Books
The weight of inheritance
Oyinkan Braithwaite makes room for flashes of dry humour even in sorrow
By Monique Verduyn
An examination of how we understand power
The stories in ‘Power: Short Stories’ offer many interpretations of the theme
By Arja Salafranca
Sweeping out bad habits to make space for better ones
An excerpt from 'Healing the Mother Wound' by Moshitadi Lehlomela
By Moshitadi Lehlomela
Five novels to read in November
Family wounds, the search for belonging, inheritance, healing and murder with a side of metaphysics
By Monique Verduyn
The wild world of Cat Stevens
The singer-songwriter writes about that Carly Simon song, his life as a devout Muslim and plenty more in his autobiography
By John Fraser
Mother, tyrant, muse: Arundhati Roy’s fierce inheritance
Booker Prize-winning author’s memoir unravels the making of a writer-activist
By David Gorin
What space exploration can teach us about life on Earth
‘Out of This World and Into the Next’ is not an engineering manual, but a book about why we explore
By Monique Verduyn
Angles on an annihilation
‘Endling’ by Maria Reva is satirical and witty, playful and shocking, introspective and a shout from the rooftops
By David Gorin
How to fix our broken SOEs
Guide to transforming state-owned entities into engines of growth, stability and social progress to benefit of all
By Jane Steinacker
Locked-up madwoman is given gothic body horror treatment
In ‘Carrion Crow’, Heather Parry examines class and capitalism through the demands placed on women to perform respectability
By Monique Verduyn
Murder, medicine and madness in UK’s NHS
‘A Particularly Nasty Case’ has been diagnosed as a particularly enjoyable read
By John Fraser
BIG READ: Tender comrades — how Malema bankrolled his party
An excerpt from ‘Malema: Money. Power. Patronage’ by Micah Reddy & Pauli van Wyk
By Micah Reddy and Pauli van Wyk
Practical guide to setting meaningful goals
The book is a rare find in the crowded leadership genre, resisting the temptation of quick fixes
By Jane Steinacker and Yvonne Fontyn
A Halloween reading guide
Gothic suspense, haunted houses, unreliable narrators, and stories of obsession and madness
By Monique Verduyn
How to become an advanced public speaker
Dineshrie Pillay shares her storytelling secrets and ways to deliver your material in an engaging way
By Yvonne Fontyn
