Lucas Mangope’s death brings into focus the role of bantustans and their leaders in upholding apartheid’s mission.
BANTUSTANS

On Bop and the legacy of nostalgia

It’s not strange that people feel nostalgic about Bophuthatswana – it’s part of being South African

  • Staff Reporter
8 min read
Waiting for the trifle: Dinika Govender’s family ready for dessert at the Christmas Ever dinner
CHRISTMAS

When pudding is no trifling matter

"And for as long as Koo does not change its canned peaches recipe and raspberry jelly is still pink, the family trifle pudding will stay the same".

  • Dinika Govender
4 min read
A brick house: Zaza Hlalethwa
CREATIVE NON FICTION

My mother raised a brick house

"Like the space between bricks, cement fills the connections between my hips and feet".

  • Zaza Hlalethwa
1 min read