These Bones Will Rise Again

A timeous book, with Zimbabwe’s elections taking place this same month, These Bones Will Rise Again responds to the November 2017 ousting of Robert...

Southern African Muckraking

The book highlights the long record of accountability journalism in countries such as South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe, and the recent surge of...

The First Safari

This book tells how, for a quarter of a century, a South African researcher searched for Levaillant’s travel notebooks and the fate of his collection...

I Am Liza Smit

Told by Liza Smit, daughter of Robert and Jean, who was 13 years old at the time of the murders, this is a book of two stories, the story of the...

We Are No Longer at Ease 

We Are No Longer at Ease is a collection of personal articles, essays, speeches and poetry mainly from voices of young people who were part of the...

A Tree for the Birds

This story of a boy’s quest contains an urgent ecological message: a plea to break down the boundaries that humans impose on the world and to...

Breathe

After a sell-out two-print run, Dr Ela Manga has decided to re-launch her book The Energy Code with a brand-new title: BREATHE: Strategising Energy...

All Things Bright and Broken

Meet Colleen, the third-born child of parents who share a chaotic relationship. Set against the backdrop of Cape Town in the 1940s – a time of...

Madam & Eve: The Guptas ate my HOMEWORK!

After 25 years Madam & Eve is still going strong. The duo is back with more hilarious cartoons reflecting on another year of the crazy rollercoaster...

Being Bertus Basson

This extraordinary cookbook, beautifully photographed by the legendary Claire Gunn, follows the success of Bertus’s first cookbook Homegrown, now...

The Islanders

Moira Forjaz has captured the life stories of the inhabitants of Ilha de Moçambique by not only photographing them but through a series of interviews...

This Mournable Body

A blistering novel about the toxic combination of colonialism and capitalism by one of Zimbabwe’s greatest authors

Let the Sunshine In

“I do believe that cartoons have a second life in other forms – especially now with the internet – and then they have a third life in books; they...

THE SOL PLAATJE EUROPEAN UNION POETRY ANTHOLOGY VOL. VIII

Now in its 8th year, the Sol Plaatje European Union Poetry Award has been the launching pad for upcoming poets.

The List

April 2020 I tell this story now in the knowledge – sound, I’m sure – that the telling is too late. Too late to go back. Too late to tell it again,...

We Don’t Talk About It. Ever.

Celebrate an inspiring woman during Women’s Month with We Don’t Talk About It. Ever., the brilliant debut memoir by ex-heroin addict and ex-hooker,...

Beaten But Not Broken

This is a story of possibilities and hope; it is a story of a true survivor.

Anna Carries Water

“A gentle story about growing up. Anna’s goal is simple, but the text doesn’t trivialize her frustration at not being able to carry water the...

The Johannesburg Gas Works

The Johannesburg Gas Works (now Egoli Gas) is a familiar and spectacular industrial landmark in the city. Its dramatic holding towers and red-brick...

Hotel Yeoville

Hotel Yeoville was a participatory public art project, conceptualised and directed by artist Terry Kurgan, and based online and in the public library...

Sometimes I make money one day of the week

Lisa King made photographs in the ZSE from 2011 till its migration to digital technology in 2014. Her project is a reflection on the physical and...

August House is Dead, Long Live August House!

In the east end of the inner city of Johannesburg, a former textiles factory undergoes a dramatic transformation to become, over the next several...

Extremisms in Africa

Scholars agree that a direct correlation can be made between poor governance and the emergence of extremist movements.

The Last Sentence

“Come to me...,” she said, softly, “and I will make your pen sing again.”

An Image in a Mirror

‘Strange, how humans desire to see themselves in a mirror image: staring back from the glass, their parts reversed, but their colours reflected.’

Coach – The life and soccer times of Clive Barker

The book is not only an in-depth look at Clive Barker the coach, but also gives insight into Clive Barker the man, the husband, the father and the...

George’s Secret Key to the Universe

Children’s writer and science educator Lucy Hawking is visiting South Africa to highlight the importance of getting young people excited about...

Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism – The Role of Business in South Africa

Written by prominent economist, Raymond Parsons, together with Ali Parry, the book offers a balanced and absorbing analysis of what various...

Sol Plaatje – A life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932

It takes a historian who was invested many years in research to write a biography as detailed as this one. Willan relates Plaatje’s story with such...

THIS IS HOW IT IS

“The writers in this triumphant anthology are both courageous and candid, allowing the reader a glimpse into their lives. There is need for more of...

Small Things

‘Behind this story of love, music and the eternal quest lies an artistic sensibility as generous as it is complex. The prose is rich in texture, the...

Mr Bitcoin: How I became a millionaire at 21

It is 2018 and we find ourselves in a world where it is possible and seemingly not uncommon to become a self-made millionaire at a very early age.

Born to be Free

When the grand old ‘lion man of Africa’, George Adamson, passed away, the last of his lion cub orphans faced an uncertain future.

An Image in a Mirror

‘Strange, how humans desire to see themselves in a mirror image: staring back from the glass, their parts reversed, but their colours reflected.’

Jack Simons: Teacher, Scholar, Comrade

Jack Simons was much more than a romantic revolutionary and public intellectual. He was interested in art, literature and religion. He was a walker...

Indentured – Behind the Scenes at Gupta TV

“Why Zuma?” asked Atul Gupta. “We have close relations with everyone in the ANC. If Zuma is ever ousted, I can tell you for sure that the next one in...

Rhino Revolution: Searching for new solutions

The rhino does not belong to us. It belongs to no one. All that we own is the responsibility of ensuring that it persists and that future books on...

Beat about the Bush Exploring the Wild – The Comprehensive Guide

Beat about the Bush is a series of remarkable books for outdoor and nature lovers. This comprehensive guide has been expanded to include not only...

The Eagle and the Springbok – Essays on Nigeria and South Africa

Nigeria and South Africa account for about a third of Africa’s economic might, and have led much of its conflict management initiatives over the last...

WIN! Compelling conversations with 20 successful South Africans

Imagine learning from South Africa’s best of the best in their respective fields – be it business, sport, politics, entertainment or philanthropy –...

Cattle of the Ages – Ankole cattle in South Africa

This book is a narrative and pictorial celebration of the Ankole, the most magnificent breed of cattle in the world.

The Black Consciousness Reader

There is a current revival of Black Consciousness in South Africa, as political and student movements – as well as academics and campaigners working...

A Simple Man – KASRILS and the ZUMA ENIGMA

A gripping page-turner that courageously exposes the intrigues underway and threats to our young democracy.

The Goddess of Mtwara and Other Stories

The Caine Prize for African Writing is a literature prize awarded to an African writer of a short story published in English. The prize was launched...

Mozambique and Brazil – Forging New Partnerships or Developing Dependency?

This book critically investigates the expanding involvement of a leading emerging power, Brazil, in one of Africa’s fastest growing economies,...

Letters to my Comrades – Interventions & excursions

Z Pallo Jordan is the quintessential man of political letters on the one hand, and an astute literary historian in his own inimitable way, penning...

Hooray! Thoko

Hooray! Thoko by award-winning author, Niki Daly, is the first in the Thoko series. It has four wonderful stories that all follow a girl named Thoko...

A Drain on Our Dignity

As a photojournalist, Feni spends a lot of time photographing service delivery strikes and protest in the townships. Often the images that make it...

Reflecting Rogue

Reflecting Rogue is the much anticipated and brilliant collection of experimental autobiographical essays on power, pleasure and South African...

Training Manual