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Katie Mohamed at the launch of her debut memoir Brave, Today in Sandton.
AL HAMRA RESTAURANT

Katie Mohamed launches her empowering book: Brave, Today

It offers readers a guide to embracing their courage and living authentically

  • Partner Content
2 min read
Reinaldo Arenas in France in June 1988. The writer believed homosexuality began to flourish in Cuba as a protest against Fidel Castro’s regime. (Louis Monier/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images)
BEFORE NIGHT FALLS

‘Before Night Falls’: Reinaldo Arenas breaks down (in) Fidel Castro’s Cuba

Reinaldo Arenas’s memoir reveals the contradiction of a revolutionary society ruled by an autocrat

  • Percy Zvomuya
11 min read
Costa Carastavrakis named his book after himself because he ‘no longer needs a place to hide’
BOOKS

Healing from shame is a marathon task

Carastavrakis wants to help others and give them the benefit of his experience

  • Shaun De Waal
4 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa made changes to his Cabinet on Thursday. (Reuters/Mike Hutchings)
ANDREW BEATTY

Trump calls former aide Omarosa a ‘dog’

Omarosa Manigault Newman has dripped out recordings of embarrassing private conversations at the White House

  • Andrew Beatty
4 min read
Admiration for the writing style of Salman Rushdie resulted in author Zainub Dala being violently attacked.
JOSEPH ANTON

Salman Rushdie on his new memoir

Listen to the full podcast of our exclusive interview with best selling author Salman Rushdie about his latest book ‘Joseph Anton – A Memoir’.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
MEMOIRS

About a girl

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Shaun de Waal reviews <em>An Education</em>, a beautifully observed story about a schoolgirl who has an affair with an older man.

  • Shaun De Waal
2 min read