Category: Book Review

Reviewer: Giyani BaloiTitle: Tales of Life Love and Loss: A memoirAuthor: Hillary HumburgerPublisher: Jacana Media “I arranged with a friend to give me the keys for her room for Denis … Read More

Reviewer: Giyani BaloiAuthor: Popina KhamandaTitle: The smallest ones: The two sisters escape from DRC from rebels and their pursuit of freedomPublisher: Penguin This is a book that is multi-layered. It’s … Read More

By Giyani Baloi When I saw the book at a bookshop, I picked it up, read a few lines, held it in my hands, and thought, “Can I buy it … Read More

By Giyani BaloiTitle: Pitso Mosimane Cry Baby or misunderstood geniusAuthor: Hosea P Ramphekwa This is not Pitso Mosiname’s biography. You won’t find anything about Pitso’s first girlfriend. You won’t find … Read More

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor Authorities see it as a problem district in the inner city which needs law enforcement to bring what they believe is order. They see the … Read More

By Edward Tsumele, CITYLIFE/ARTS Editor This is a story that inspires. This is a kind of story that will make even the most pessimistic among us about how impossible it … Read More

By Jojokhala Mei The Friday 22 August trickle into UJ’s Institute for Advanced Studies for ‘Public Lecture Invitation: Reclaiming the Voice of Dugmore Boetie’ by visiting historians, Benjamin Lawrence of University … Read More