Category: Book Review

By Edward Tsumele There are a number of reasons why the newly published collection of short stories, The Missing Pages, written by novelist, short story writer, playwright and academic Siphiwo … Read More

By Jojokhala C. Mei On Tuesday June 3, 2025 Jacana Media celebrated with bubbles and cake Dr Khumisho Moguerane’s hefty established family history book: Morafe PERSON, FAMILY and NATION in … Read More

By Jojokhala C. Mei Amy Griffin’s THE TELL: A MEMOIR is a professional and comfortable New York mother’s surreal, raging, and eventually harrowing first person account of her mind on … Read More

By Jojokhala C. Mei Traditional African male initiation documentaries, or fiction in South Africa is as controversial as Jeffrey Rakabe’s debut 2025 memoir-cum-manifesto Led By Shepherds: An Intimate Memoir gets. … Read More

By Jojokhala Mei If you doubt the redoubtable Nic Mhlongo’s penchant for storytelling, then his latest short story collection For You, I’d Steal A Goat, will purge such thoughts. The … Read More

By Jojokhala C. Mei Come to think of it, lawyer Razina Theba’s 2021 coming of age memoir set on the western flank of the Johannesburg Central Business District brandishes no … Read More

By Edward tsumele, Editor, CITYLIFE/ARTS This week a leader in the cultural and creative sector, known for his activism and calling out officials at the Department of Sport, Arts and … Read More